Head to head · 2026 ALDS batting

Richie Palacios vs Ben Rice

In 2026 Ben Rice has been worth 2.7 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Opponents in the 2026 ALDS, where the Tampa Bay Rays won 3-0 over the New York Yankees.

Richie Palacios TB

Ben Rice NYY

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

2026 ALDS.
Statistic	Richie Palacios	Ben Rice
G	3	3
PA	10	12
H	2	3
HR	0	2
RBI	2	3
BB	0	2
SO	3	4
SB	0	0
AVG	.200	.300
OBP	.200	.417
SLG	.300	.900
OPS	.500	1.317

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Richie Palacios	Ben Rice
G	10	11
PA	32	43
H	8	12
HR	0	5
RBI	4	13
BB	0	5
SO	8	14
SB	1	0
AVG	.258	.324
OBP	.258	.395
SLG	.355	.784
OPS	.613	1.179

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Richie Palacios	Ben Rice
G	122	154
PA	399	667
H	81	151
HR	10	41
RBI	57	97
SB	17	3
AVG	.235	.264
OBP	.330	.363
SLG	.374	.534
OPS	.704	.897
ISO	.139	.271
BB%	11.5%	12.7%
K%	17.0%	24.3%
wOBA	.319	.386
wRC+	100	142
WAR	1.7	4.4

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the season table.
Statistic	Richie Palacios	Ben Rice
G	313	337
PA	988	1,375
H	204	296
2B	36	58
3B	3	8
HR	22	74
RBI	107	185
BB	111	155
SO	175	310
SB	44	6
AVG	.238	.248
SLG	.364	.497
WAR	3.6	6.8

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.