Ben Rice NYY C/1B L 

Born: 02/22/1999 Age: 26

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

Savannah Sand Gnats for $1

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Drafted 12th Rd '21

Wed 7/02 Thu 7/03 Fri 7/04
1Batting 1 @TOR 9-11 F @TOR 7:07 PM EDT @NYM 3:10 PM EDT

Positions
C/1B
2026 Earned Positions
1B

All Leagues
Average $3.10 Median $3.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $2.96 Median $2.00

All Leagues
Average $6.00 Median $5.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $6.40 Median $5.00

Roster%
100%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0.31%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 3
OPL Roster%
18.00%
OPL Average Salary
$3.11


July 1, 2025 12:48 PM : Rice is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Blue Jays.
Analysis: The lefty-hitting Rice had started in each of the Yankees' last seven matchups with right-handed pitchers, but he'll move to the bench Tuesday as Toronto sends righty Kevin Gausman to the hill. With a 143 wRC+ over 211 plate appearances versus righties this season, Rice has been far more productive in those matchups than the right-handed-hitting Paul Goldschmidt (73 wRC+ in 231 plate appearances), but Yankees manager Aaron Boone isn't yet ready to commit to a strict platoon between the two players at first base. Goldschmidt will get the nod at first base Tuesday, and he and Rice could both be occasionally included together in the lineup against righties if Rice is used at catcher or designated hitter.

MLB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SB CS P/G Pts
2024NYY501781522660720101 2.74 137.00
2025NYY71276240551221425932 4.9 347.90

MILB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SB CS P/G Pts
2021NYY (CPX)26400001000 -0.5 -1.00
2021NYY (A)2078621320312310 4.59 91.70
2022NYY (A)682432065590928641 4.7 319.50
2023NYY (A)104235103025210 7.14 71.40
2023NYY (A+)1568441520218530 9.29 139.30
2023NYY (AA)48222196641311621473 9.09 436.10
2024NYY (AA)4921818047901232480 7.05 345.30
2024NYY (AAA)3013810932401225221 9.22 276.60

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS Pts
Jun 30, 2025 NYY @TOR 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4.00
Jun 29, 2025 NYY ATH 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.00
Jun 27, 2025 NYY ATH 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jun 25, 2025 NYY @CIN 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.00
Jun 24, 2025 NYY @CIN 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.00
Jun 22, 2025 NYY BAL 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.70
Jun 21, 2025 NYY BAL 5 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 21.30
Jun 18, 2025 NYY LAA 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00
Jun 16, 2025 NYY LAA 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.60
Jun 15, 2025 NYY @BOS 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.20
Totals 40 32 8 5 1 1 2 5 3 3 0 0 1 61.40

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS
Sep 22, 2024 AAA SWB @BUF 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Sep 21, 2024 AAA SWB @BUF 5 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Sep 20, 2024 AAA SWB @BUF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 19, 2024 AAA SWB @BUF 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Sep 18, 2024 AAA SWB @BUF 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
Sep 17, 2024 AAA SWB @BUF 6 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Sep 15, 2024 AAA SWB LHV 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sep 14, 2024 AAA SWB LHV 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
Sep 13, 2024 AAA SWB LHV 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sep 12, 2024 AAA SWB LHV 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 37 12 9 1 0 6 10 15 1 1 1 0

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
July 8, 2024 7:54 PM add Savannah Sand Gnats $6
September 4, 2024 3:09 PM cut Savannah Sand Gnats $3
March 16, 2025 8:00 PM add Savannah Sand Gnats $1

Recent Trades for Ben Rice in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
June 30, 2025 7:00 PM Highway Star Bryce Harper PHI 1B L $47 
Sonny Gray STL SP R $10 
Dansby Swanson CHC SS R $11
$50 loan 		Bridge Four Windrunners Geraldo Perdomo ARI SS S $2 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $3 
David Festa MIN SP R $3 
Sebastian Walcott TEX AA SS/3B R $6
June 26, 2025 4:39 PM WAR Horse 🦄 Tylor Megill NYM SP R $1 15IL
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $3 
 🐉🍆The Kraken Deep🍆🐉 Will Smith LAD C R $19 
$15 loan
June 10, 2025 5:00 PM Cespedes' Neon Sleeve Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
Will Warren NYY SP R $2 
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B L $1 
 Wacha 500 Miles Corey Seager TEX SS L $40 
$36 loan
June 6, 2025 6:08 PM Afternoon Delight Kyle Schwarber PHI OF L $33 
Cole Ragans KCR SP L $27 15IL
$44 loan 		WAR Horse Lars Nootbaar STL OF L $8 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $2 
Brooks Lee MIN 2B/SS/3B S $4
Jac Caglianone KCR 1B/OF L $2
June 5, 2025 10:22 PM Shohei and the Fightin' Decoys Shane Baz TBR SP R $7 
Gabriel Moreno ARI C R $2 10IL
Jarren Duran BOS OF L $12 
Jung Hoo Lee SFG OF L $7 
 Formerly Stott's Tots Dylan Cease SDP SP R $21 
Reed Garrett NYM RP R $3
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $5 
May 25, 2025 9:34 AM The Sound and the Fury Shane Baz TBR SP R $7 
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B/3B R $5 
Emmanuel Rodriguez MIN CPX OF L $2
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
Lazaro Montes SEA AA OF L $1
 Double Time Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $4 
Austin Riley ATL 3B R $35 
$23 loan
April 29, 2025 9:35 AM fka Los Camarones Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
 Griffey's Deli Casey Mize DET SP R $2 
$1 loan
April 8, 2025 5:59 PM Tal Hill's Climbers Adrian Del Castillo ARI AAA C L $1 7IL 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
 Aaron Judge's Tooth Gap Rhett Lowder CIN SP R $7 60IL
$7 loan
March 31, 2025 7:14 AM Ueck and Rally Tyler Stephenson CIN C R $4 
Edwin Diaz NYM RP R $14 
$4 loan 		GF Chaunceys 3.0 Jake Cronenworth SDP 1B/2B L $4 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $4 
Christian Moore LAA 2B R $3 
March 25, 2025 4:30 PM The Special Sauce Trevor Larnach MIN OF L $4 
 Cocks in the Chicken House Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $4