Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 278
VBR	# 31	# 1059

Projections

Runs	21	8
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	21	8
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.252	.250

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	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 262

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	443	282

Runs	76	26

Hits	111	64

Singles	55	48

Doubles	20	9

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	33	7

RBI	78	38

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	61	31

Strikeouts	128	67

Batting Average	.251	.227

On Base Pct	.344	.317

Slugging Pct	.533	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.877	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	66

Runs	21	8

Hits	32	17

Singles	17	12

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	33	14

Batting Average	.252	.250

On Base Pct	.346	.328

Slugging Pct	.498	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.844	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
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	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
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			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#272
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#311
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#363
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#273	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#276
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Victor Caratini (2026)

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