Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	# 96
VBR	# 24	# 117

Projections

Runs	33	24
Home Runs	13	7
RBI	34	25
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.255	.265

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	# 57

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 146

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 120

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	# 99

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 61

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	378	341

Runs	69	53

Hits	104	94

Singles	52	64

Doubles	18	13

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	17

RBI	73	68

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	50	30

Strikeouts	105	85

Batting Average	.275	.276

On Base Pct	.363	.340

Slugging Pct	.585	.463

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	.804

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	198	176

Runs	33	24

Hits	51	47

Singles	27	32

Doubles	10	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	7

RBI	34	25

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	18

Strikeouts	51	40

Batting Average	.255	.265

On Base Pct	.346	.339

Slugging Pct	.509	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.767

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT
News
	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	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 12-4 win over the Rays with two home runs, five RBI, three runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
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			Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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