Jake Burger
27-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
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SB
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Burger didn't even make the Opening Day roster last year, but he ended up having a big impact for both the White Sox and Marlins. He finished second on the White Sox in home runs with 25 despite playing in only 88 games with the club. Burger added nine more long balls in 53 games with Miami following a deadline trade, finishing 15th in MLB with 34 homers in total. In a surprising twist, Burger cut his strikeout rate by nearly 10 percentage points following the move to South Beach, which lends some hope to the idea that he could be more than a one-dimensional slugger. Thanks in large part to the improved contact rate, he hit .303 with a 131 wRC+ in his small sample with Miami. Burger, the 11th overall pick in 2017, lost multiple years of development time due to two tears of his left Achilles' tendon. The health history has to be taken into account, but even with those concerns Burger has quite a bit of appeal as a third baseman/corner infielder in fantasy. Read Past Outlooks
Seeing work at first base
Burger started at first base in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Mets, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
ANALYSIS
While the 27-year-old is locked in as the Marlins' starting third baseman, Burger does have some limited experience at first base and the club envisions having him move across the diamond on occasion, especially on days when Josh Bell is getting a partial breather as the DH. Burger is still trying to find his timing at the plate this spring, hitting .160 (4-for-25) with a 0:8 BB:K, but after slugging a career-high 34 homers in 2023, he's expected to hit in the heart of Miami's batting order this season.
While the 27-year-old is locked in as the Marlins' starting third baseman, Burger does have some limited experience at first base and the club envisions having him move across the diamond on occasion, especially on days when Josh Bell is getting a partial breather as the DH. Burger is still trying to find his timing at the plate this spring, hitting .160 (4-for-25) with a 0:8 BB:K, but after slugging a career-high 34 homers in 2023, he's expected to hit in the heart of Miami's batting order this season.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .940 | 188 | 14 | 29 | .276 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .765 | 535 | 28 | 77 | .241 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023vs Left | .906 | 139 | 11 | 17 | .260 | ||||
2023vs Right | .800 | 401 | 23 | 63 | .247 | ||||
2022vs Left | 1.039 | 49 | 3 | 12 | .326 | ||||
2022vs Right | .663 | 134 | 5 | 14 | .224 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+60%
OPS at Home
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .992 | 373 | 28 | 73 | .308 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .619 | 350 | 14 | 33 | .189 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 1.006 | 265 | 21 | 53 | .305 | ||||
2023Away | .658 | 275 | 13 | 27 | .198 | ||||
2022Home | .957 | 108 | 7 | 20 | .313 | ||||
2022Away | .477 | 75 | 1 | 6 | .159 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jake Burger compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.21BB Rate
5.9%K Rate
27.6%BABIP
.284ISO
.268AVG
.250OBP
.309SLG
.518OPS
.828wOBA
.357Exit Velocity
91.9 mphHard Hit Rate
42.4%Barrels/PA
10.7%Expected BA
.270Expected SLG
.512Sprint Speed
24.3 ft/secGround Ball %
42.9%Line Drive %
18.4%Fly Ball %
38.6%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
2018
Burger spent another season on the CLT to MDW shuttle as he continues his efforts to stay healthy over the course of a full season. He has had absolutely rotten luck with injury as he has played just three professional seasons since being drafted in the June 2017 draft. Burger found himself in a complementary role with the White Sox on the short side of a platoon as he hit lefties 100 points better than righties with much better contact as well. The injuries were still there as he dealt with a hand/wrist bruise mid-summer. Burger's time in 2023 will come should Moncada continue his downward trend because DH is clogged by Jimenez. The limited path to playing time makes Burger draftable in solely 50-round draft and hold formats.
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In lineup Friday
Burger (quad) is in the lineup for the Marlins' series opener versus the Brewers on Friday.
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Dealing with quad tightness
Burger left Wednesday's game against the Mets early due to right quad tightness, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
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Exits with injury
Burger was removed from Wednesday's game against the Mets with an apparent injury, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
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Homers, tallies three hits
Burger went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double and three runs scored in Saturday's 11-5 victory over Atlanta.
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Slugs 28th homer
Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Thursday's win over the Nationals.
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