When Will Ben Rice Be Called Up? 2024 MLB Prospect Outlook

June 4, 2024

When is Ben Rice getting called up? Will it be this season? Kev Mahserejian discusses Ben Rice's potential call-up and fantasy baseball outlook for 2024.

Ben Rice is a hot name among fantasy prospects given that he is a Yankees prospect mashing in Double-A. The 25-year-old former 12th-round pick is coming into his own as a hitter but has yet to reach Triple-A. How long will Rice remain in the minors? Will he even get called up this season? Let's dive in and find out.

Ben Rice Minor League Update

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The #Yankees No. 12 prospect drills his ninth homer of the season to put us on the board in the 2nd! pic.twitter.com/5xbuCjzF1o

— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) May 22, 2024

Ben Rice is demolishing Double-A pitching this season yet it is somehow worse than his 2023 stint! Rice's 146 wRC+ pales to 2023's 182 wRC+ where he pummeled four more HRs and 22 more RBI in the same amount of games (48). Nevertheless, this recent run for Rice is impressive and he should be up in Triple-A soon.

Ben Rice Fantasy Baseball Outlook

New @NYDNSports:

Did you know that Ben Rice is "damn near" fluent in Spanish? The skill makes the #Yankees catching prospect a “huge asset” to the @SOMPatriots' pitching staff.

Meanwhile, Rice is also learning first base. That's still a work in progress.https://t.co/YJUjH1bf8V

— Gary Phillips (@GaryHPhillips) June 3, 2024

Rice has virtually no fantasy baseball value for the 2024 season outside of a potential late-season call-up when rosters expand in September. The Yankees are hot and everyone is healthy for the most part. The catching duo of Jose Trevino and Austin Wells is getting the job done and not presenting the team with any pressing need for Rice's power. With Rice working at 1B more this season, it will take an injury or major slump from Anthony Rizzo for him to see time in the Yankees' lineup.

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