Michael Busch or Tim Elko

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
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Michael Busch or Tim Elko Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	195	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	45	‐

Singles	27	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	36	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.359	‐

Slugging Pct	.390	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	‐

Michael Busch or Tim Elko Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	502	34

Runs	75	4

Hits	126	7

Singles	70	4

Doubles	25	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	27	1

RBI	77	4

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	57	3

Strikeouts	140	13

Batting Average	.251	.193

On Base Pct	.327	.248

Slugging Pct	.473	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.592

Michael Busch or Tim Elko Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
News
	Michael Busch provided the Cubs' only run on Monday, belting a solo home run in a 2-1 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Sunday as the Cubs suffered an 8-5 loss to the Astros. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles, a walk, and was also hit by a pitch during the Cubs' 9-3 loss to the Brewers on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a pair of walks on Sunday as the Cubs dropped a 9-8, 10-inning decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a game-tying solo home run in the eighth and a walk-off RBI single in the tenth as the Cubs knocked off the Reds, 3-2. David Leisering Wed, May 6th
Notes
	Michael Busch has rapidly developed into one of fantasy's most reliable power bats, following a strong 2024 with a full-blown breakout in 2025 that featured 34 homers, a .523 slugging percentage, and a 147 OPS+. The jump in production wasn't empty volume. His rOBA and run value both spiked, confirming real growth in impact contact rather than a fluky power surge. While the strikeout rate remains elevated, Busch offsets it with solid on-base skills and elite durability, logging 150+ games in back-to-back seasons. At age 28, he's firmly established as a high-end fantasy first baseman whose profile now supports both a strong floor and a stable power ceiling. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Michael Busch or Tim Elko Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#152	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#246
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#83
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#137	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#95
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#414
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#152
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58	@ SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#331
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84	@ SD	Michael King (4-3)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#95	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#361	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (1-0)	#409
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#241	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#83
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#151	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#417	vs CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-1)	#195
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#169	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#89
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2	vs MIN
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	vs DET	Troy Melton (1-0)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#225	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115	@ MIN
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF			@ PHI
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR			@ DET
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR			@ DET
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM			vs CLE
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD			@ BAL
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			vs NYY
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET