MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Burger.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs and runs. Alec Burleson’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Burger wins 2 categories (HR, R); Alec Burleson wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
91.6
Jake Burger
90.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.6%
Jake Burger
46.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.1%
Jake Burger
11.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
36.2%
Jake Burger
37.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
11.1%
Jake Burger
17.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.381
Jake Burger
.300
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
.282
Jake Burger
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .242
.216

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
512.80
now 7
3
Jake Burger
512.80
now 10
4
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2034.20
now 26
16
Jake Burger
2034.20
now 29
18
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
2044
now 38
23
Jake Burger
2044
now 37
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0003.20
now 2
1
Jake Burger
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
SellJake Burger — sell.conf 0.58
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