Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 190
VBR	# 26	# 286

Projections

Runs	31	15
Home Runs	12	3
RBI	32	15
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.255	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	# 189

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 152

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	394	307

Runs	70	34

Hits	106	87

Singles	53	60

Doubles	19	24

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	3

RBI	73	41

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	0	5

Walks	53	30

Strikeouts	111	58

Batting Average	.269	.283

On Base Pct	.358	.352

Slugging Pct	.569	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.927	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	186	123

Runs	31	15

Hits	47	32

Singles	25	22

Doubles	9	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	12	3

RBI	32	15

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	23	10

Strikeouts	48	26

Batting Average	.255	.264

On Base Pct	.347	.326

Slugging Pct	.508	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	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	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	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	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
	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	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
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			Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Troy Johnston (2026)

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