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Ben Rice or Cole Ragans

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Ben Rice

Ben Rice

1BNew York Yankees NYY
Cole Ragans

Cole Ragans

SPKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Rice over Ragans

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ragans over Rice

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Cole Ragans
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Performance Ben Rice
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211154.3480.47405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.205174.2950.436011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Cole Ragans
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.200-100821.801
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.601-1001941.402
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Rice
OWN
75%
+0.51 compared to last week
START
52%
-7.99 compared to last week
OWN/START Cole Ragans
OWN
100%
-0.25 compared to last week
START
71%
-13.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Rice
13th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Cole Ragans
4th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ben Rice

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH 1B . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 14th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Pete Alonso
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 221st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.286
  • Ranked 162nd in batting average with 0.256
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 82nd with 0.360
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 20th with 0.558
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 26th with 0.918
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 184th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 156th in RBI with 20
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 54th with 26
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 50th with 9
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.256, OBP: +0.36, HRs: +9, RBI: +20, Runs: +26, Wlks: +15, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Cole Ragans

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 35th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Zack Wheeler
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 62nd with 1.24
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 91st
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 88th with 13
  • Top 15 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 11th with 65
  • Currently ranked 126th in wins with 2
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -1, WHIP: -0.084, ERA: -0.099, K's: +8, Walks: -3
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ben Rice

No Injury Reported

Injury Cole Ragans

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Rice
DateOpponentResult
May 12@SEAClarke SchmidtW 5-11
May 13@SEABryan Woo
May 14@SEALuis Castillo
May 16VS NYMTylor Megill
May 17VS NYMGriffin Canning
May 18VS NYMDavid Peterson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167001.1670.33301
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Cole Ragans
DateOpponentResult
May 12@HOUMichael WachaW 5-7
May 13@HOUFramber Valdez
May 14@HOU
May 16VS STLAndre Pallante
May 17VS STLMiles Mikolas
May 18VS STLMatthew Liberatore
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Rice
13.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Cole Ragans
19.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ben Rice
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 NYY 50 26 7 20 23 0 20 .171 .264 .349 118
2025 NYY 37 33 9 26 20 2 15 .256 .360 .558 138
ON PACE 146 130 35 102 79 7 59 .256 .360 .558 545
3-YEAR AVG 50 26 7 20 23 0 20 .171 .264 .349 118
Career 87 59 16 46 43 2 35 .210 .308 .445
Career Cole Ragans
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 TEX 6 28.0 502 17 12 0 0-3 6.11 1.57 5.5 16
2023 TEX 29 91.1 1590 113 41 0 7-5 3.84 1.23 11.1 241
2024 KC 34 194.0 3285 236 71 0 12-9 3.11 1.16 11 535
2025 KC 8 40.2 712 65 13 0 2-2 4.2 1.23 14.4 108
ON PACE 30 152 2682 244 48 0 7-7 4.2 1.23 14.4 408
3-YEAR AVG 23 104 1792 122 41 0 6-6 3.57 1.2 10.4 264
Career 77 354.0 6089 431 137 0 0-0 3.66 1.22 11
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