Why the worry over Ben Rice’s Yankees role is so silly By . Joel Sherman. Published May 13, 2025, 6:30 a.m. ET. Ben Rice hits a home run for the Yankees during a game on April 29, 2025.

Ben Rice has played more games in the majors than he did at Triple-A. And he’s doing it at a position where he’d started just 52 games in the pros.

Rice entered Wednesday’s series finale against the Orioles slashing .278/.387/.611 with a 184 wRC+, eight home runs and 13 RBI while primarily hitting at the top or in the middle of the Yankees ...

Ben Rice is hit by pitches so often that he’s becoming the Yankees’ new Anthony Rizzo. He was drilled two more times in Sunday’s 12-2 romp of the Athletics, which makes six for the season.

Rookie Ben Rice had a day to remember as he hit three home runs in the New York Yankees’ huge 14-4 win against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.

New York Yankees’ Ben Rice reacts after Tampa Bay Rays right fielder José Caballero took away a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 18, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP ...

Yankees 1B Ben Rice makes embarrassing blunder in field. June 27, 2024. by Larry Brown. Read . Article Tags Ben Rice.

Rice’s 21.9% barrel rate is phenomenal, but not a massive change from the 20.0% figure he put up during last year’s hot streak. However, Rice is making loud contact much more consistently so ...

Rice went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 3-2 win against the Angels on Tuesday. There wasn't much offense in the game, so Rice's 423-foot solo blast in the fourth inning was quite important in ...

Rice is hitting just .225 in May but still has a .761 OPS this month thanks to six doubles and a homer, and he finds himself on the bench Friday for the second time in the Yankees' past three games.