MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Vaughn
Andrew Vaughn
MIL · 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); Andrew Vaughn wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
89.6
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
40.5%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
3.8%
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
22.7%
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
7.3%
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
.339
Nick Kurtz
.379
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
Andrew Vaughn
.200.400
lg AVG .295
now .354
.283
Nick Kurtz
.200.400
lg AVG .295
now .288
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
513.60
now 1
3
Nick Kurtz
513.60
now 10
9
Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2050.60
now 10
20
Nick Kurtz
2050.60
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2053.40
now 10
20
Nick Kurtz
2053.40
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
.0008.40
now 0
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Vaughn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
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