Ben Rice
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 228LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 12, #363, New York Yankees | Dartmouth
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 178 152 20 26 7 0 .171 .264 .349 .613
2025 228 200 33 47 12 3 .235 .322 .480 .802
2 Seasons 406 352 53 73 19 3 .207 .296 .423 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .171 7 0 .613
2025 .235 12 3 .802
2 Seasons .207 19 3 .719
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2024 25 724 109 17 15.6 9.6 90.0 110.8 17.7 34.9 .235 .459 .269 .340 .422 36.7 27.0 11.2
2025 26 851 150 25 16.7 11.0 94.4 113.2 11.9 36.7 .295 .571 .348 .410 .498 56.0 22.4 8.8
Player 1575 259 42 16.2 10.3 92.5 113.2 14.3 35.9 .269 .523 .313 .379 .466 47.9 24.4 9.9
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 35.8 64.2 33.0 22.9 8.3 47.7 30.3 22.0 29.4 4.6 1.8 18.3 25.7 20.2
2025 44.7 55.3 27.3 24.0 4.0 50.0 29.3 20.7 23.3 16.0 5.3 26.7 13.3 15.3
Player 40.9 59.1 29.7 23.6 5.8 49.0 29.7 21.2 25.9 11.2 3.9 23.2 18.5 17.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 1.8 26.6 30.3 23.9 1.8 15.6 9.6
2025 2.0 30.0 18.7 24.7 8.0 16.7 11.0
Player 1.9 28.6 23.6 24.3 5.4 16.2 10.3
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 236 27.7 60 .216 .412 .330 14.0 18.3 19.0 .331 .707 .475 67.5
2025 Slider -1.2 -2 159 18.7 45 .154 .231 .258 45.3 42.2 39.6 .185 .300 .273 50.0
2025 Changeup 0.6 1 109 12.8 32 .167 .400 .264 25.0 9.4 10.7 .299 .530 .373 48.1
2025 Sinker 6.5 7 103 12.1 36 .414 .690 .497 10.2 13.9 19.2 .408 .708 .542 64.0
2025 Curveball -1.3 -1 83 9.8 21 .100 .300 .188 41.2 38.1 30.8 .192 .283 .229 33.3
2025 Cutter 4.6 3 69 8.1 14 .357 1.071 .582 16.1 14.3 10.5 .435 1.093 .636 58.3
2025 Sweeper -1.9 -1 46 5.4 8 .000 .000 .175 35.0 25.0 13.3 .129 .244 .292 50.0
2025 Split-Finger 9.1 3 35 4.1 10 .556 1.111 .700 21.4 10.0 11.1 .332 .729 .472 50.0
2025 Slurve 14.0 1 8 0.9 1 1.000 3.000 1.600 25.0 0.0 0.0 .540 1.039 .664 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 175 24.2 44 .189 .514 .353 22.2 25.0 22.4 .227 .527 .378 42.3
2024 Cutter 1.5 2 115 15.9 31 .192 .577 .382 26.2 25.8 30.8 .256 .649 .416 36.8
2024 Sinker -1.7 -2 96 13.3 28 .227 .227 .293 15.0 17.9 18.5 .303 .410 .372 36.8
2024 Changeup -0.5 0 81 11.2 21 .118 .294 .238 43.2 42.9 25.0 .146 .279 .251 11.1
2024 Slider -2.9 -2 80 11.0 19 .111 .111 .132 18.9 21.1 20.0 .273 .535 .365 42.9
2024 Curveball -0.3 0 70 9.7 12 .250 .333 .254 40.0 33.3 19.0 .337 .581 .391 62.5
2024 Sweeper -1.1 -1 55 7.6 13 .182 .273 .219 22.2 38.5 20.0 .095 .138 .138 14.3
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 -1 42 5.8 8 .000 .000 .088 31.3 25.0 18.2 .186 .197 .241 40.0
2024 Slurve -4.1 0 10 1.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .087 .087 .079 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 178 724 0 -14 7 3 -4
2025 228 851 9 -9 5 5 10
Player 406 1,575 9 -23 12 9 6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2024 724 48.5 72.9 82.4 20.6 46.8 42.7 32.0 46.0 25.8 9.5 84.1
2025 851 51.7 66.4 83.6 23.4 46.9 43.4 36.8 45.6 25.3 8.0 69.1
Player 1,575 50.2 69.3 83.0 22.1 46.8 43.0 34.7 45.8 25.5 8.7 76.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2024 70 52 2
2025 97 91 96 94 92 88 95 98 89 98 47 56 46 77 53 81 78 40
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 21.36 7 9.7 -3 1 8 4 57.1
2025 21.49 12 11.5 1 2 6 7 58.3
Player 21.44 19 21.2 -2 3 14 11 57.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2024 7 11 10 8 8 10 9 12 7 7 9 9 11 9 8 9 9 9 10 10 13 9 13 12 10 10 9 9 13 10 9
2025 12 11 9 11 10 13 12 11 12 9 11 12 12 13 12 10 12 11 11 12 10 12 13 12 11 10 12 13 13 13 12
Player 19 22 19 19 18 23 21 23 19 16 20 21 23 22 20 19 21 20 21 22 23 21 26 24 21 20 21 22 26 23 21
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 90.0 4.4 94.4
Launch Angle 17.7 -5.8 11.9
Barrel % 15.6 1.1 16.7
Hard Hit % 36.7 19.3 56.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 1.8 36.7
xBA .235 0.060 .295
BA .171 0.064 .235
xwOBA .340 0.070 .410
wOBA .269 0.079 .348
xSLG .459 0.112 .571
SLG .349 0.131 .480
K% 27.0 -4.6 22.4
BB% 11.2 -2.4 8.8
Swing % 46.0 -0.4 45.6
Whiff% 25.8 -0.5 25.3
In Zone % 48.5 3.2 51.7
Out of Zone % 51.5 -3.2 48.3
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 2.8 23.4
First Pitch Swing % 32.0 4.8 36.8
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 3.0 61.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2024 Shades L 178 111 62.4 .306 .246
2025 Shades L 228 168 73.7 .280 .373
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2024 208 16.3 31.7% 0.0% 122 19.0 4.9% 0.0%
2025 232 16.3 28.9% 0.0% 120 18.6 5.8% 0.0%
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