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

Yordan Alvarez.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Yordan Alvarez wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Alec Burleson wins 2 (RBI, 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
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.9%
Yordan Alvarez
53.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.5%
Yordan Alvarez
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
35.2%
Yordan Alvarez
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
10.6%
Yordan Alvarez
8.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.382
Yordan Alvarez
.476
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
.260.310
lg AVG .295
now .281
.276
Yordan Alvarez
.260.310
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
526
now 7
5
Yordan Alvarez
526
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2046.60
now 26
20
Yordan Alvarez
2046.60
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
2543
now 38
30
Yordan Alvarez
2543
now 39
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0003.20
now 2
2
Yordan Alvarez
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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