2026

Season

Yankees

Team

Ben Rice

Player

HitterPitcher

BEN RICE

DHBats: LThrows: RAge: 27#22

New York Yankees · 6' 2" / 228 lbs

.261

AVG

.360

OBP

.532

SLG

.892

OPS

RBI

149

wRC+

SAT, SEP 26 VS BRANDON YOUNG (RHP)

Yankee Stadium

7:15 PM EDT · First Pitch

NYX Lean · Pregame

LAST 10 GAMES

1.243

OPS

6–4

W–L

Hot

Form

MLB LEADERBOARD

#3 HR · MLB

Ranks #3 in MLB in HR (41) · as of Sep 24.

POWER SURGE

4 HR · Last 10 Games

4 home runs over the last 10 games · .765 SLG in that span.

HARD-HIT TREND

-5.2% Hard-Hit Rate · Last 15

Hard-hit rate dropped -5.2% vs the prior 15 games.

MLB LEAGUE CONTEXTAs of Sep 24

xwOBA98th

wOBA96th

Barrel%94th

Hard-Hit%88th

NYX percentiles vs MLB hitters with 100+ PA · higher is better

#3 HR

41 · MLB top 25

#4 Runs

103 · MLB top 25

RECENT FORM (LAST 30 GAMES)

OPS1.243HR4K%17.4%

30 Games Ago15 Games AgoToday

PLAYER STORYLINESNYX IMPACT 96.1 · Sample reliability: High · 650 PA

Pull-Side Power

52% of located batted balls pulled this season.

Plate Discipline

12.7% walk rate · 24.3% strikeout rate this season.

Next Matchup

Faces Brandon Young · Sat, Sep 26 · 7:15 PM EDT.

Launch Angle Trend

Launch angle increased +0.8° over the last 15 games.

LAST 10 GAMES

DATEOPPRESULTABH

BATTED BALL PROFILE

All data from MLB Statcast · Updated Sep 25, 2026 ET · Statcast cards can lag 1–2 days

#9 RBI

97 · MLB top 25

#9 wOBA

.399 · rate-board qualified

#9 xwOBA

.378 · rate-board qualified

#14 Barrel%

14.0% · rate-board qualified

#21 Avg EV

91.8 mph · rate-board qualified

Percentiles: NYX impact cohort (100+ PA). Ranks: MLB boards — counting = top-25 board, rates = qualified board · rank 1 = best (Whiff%/Chase% rank lowest rate first)

PLATE DISCIPLINE

24.3%

12.7%

BB%

Z-Swing %64.2%

O-Swing %24.6%

Chase Rate24.6%28th MLB

Whiff Rate23.6%81st MLB

Contact %76.4%

2,640 pitches tracked this season · Whiff/Chase ranks vs qualified MLB hitters (1st = lowest rate)

OPS Rising

1.049 last 15 vs .924 prior 15.

Power Up

5 HR last 15 vs 2 prior 15.

Strikeouts Stable

19.1% K rate last 15 vs 19.1% prior.

WINDOW (GAMES)PAAVGOBPSLGOPS

Last 732.304.469.8261.295

Last 1568.283.426.6231.049

Last 30136.315.434.550.983

SPLITS THAT MATTER

SPLITPAAVGOBPSLGOPS

vs RHP442.270.380.574.954

vs LHP221.246.321.452.773

Home311.249.367.540.907

Away352.272.355.524.879

Last 14 Days50.368.500.8421.342

Official MLB season splits · Last 14 Days from the NYX game log

NEXT MATCHUP

BRANDON YOUNG

RHP · Orioles · 2026 Season

3.62 ERA

20% K Rate

43% GB Rate

RICE VS RHP (2026)

.270 AVG.380 OBP.574 SLG.954 OPS442 PA

VS YOUNG · 2026

4-for-6 · 2 HR · 2.333 OPS

6 PA · 2026 · YANKEE STADIUM

NYX READ

Rice hits .270 with a .954 OPS vs RHP this season (442 PA).

Sep 23RAYW 9–24322109

Sep 22RAYW 2–03100112

Sep 22RAYL 1–64000030

Sep 20@DIAL 4–83000100

Sep 19@DIAL 3–53001010

Sep 18@DIAW 9–23212207

Sep 16@TWIL 4–53100311

Sep 15@TWIW 8–16100011

Sep 14@TWIW 8–33202102

Sep 13METW 2–02111214

52% pulled.

408 located batted balls this season · newest 60 plotted.

LAUNCH ANGLE

-10°0°10°20°30°40°50°

14.5° average launch angle.

38% of 408 batted balls in the 8–32° band.

ZONE PROFILE

28.1%27.5%47.6%27.7%44.2%30.0%20.6%32.2%24.0%

Middle-middle AVG: 44.2%.

Catcher view · cells under the sample floor stay neutral.

EXIT VELOCITY

91.8

MPH

708090100110120

MPH

48% hard-hit (95+ mph).

408 batted balls tracked · max 110.9 mph.