Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 14
VBR	# 1	# 36

Projections

Runs	‐	16
Home Runs	2	6
RBI	‐	16
Stolen Bases	‐	1
Batting Avg	‐	.251
Strikeouts	21	24
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.09	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 16

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 16

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 25

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 63

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 20

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 18

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


Runs	‐	84

Home Runs	4	35

RBI	‐	83

Stolen Bases	‐	3

Batting Avg	‐	.255

Strikeouts	95	138

Wins	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

ERA	1.79	‐

WHIP	0.95	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


Runs	‐	16

Home Runs	2	6

RBI	‐	16

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Batting Avg	‐	.251

Strikeouts	21	24

Wins	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

ERA	3.09	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY
News
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to Atlanta with a double, a run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	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
	Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Shohei Ohtani has a chance to start on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers as he works back from knee and bicep injuries. Diego Sandoval Tue, Aug 25th	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Shohei Ohtani threw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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