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Alec Burleson for Masataka Yoshida (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL  | Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 73 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 58 | # 616 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 47 | 22 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 4 |
| RBI | 53 | 23 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .273 | .272 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 55 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 75 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 87 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 110 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 50 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 42 | # 219 |
| Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL | Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 214 | 107 |
| Runs | 25 | 12 |
| Hits | 60 | 27 |
| Singles | 40 | 19 |
| Doubles | 13 | 6 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 7 | 1 |
| RBI | 36 | 8 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 21 | 14 |
| Strikeouts | 38 | 10 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .252 |
| On Base Pct | .347 | .347 |
| Slugging Pct | .439 | .355 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .787 | .702 |
| Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL | Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 366 | 172 |
| Runs | 47 | 22 |
| Hits | 100 | 47 |
| Singles | 67 | 32 |
| Doubles | 18 | 9 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 4 |
| RBI | 53 | 23 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 31 | 15 |
| Strikeouts | 59 | 25 |
| Batting Average | .273 | .272 |
| On Base Pct | .334 | .339 |
| Slugging Pct | .439 | .409 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .773 | .747 |
| Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL | Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS | |
| News | ||
| Alec Burleson went 3-for-8 with a double, a run scored, an RBI and a walk in Saturday's doubleheader versus the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, May 24th | Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th | |
| Alec Burleson went 2-for-3 in a 9-6 win over the Pirates with a home run, three runs scored, one RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th | Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-4 with three RBI in the Red Sox 8-6 loss on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 6th | |
| Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in the loss to the Athletics with a double and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, May 14th | The Red Sox have five outfielders competing for four spots, including designated hitter, and Yoshida returned from the World Baseball Classic — where he played for Team Japan — in the same standing as when he departed. The logjam remains unresolved heading into the final week of spring training. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th | |
| Alec Burleson went 1-for-3 in a win over the Padres with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, May 8th | Masataka Yoshida will be in the lineup on Friday and Saturday for the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th | |
| Alec Burleson went 1-for-3 in a 7-2 win over the Dodgers with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 2nd | Masataka Yoshida will represent Japan in the World Baseball Classic. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL | Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (2-1) | #145 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #396 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #147 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | vs TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #283 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #311 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #234 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs WSH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SEA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ TEX | |||||
