MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alec Burleson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Alec Burleson wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
91.7
Christian Yelich
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.9%
Christian Yelich
42.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.5%
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
35.2%
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
10.6%
Christian Yelich
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.382
Christian Yelich
.296
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Alec Burleson
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .281
.276
Christian Yelich
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .275
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
58.20
now 7
5
Christian Yelich
58.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2032.60
now 26
20
Christian Yelich
2032.60
now 21
29
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
2046
now 38
30
Christian Yelich
2046
now 18
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.8005.20
now 2
2
Christian Yelich
.8005.20
now 3
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
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