Ben Rice NYY C/1B L 

Born: 02/22/1999 Age: 26

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2025 OPL OPL Player Page

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Pitching and Defense for $1

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

Thu 7/03 Fri 7/04 Sat 7/05
2Batting 2 @TOR 2-3 4• @NYM 3:10 PM EDT @NYM 4:10 PM EDT

Positions
C/1B
2026 Earned Positions
1B/C

All Leagues
Average $3.10 Median $3.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $3.42 Median $3.00

All Leagues
Average $6.00 Median $5.00
Old School (5x5)
Average $5.70 Median $5.50

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 R HR RBI SB AVG
2024NYY50178 152 2072300.17105
2025NYY72282 245 40143030.23265

MILB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB R HR RBI SB AVG
2021NYY (CPX)26 4 00100.00000
2021NYY (A)2078 62 831210.20968
2022NYY (A)68243 206 3293640.26699
2023NYY (A)1042 35 721010.28571
2023NYY (A+)1568 44 1521030.34091
2023NYY (AA)48222 196 40164870.32653
2024NYY (AA)49218 180 36122680.26111
2024NYY (AAA)30138 109 29123320.29358

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS
Jul 2, 2025 NYY @TOR 6 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jun 30, 2025 NYY @TOR 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 29, 2025 NYY ATH 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Jun 27, 2025 NYY ATH 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 25, 2025 NYY @CIN 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jun 24, 2025 NYY @CIN 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jun 22, 2025 NYY BAL 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 21, 2025 NYY BAL 5 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Jun 18, 2025 NYY LAA 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 16, 2025 NYY LAA 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 34 9 6 2 1 2 7 4 3 0 0 0

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
June 20, 2024 11:04 PM add Intentional Simulpuke $2
August 14, 2024 7:39 PM cut Intentional Simulpuke $1
August 15, 2024 7:40 PM add Oakmont Chippers $2
September 8, 2024 11:43 AM cut Oakmont Chippers $1
March 12, 2025 11:42 AM add Pitching and Defense $1

Recent Trades for Ben Rice in Old School (5x5)

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
June 14, 2025 10:19 AM Big Papi memories Zack Wheeler PHI SP R $38 
Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $10 
Kumar Rocker TEX SP R $4 
$42 loan 		Lunch Angle Matt Brash SEA RP R $1
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
Ben Casparius LAD SP/RP R $1 
Jacob Wilson ATH SS R $6 
Hagen Smith CHW AA SP L $1
June 8, 2025 12:57 PM Baraboo Bombers Marcell Ozuna ATL Util R $6 
Taj Bradley TBR SP R $7 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $9 
 A Most Inherent Baseness ðŸŠķ Tyler Glasnow LAD SP R $13 60IL 
Pavin Smith ARI 1B/OF L $1 
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $10 10IL 
Chandler Simpson TBR OF L $1 
May 30, 2025 11:03 AM Twink Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $7 
 Jobu's Rum Spencer Steer CIN 1B/OF R $5 
May 27, 2025 8:18 PM Coop Singles to Left Tommy Kahnle DET RP R $3 
Zach Neto LAA SS R $10 
 FlagsFlyForever Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $4 
Andrew Painter PHI AAA SP R $7
JJ Wetherholt STL AA SS L $2
May 19, 2025 10:08 PM Bartolo's Cologne Bubba Chandler PIT AAA SP R $6
 This is WAR Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $2 
May 16, 2025 3:36 PM Acapulco Golden Ponies 🐎 Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
 Silajana Says Brooks Lee MIN 2B/SS/3B S $5
$4 loan
March 14, 2025 10:36 PM The Lumber Jacks Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $5 
 One Arm Bandits 🎰 Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $4 
August 30, 2024 8:27 AM WTF Eloy Jimenez TBR AAA OF R $8
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC OF L $5 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $5 
 Trash Can Bangers Kenley Jansen BOS RP R $18 
Zack Gelof OAK 2B R $6 60IL 
$3 loan
August 23, 2024 11:38 AM lordporkchop Lane Thomas CLE OF R $12
Teoscar Hernandez SEA OF R $22 
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI OF R $9 
$31 loan 		Skip Caray for Cooperstown Braxton Garrett MIA SP L $3 60IL
Garrett Whitlock BOS SP/RP R $1
Gavin Lux LAD 2B/3B/OF L $5
Jonathan Aranda TBR 1B/2B L $1 
River Ryan LAD SP/RP R $1 60IL
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
July 23, 2024 11:27 AM Jobu Salvador Perez KCR C/1B R $12 
Mookie Betts LAD 2B/SS/OF R $60 
Raisel Iglesias ATL RP R $40
Jonathan India CIN 2B/3B/OF R $7 
$89 loan 		Small Heath Rifles Ozzie Albies ATL 2B S $17
Ha-seong Kim TBR AAA SS R $3 
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
Tanner Bibee CLE SP R $7 
Jacob Misiorowski MIL SP/RP R $2