[Opinion] Should Yankees’ Ben Rice Be Catching? Here Is Scout’s Strong Opinion

Yankees Make Ben Rice Decision Ahead of Final Game vs. Angels

The New York Yankees made a final decision Wednesday afternoon on the question their fans have been asking all week: Is Ben Rice playing tonight? The Yankees first baseman — MLB’s current leader in OPS — was caught on video visibly upset, apparently venting to captain Aaron Judge in the dugout Tuesday night after manager Aaron Boone kept him out of the starting lineup for the second straight game, according to a report by Esteban Quiñones of Pin…

Should Yankees’ Ben Rice be catching? Here is scout’s strong opinion

NEW YORK — The first question in Aaron Boone’s Tuesday pre-game news conference was an obvious one with first baseman Ben Rice, the Yankees’ hottest hitter, out of the lineup for the second night in a row.

Yankees sit red-hot Ben Rice again so he can play other ‘major’ role

Aaron Boone insists there is a method to what much of the fanbase sees as madness in starting Paul Goldschmidt over the red-hot Ben Rice, even after the Yankees said this offseason the young first baseman would get his fair share of at-bats against lefties this year.

NY Yankees: Ben Rice has earned the right to play every day instead of being platooned

Brad Penner-Imagn ImagesBrad Penner-Imagn Images On Monday, the New York Yankees decided to sit their best hitter in 2026 so far, Ben Rice, with lefty Yusei Kikuchi on the mound for the Angels. On Tuesday, manager Aaron Boone already said that Paul Goldschmidt will play again, as LA is sending southpaw Reid Detmers to the hill. Unless Rice makes a surprising catcher or DH appearance, that means he will start on the bench again. Goldschmidt is ve…