Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Patrick Bailey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 42	# 499

Projections

Runs	17	8
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	18	8
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.255	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 349

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	469	253

Runs	80	24

Hits	117	49

Singles	60	34

Doubles	20	7

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	34	7

RBI	82	30

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	65	25

Strikeouts	136	71

Batting Average	.250	.194

On Base Pct	.346	.263

Slugging Pct	.522	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.868	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	72

Runs	17	8

Hits	26	16

Singles	14	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	18	8

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	6

Strikeouts	27	21

Batting Average	.255	.222

On Base Pct	.349	.281

Slugging Pct	.505	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Patrick Bailey went 2-for-5 in a 9-1 win over the Rockies with a home run, a double, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Bailey went 2-for-3 in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a double, three runs scored, one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-3 in a 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings with a home run, a walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Sunday’s 11-4 loss to the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Patrick Bailey went 4-for-5 in Monday's 13-4 win over the Twins with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Patrick Bailey C - CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Patrick Bailey (2026)

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