Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Sean Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 10	# 329
VBR	# 66	# 568

Projections

Runs	12	6
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	13	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.225

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	# 265

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sean Murphy C - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	502	62

Runs	86	8

Hits	127	15

Singles	67	9

Doubles	22	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	35	3

RBI	87	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	68	4

Strikeouts	144	23

Batting Average	.253	.242

On Base Pct	.347	.288

Slugging Pct	.518	.436

On-base Plus Slugging	.865	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sean Murphy C - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	75	44

Runs	12	6

Hits	19	10

Singles	10	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	13	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	5

Strikeouts	19	14

Batting Average	.248	.225

On Base Pct	.340	.311

Slugging Pct	.478	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Sean Murphy C - ATL
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Red Sox with one run scored and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	Sean Murphy went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, four total RBI, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Sep 2nd
	Ben Rice went 1-for-2 in Wednesday’s 9-3 win over the Astros with a solo home run, three runs scored, and three walks. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th	Sean Murphy went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 30th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Sean Murphy went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, one RBI, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 27th
	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	The Braves have activated catcher Sean Murphy (finger) from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Sean Murphy will require a "significant number of at-bats" on his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
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			Sean Murphy C - ATL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#376
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#136	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#199	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#113	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#425
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#423
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Sean Murphy (2026)

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