MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 1B
Change to
Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Olson.

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

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Matt Olson wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Jake Burger wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Burger
90.2
Matt Olson
92.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
47.0%
Matt Olson
50.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
11.1%
Matt Olson
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Burger
37.2%
Matt Olson
27.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Burger
17.6%
Matt Olson
11.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Burger
.299
Matt Olson
.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
Jake Burger
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .242
.217
Matt Olson
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .261
.233

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
520.80
now 10
4
Matt Olson
520.80
now 16
5
Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
2051
now 29
16
Matt Olson
2051
now 41
21
RBIhigher is better
Jake Burger
2054.60
now 37
21
Matt Olson
2054.60
now 45
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Burger
.0002.20
now 1
1
Matt Olson
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Burger — sell.conf 0.58
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.70
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