Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Starling Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 10	# 358
VBR	# 49	‐

Projections

Runs	11	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.253	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 308

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 419

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	509	153

Runs	89	15

Hits	133	37

Singles	72	30

Doubles	22	5

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	36	2

RBI	88	14

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	70	9

Strikeouts	144	41

Batting Average	.261	.242

On Base Pct	.355	.298

Slugging Pct	.529	.314

On-base Plus Slugging	.883	.611

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	67	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.253	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.491	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.834	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
News
	Ben Rice went 3-for-3 in a win over the Padres with two walks and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	The Royals released OF Starling Marte. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 5th	The Royals designated OF Starling Marte for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	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	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with a run scored and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Starling Marte went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox with one run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#106
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Starling Marte (2026)

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