MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 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
94.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.6%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
10.9%
Nick Kurtz
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
33.6%
Nick Kurtz
21.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
10.1%
Nick Kurtz
14.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.390
Nick Kurtz
.394
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
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .281
.288
Nick Kurtz
.240.300
lg AVG .295
now .288
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
518.20
now 7
9
Nick Kurtz
518.20
now 10
15
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2051.20
now 26
30
Nick Kurtz
2051.20
now 39
44
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
34.8049.20
now 38
44
Nick Kurtz
34.8049.20
now 41
46
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.0009
now 2
2
Nick Kurtz
.0009
now 6
7
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.75
Sell HighNick Kurtz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
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