Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Willie MacIver (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 42	‐

Projections

Runs	17	0
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	18	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.255	.114

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Willie MacIver C - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	465	‐

Runs	79	‐

Hits	116	‐

Singles	59	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	34	‐

RBI	82	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	64	‐

Strikeouts	136	‐

Batting Average	.250	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.525	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.870	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Willie MacIver C - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	1

Runs	17	0

Hits	26	0

Singles	14	0

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	18	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	27	0

Batting Average	.255	.114

On Base Pct	.349	.161

Slugging Pct	.505	.188

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.349

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Willie MacIver C - SEA
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The Mariners claimed C Willie MacIver off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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	The Blue Jays acquired Willie MacIver from the Rangers and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 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	The Rangers designated C Willie MacIver for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	The Rangers have reassigned catcher Willie MacIver to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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
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			Willie MacIver C - SEA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Sat, Jun 6th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Willie MacIver (2026)

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