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Alec Burleson

Alec Burleson — our top-20 calls on him have hit 73% this season. His matchups, projections, and the full graded record.

Last scored board
61.5
Hits · @ MIL · 2026-09-27
Our calls on him · hits
73%
1+ hit in 46/63 top-20 calls
Games graded
158
this season, box-score final
Alec Burleson
1BBats LThrows LSt. Louis Cardinals
Hits61.5/100proj 1.1Home Runs57.4/100proj 0.2RBIs49.5/100proj 0.5H+R+RBI49/100proj 1.7Walks40.9/100proj 0.4Singles38.5/100proj 0.6Runs37/100proj 0.5Fantasy Points34.9/100proj 6.3Doubles31.4/100proj 0.2Total Bases25.8/100proj 1.4Stolen Bases7.5/100proj 0Triples5.4/100proj 0

Last scored matchup

Alec isn't on today's slate. He was last scored 10 days ago, away at Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, September 27, 2026, where he landed on hits (61.5/100), home runs (57.4/100), rbis (49.5/100). This page refreshes with new projections as soon as he's back in a lineup.

He's in a cold stretch

Alec is 7-for-36 (.194) across his last 10 games, down from .280 on the season. Slumps this size are mostly noise at this sample — 36 at-bats is a fortnight, not a trend — and the model treats it that way, discounting the cold run rather than writing him off. If the matchup underneath is good, he'll still grade well here. That's a feature, and sometimes it's wrong.

What kind of hitter he is

Alec has 26 home runs and 63 extra-base hits in 599 at-bats this season. That profile is why he grades better on the total-bases and home-run boards than his batting average alone would suggest — those boards reward damage, not just contact. Park and weather matter more for a hitter like him too, and both feed the score.

He's a left-handed bat

Alec hits from the left side, and that's the first thing the model looks at. Left-handed hitters see right-handed pitching most nights, which is the favourable side — so a lefty bat's baseline is set against righties, and drawing a left-handed starter is a genuine downgrade rather than a rounding error. When you see his score fall on a day he's still in the lineup, an opposing lefty is usually why. Handedness also shapes the park read: pull-side geometry matters more for a left-handed swing than the raw park factor suggests.

Floor and ceiling

Alec has recorded at least one hit in 110 of 157 games he's batted in — 70% — with 45 multi-hit games among them. That's about average — most regulars land somewhere near it.

Home and away

Alec is hitting .262 at home (77-for-294) and .298 on the road (91-for-305) across the season. There's not much in it, which is the normal case. Home-road splits get talked about far more than they hold up.

How our calls on Alec have graded

We've ranked Alec a top-20 hitter matchup 63 times this season. He got a hit in 46 of them — 73%. That's the model reading him well, and it's the number we'd point to if you asked why we keep ranking him. It's also a season-sized sample on one player, which is smaller than it sounds; don't extrapolate it into a promise about tonight.

Where he lands across our boards

Alec was scored on 12 boards in that matchup, and the spread is the interesting part: hits graded 61.5/100 while triples came in at 5.4/100. Same player, same game, same opposing arm — different questions. A spread that wide usually means the matchup favours one kind of outcome over another, and it's the clearest argument for reading the board that matches what you actually care about.

How the model reads him

Take the name off Alec and the model still produces the same number, because it's scoring the matchup rather than the player. His splits against this handedness, what the opposing starter and bullpen actually allow, how many plate appearances he's likely to get, the park, the weather, how he's swinging lately. All of it lands on a 0–100 scale against everyone else playing today. We don't publish how it's weighted. We publish every result it produces.

What we'd flag

Three caveats worth carrying. Not every player gets a posted line — book coverage runs to about 87% for confirmed starters, so a blank line is the market's silence, not ours. Lineup changes land late enough to strand a projection published hours earlier. And judging any of this on a single night is meaningless; the model is tuned on hundreds of settled outcomes.

Recent game log

DateOppABHHRRRBI
Saturday, September 26@ MIL41111
Friday, September 25@ MIL21112
Thursday, September 24@ PIT41111
Wednesday, September 23@ PIT51011
Tuesday, September 22@ PIT40000
Sunday, September 20vs WSH40000
Saturday, September 19vs WSH21000
Friday, September 18vs WSH30000
Wednesday, September 16vs SF51010
Tuesday, September 15vs SF31111
Monday, September 14vs SF32001
Sunday, September 13vs CWS31003

Alec Burleson — FAQ

Is Alec Burleson playing today?

Alec Burleson isn't in a confirmed lineup on the current slate, and was last scored on Sunday, September 27, 2026. This page updates with fresh projections as soon as he's back in one.

How have MatchWiz's calls on Alec Burleson graded?

In the 63 games where our model ranked Alec a top-20 hitter matchup, he got at least one hit 46 times — 73%. Every call is graded against the real result at the line the market offered, wins and losses both.

How has Alec Burleson been hitting lately?

Alec is 7-for-36 (.194) over his last 10 games, against .280 on the season across 599 at-bats in our log, with 26 home runs. The full game-by-game log is on this page.

Which MatchWiz boards does Alec Burleson appear on?

Alec was scored on 12 boards in his last matchup — hits, home runs, rbis, h+r+rbi, walks. Each one asks a different question about the same game, so his score can be strong on one and weak on another.

Are Alec Burleson's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).