Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 153
VBR	# 31	# 1126

Projections

Runs	21	5
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	21	6
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.252	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 163

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 122

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 131

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	446	340

Runs	76	54

Hits	111	81

Singles	55	50

Doubles	20	15

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	33	16

RBI	78	40

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	61	35

Strikeouts	129	86

Batting Average	.249	.238

On Base Pct	.343	.319

Slugging Pct	.529	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.872	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	40

Runs	21	5

Hits	32	9

Singles	17	6

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	21	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	5

Strikeouts	33	10

Batting Average	.252	.232

On Base Pct	.346	.321

Slugging Pct	.498	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.844	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
News
	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	Spencer Steer removed his splint on Monday to do mobility exercise with his hand. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Spencer Steer will have his wrist re-evaluated on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Spencer Steer will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	The Reds are placing Spencer Steer on the injured list after suffering a hand/wrist injury 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	Spencer Steer left Sunday's game early with an apparent hand injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
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			Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#303
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#273	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#310
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#417	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko	#186	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
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)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Spencer Steer (2026)

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