MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Burger.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Burger wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 2 (R, SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.1
Jake Burger
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Jake Burger
46.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Jake Burger
10.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Jake Burger
36.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Jake Burger
17.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.299
Jake Burger
.307
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
Christian Yelich
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .275
.214
Jake Burger
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .242
.224

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
512.40
now 4
4
Jake Burger
512.40
now 10
6
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2032.20
now 21
29
Jake Burger
2032.20
now 29
23
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2044.60
now 18
24
Jake Burger
2044.60
now 37
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0005.20
now 3
4
Jake Burger
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.58
Hold · leans sellJake Burger — hold.conf 0.60
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