MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Jake Burger
Jake Burger
TEX · 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); Jake Burger wins 1 (RBI); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Burger
90.2
Yordan Alvarez
94.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
46.8%
Yordan Alvarez
53.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Burger
10.9%
Yordan Alvarez
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Burger
37.2%
Yordan Alvarez
27.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Burger
17.6%
Yordan Alvarez
8.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Burger
.297
Yordan Alvarez
.474
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .242
.215
Yordan Alvarez
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .301
.296

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
526.40
now 10
4
Yordan Alvarez
526.40
now 20
6
Runshigher is better
Jake Burger
2047.80
now 29
17
Yordan Alvarez
2047.80
now 39
21
RBIhigher is better
Jake Burger
2046.20
now 37
22
Yordan Alvarez
2046.20
now 39
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Burger
.0002.20
now 1
1
Yordan Alvarez
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Burger — sell.conf 0.59
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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