{"id":50262,"date":"2025-04-23T05:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T05:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50262"},"modified":"2025-04-23T05:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T05:07:27","slug":"yankees-dh-ben-rices-home-run-on-1st-pitch-of-game-has-fans-going-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50262","title":{"rendered":"Yankees DH Ben Rice&#8217;s home run on 1st pitch of game has fans going wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>Although reigning American League MVP Aaron Judge and former National League MVP Paul Goldschmidt are both producing for the New York Yankees, key position players like Cody Bellinger (another MVP), Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe are all scuffling in the batter&#8217;s box. While their offensive struggles persist, the continued emergence of Ben Rice is especially crucial.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old designated hitter once again displayed his ample power, hammering a lead-off home run over the left field wall in Tuesday&#8217;s road game versus the Cleveland Guardians. Rice suffered an elbow contusion after getting hit by a pitch in Saturday&#8217;s stunning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, but he did not look restricted when facing Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee.<\/p>\n<p>The former 12th-round draft pick, who hit below the Mendoza Line in 50 games last season, is now batting .294 with six homers and 10 RBIs in 2025. Fans are loving every minute of this thrilling breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Legend of Ben Rice grows,\u201d Barstool Baseball posted on X after the game-opening blast. \u201cWELCOME BACK BEN RICE,\u201d Talkin&#8217; Yanks exclaimed. \u201cBen Rice is sensational,\u201d Garry Sheffield Jr. proclaimed. \u201cTremendous. Exceptional. So many hitters in this lineup can learn a thing or two just watching him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Related New York Yankees NewsArticle continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Will Yankees DH Ben Rice stay on the attack this season?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It would be easy to attribute this surge to the highs and lows of baseball, especially since Rice&#8217;s 2024 production plunged after he hit three dingers in one game against the Boston Red Sox last July. But there is evidence to suggest he has figured something out early in his second season.<\/p>\n<p>When a player belts an opposite-field home run, it shows he is on his way to becoming a complete hitter rather than a one-dimensional pull guy. This left-handed batter has matured at the dish, and the Yankees are benefiting from it. Ben Rice is forcing manager Aaron Boone to keep rewarding him with a prime spot at the top of the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>People have been clamoring for a youth movement to invade The Bronx for some time, but they probably did not have this specific talent in mind. The unexpected and torrid spring love affair rolls on. If the magic can stay alive through the summer, then New York is going to feel mighty confident about its postseason prospects.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emerging Ben Rice thrills Yankees fans after hitting a lead-off home run vs. Guardians on Tuesday night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[44,40],"class_list":["post-50262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees DH Ben Rice&#039;s home run on 1st pitch of game has fans going wild - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=50262\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees DH Ben Rice&#039;s home run on 1st pitch of game has fans going wild - 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