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

Yandy Díaz.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yandy Díaz wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Alec Burleson wins 2 (HR, 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
Yandy Díaz
91.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.9%
Yandy Díaz
48.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.5%
Yandy Díaz
7.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
35.2%
Yandy Díaz
26.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
10.6%
Yandy Díaz
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.382
Yandy Díaz
.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
.260.330
lg AVG .295
now .281
.276
Yandy Díaz
.260.330
lg AVG .295
now .317
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
513.80
now 7
5
Yandy Díaz
513.80
now 11
4
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2035.40
now 26
20
Yandy Díaz
2035.40
now 31
25
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
26.8041.20
now 38
30
Yandy Díaz
26.8041.20
now 38
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0003.20
now 2
2
Yandy Díaz
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
BuyYandy Díaz — buy.conf 0.70
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