J ust when the New York Yankees looked like they could drop a game to the rival Tampa Bay Rays, infielder Ben Rice put together a memorable performance. Rice finished the game going 4-for-5 from ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Ben Rice hit consistently throughout spring training in winning the Yankees’ open designated hitter job. And the lefthanded-swinging Rice, who added roughly 10 pounds of muscle ...

TAMPA — With the Yankees playing at their spring training home on Thursday, their starter gave them a spring training-length performance. Will Warren lasted just 1.2 innings in the Bombers ...

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays after Ben Rice had four hits on Thursday in a 6-3 win over the Rays.. Tampa Bay has an 8-11 record overall and an 8-8 record at home ...

To explore that, let’s examine his performance on Saturday, when the Yankees relied on Rice to defrost an ice-cold offense that was hitting .190 and averaging 2.2 runs in its previous five games.

First baseman Ben Rice might be moving to third base after all, at least according to speculation from New York Yankees infielder J. C. Escarra.. Rice has been filling as a designated hitter for ...

Yankees manager Aaron Boone indicated Wednesday that Rice could see starts at catcher after Giancarlo Stanton (elbows) returns from the 60-day injured list, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reports.

Rice, who had the night off in the Yankees’ 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, enters the team’s four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays hitting .273 with five home runs ...

What Giancarlo Stanton’s Yankees return means for Ben Rice, playing time puzzle Published: Jun. 11, 2025, 7:00 a.m. Giancarlo Stanton had two hard hits in the first game of his rehab assignment ...