Alec Burleson

Alec Burleson

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF
St. Louis Cardinals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The Cardinals had disappointments up and down their lineup last season, but Burleson was a bright spot, leading the team with 78 RBI and finishing one off the club lead with his 21 home runs. Seventeen of those long balls came before the All-Star break, as Burleson trailed off badly in the second half, particularly in September. He also had just a .514 OPS against left-handed pitching and rarely played versus southpaws down the stretch, so a strong-side platoon in 2025 appears likely. A .292/.341/.464 line against righties makes Burleson well suited for such a role, and a 12.8 percent strikeout rate and above-average batted-ball metrics means he's a good bet for batting average. Too many grounders and Busch Stadium as his home park could make him a merely adequate power source, however. Read Past Outlooks
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#233
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$Signed a one-year, $778,700 contract with the Cardinals in March of 2025.
Sitting out against left-hander
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
April 18, 2025
Burleson is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Mets.
ANALYSIS
With lefty David Peterson on the bump for the Mets, Burleson will yield to Luken Baker in the designated hitter slot. Burleson has been absent from the lineup all six times the Cardinals have faced a southpaw this season.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
12
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+44%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+219%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+56%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+15%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .522 174 19 3 19 2 .201 .241 .280
Since 2023vs Right .752 828 91 26 100 12 .272 .323 .429
2025vs Left .200 5 1 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000
2025vs Right .638 60 4 0 4 2 .268 .317 .321
2024vs Left .514 140 15 3 12 2 .195 .229 .286
2024vs Right .804 453 56 18 66 7 .292 .341 .464
2023vs Left .607 29 3 0 6 0 .259 .310 .296
2023vs Right .699 315 31 8 30 3 .243 .299 .399
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+6%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+38%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .771 502 65 14 61 10 .283 .335 .436
Since 2023Away .652 500 45 15 58 4 .235 .283 .369
2025Home .590 34 3 0 4 2 .233 .324 .267
2025Away .624 31 2 0 1 0 .267 .290 .333
2024Home .773 301 41 9 36 6 .291 .340 .433
2024Away .696 292 30 12 42 3 .246 .288 .408
2023Home .803 167 21 5 21 2 .279 .329 .474
2023Away .583 177 13 3 15 1 .211 .273 .311
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Stat Review
How does Alec Burleson 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.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.71
 
BB Rate
7.7%
 
K Rate
10.8%
 
BABIP
.283
 
ISO
.050
 
AVG
.250
 
OBP
.308
 
SLG
.300
 
OPS
.608
 
wOBA
.270
 
Exit Velocity
90.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
30.2%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.208
 
Expected SLG
.283
 
Sprint Speed
21.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.2%
 
Line Drive %
15.4%
 
Fly Ball %
38.5%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
It didn't show up much in his bottom-line stats, but Burleson did do some interesting things at the plate last season with the Cardinals during his first extended look in the majors. Chief among them was an elite contact ability with a strikeout rate of just 13 percent, and he also impacted the ball pretty well with a 41 percent hard-hit rate. Burleson doesn't draw walks and offers virtually no defensive value, so his bat will need to carry him. The 25-year-old could become interesting with regular starts, but St. Louis' outfield and designated hitter situation remains crowded even after the trade of Tyler O'Neill.
Burleson, a 24-year-old with nothing left to prove as a hitter in the minors and nowhere to fit defensively in the majors, has been dangled as a secondary piece in many of the Cardinals' trade talks (Juan Soto, Sean Murphy, etc...), but so far he appears to be staying put. It's unfortunate, as Burleson might be a good enough hitter (potential for a high average and 20-homer pop) to be an everyday left fielder or designated hitter for a second-division club. On this Cardinals roster, however, he is a lefty bench bat who will wait for an injury or underperformance to open up more plate appearances.
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Idle against lefty
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
April 14, 2025
Burleson is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Astros.
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Not starting against lefty
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April 12, 2025
Burleson isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
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On bench for matinee
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
April 6, 2025
Burleson is out of the lineup for the first game of Sunday's doubleheader versus Boston, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
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Idle against lefty
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April 2, 2025
Burleson is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.
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Exiting lineup Monday
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March 31, 2025
Burleson is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Angels.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Could get playing time bump
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
April 24, 2024
Outfielder Jordan Walker was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday, per Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat, which could open up playing time for Burleson.
ANALYSIS
Burleson had a regular role to begin the season but has started just two of 11 games since Lars Nootbaar returned from two fractured ribs. Burleson has struggled at the plate with a .255/.296/.294 slash line in 54 plate appearances, so he likely won't come close to having an everyday role. Backup catcher Ivan Herrera should also see increased chances with Walker sent down.
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