MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Sal Stewart
Sal Stewart
CIN · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sal Stewart.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Sal Stewart wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Alec Burleson wins 2 (RBI, 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
Sal Stewart
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.7%
Sal Stewart
39.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.2%
Sal Stewart
13.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
36.3%
Sal Stewart
28.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
11.0%
Sal Stewart
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.382
Sal Stewart
.346
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
.281
Sal Stewart
.210.300
lg AVG .295
now .261
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
515.20
now 7
4
Sal Stewart
515.20
now 12
5
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2041.20
now 26
16
Sal Stewart
2041.20
now 34
21
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
2044
now 38
24
Sal Stewart
2044
now 37
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.00013.60
now 2
1
Sal Stewart
.00013.60
now 10
6
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
BuySal Stewart — buy.conf 0.66
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