MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Nick Kurtz
Nick Kurtz
ATH · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Kurtz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Kurtz wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Alec Burleson wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
91.8
Nick Kurtz
93.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
49.2%
Nick Kurtz
57.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.6%
Nick Kurtz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
36.8%
Nick Kurtz
23.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
11.2%
Nick Kurtz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.384
Nick Kurtz
.373
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Alec Burleson
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .281
.282
Nick Kurtz
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
512.80
now 7
3
Nick Kurtz
512.80
now 10
6
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2048.60
now 26
15
Nick Kurtz
2048.60
now 39
21
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
2049
now 38
21
Nick Kurtz
2049
now 41
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0008
now 2
1
Nick Kurtz
.0008
now 6
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.74
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.72
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