MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami
CWS · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Munetaka Murakami.

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

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

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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
Munetaka Murakami
93.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.5%
Munetaka Murakami
58.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.3%
Munetaka Murakami
19.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
35.2%
Munetaka Murakami
21.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
10.6%
Munetaka Murakami
17.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.383
Munetaka Murakami
.366
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
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .281
.278
Munetaka Murakami
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .240
.171

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
526
now 7
5
Munetaka Murakami
526
now 20
6
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2052.20
now 26
20
Munetaka Murakami
2052.20
now 43
33
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
24.2045.80
now 38
29
Munetaka Murakami
24.2045.80
now 41
32
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0003.20
now 2
2
Munetaka Murakami
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.74
BuyMunetaka Murakami — buy.conf 0.70
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