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Ben Rice or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Ben Rice

Ben Rice

1BNew York Yankees NYY
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Rice over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Ben Rice
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Rice

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Ben Rice
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.308121.2860.53804
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.242275.3160.485010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Rice
OWN
68%
-7.6 compared to last week
START
46%
-10.16 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
99%
-0.76 compared to last week
START
17%
-0.72 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Rice
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
8th
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 15th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Pete Alonso
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 231st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.281
  • Ranked 157th in batting average with 0.259
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 92nd with 0.352
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 28th with 0.552
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 34th with 0.904
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 229th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 181st in RBI with 22
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 77th with 27
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 42nd with 10
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.259, OBP: +0.352, HRs: +10, RBI: +22, Runs: +27, Wlks: +15, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 8th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 82nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Hand (Since May 3, 2025). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 382nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.222
  • Ranked 306th in batting average with 0.210
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 232nd with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 274th with 0.340
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 258th with 0.646
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 532nd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 415th in runs scored with 7
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.055, OBP: -0.037, HRs: -6, RBI: -3, Runs: -19, Wlks: -4, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ben Rice

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

HAND - Since May 3, 2025

Alvarez is dealing with right hand inflammation and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in late May.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Rice
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS TEXWill WarrenW 5-2
May 21VS TEXJacob deGrom
May 22VS TEXNathan Eovaldi
May 23@COLChase Dollander
May 24@COLKyle Freeland
May 25@COLAntonio Senzatela
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.667121.5001.66701
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
May 19@TBBryan KingW 3-4
May 20@TBManuel RodriguezL 3-2
May 21@TBTaj Bradley
May 22VS SEAEmerson Hancock
May 23VS SEABryan Woo
May 24VS SEALuis Castillo
May 25VS SEA
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250010.5000.25013
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Rice
13.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
18.07
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 42 37 10 27 22 2 15 .259 .352 .552 151
ON PACE 144 127 34 93 75 6 51 .259 .352 .552 520
3-YEAR AVG 50 26 7 20 23 0 20 .171 .264 .349 118
Career 92 63 17 47 45 2 35 .214 .306 .447
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 149 172 35 88 86 7 70 .308 .392 .565 627
2025 HOU 29 21 3 7 18 1 16 .210 .306 .340 85
ON PACE 97 70 10 23 60 3 54 .210 .306 .340 286
3-YEAR AVG 142 151 37 92 101 3 75 .302 .401 .589 603
Career 720 753 177 452 518 10 361 .294 .387 .570
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