MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Christian Walker
Christian Walker
HOU · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Walker
89.4
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
42.3%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
9.9%
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Walker
30.3%
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Walker
14.9%
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Walker
.301
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
Christian Walker
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .249
.212
Nick Kurtz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .288
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
520.40
now 16
5
Nick Kurtz
520.40
now 10
9
Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
22.2043.80
now 36
27
Nick Kurtz
22.2043.80
now 39
28
RBIhigher is better
Christian Walker
24.8048.20
now 43
32
Nick Kurtz
24.8048.20
now 41
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Walker
.0008.40
now 0
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellChristian Walker — hold.conf 0.60
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
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