Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	# 34
VBR	# 19	# 39

Projections

Runs	35	30
Home Runs	13	10
RBI	36	32
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.256	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	# 28

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 42

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 37

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 25

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	# 35

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 56

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	374	396

Runs	68	55

Hits	102	100

Singles	50	56

Doubles	18	23

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	21

RBI	72	75

Stolen Bases	2	11

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	49	46

Strikeouts	104	95

Batting Average	.273	.253

On Base Pct	.360	.329

Slugging Pct	.586	.470

On-base Plus Slugging	.945	.799

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	206	205

Runs	35	30

Hits	53	53

Singles	28	32

Doubles	10	11

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	10

RBI	36	32

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	25	21

Strikeouts	52	47

Batting Average	.256	.260

On Base Pct	.347	.333

Slugging Pct	.510	.463

On-base Plus Slugging	.858	.796

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN
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	Sal Stewart is not in the Reds lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 with two home runs and a walk as part of an 11-5 rout of the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Sal Stewart went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Sal Stewart (2026)

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