MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Olson wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Alec Burleson wins 1 (AVG); 1 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
Matt Olson
92.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.4%
Matt Olson
50.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.4%
Matt Olson
14.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
36.6%
Matt Olson
26.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
11.0%
Matt Olson
11.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.381
Matt Olson
.357
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
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .281
.283
Matt Olson
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .261
.229

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
520.80
now 7
4
Matt Olson
520.80
now 16
6
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2050.60
now 26
17
Matt Olson
2050.60
now 41
25
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
2053.40
now 38
24
Matt Olson
2053.40
now 45
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0003.20
now 2
1
Matt Olson
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.68
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