MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
Change to
Portrait of Luis García Jr.
Luis García Jr.
WSH · 1B
Change to
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, runs, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Jake Burger wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Luis García Jr. 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
Jake Burger
90.0
Luis García Jr.
91.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
46.7%
Luis García Jr.
46.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
10.6%
Luis García Jr.
10.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Burger
36.6%
Luis García Jr.
40.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Burger
17.3%
Luis García Jr.
10.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Burger
.308
Luis García Jr.
.355
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
Jake Burger
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .242
.224
Luis García Jr.
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .264
.276

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
512.40
now 10
6
Luis García Jr.
512.40
now 5
4
Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
2033.40
now 29
22
Luis García Jr.
2033.40
now 21
18
RBIhigher is better
Jake Burger
21.6041.40
now 37
28
Luis García Jr.
21.6041.40
now 30
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Burger
.0003.20
now 1
1
Luis García Jr.
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJake Burger — hold.conf 0.60
BuyLuis García Jr. — buy.conf 0.68
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