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 ...

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.