MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · DH
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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, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Kurtz wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Christian Yelich wins 0 (none); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.1
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
42.4%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.9%
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.299
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 Yelich
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .275
.214
Nick Kurtz
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .288
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
512.40
now 4
4
Nick Kurtz
512.40
now 10
9
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2046.20
now 21
29
Nick Kurtz
2046.20
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2050.20
now 18
24
Nick Kurtz
2050.20
now 41
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
1.807.20
now 3
4
Nick Kurtz
1.807.20
now 6
4
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.58
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
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