MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Curtis Mead
Curtis Mead
WSH · 3B
Change to
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
ATH · 3B
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Curtis Mead.

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

Curtis Mead wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Joshua Kuroda-Grauer wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
88.1
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
43.1%
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
11.1%
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
1.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.4%
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
40.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.2%
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
7.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.362
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
.329
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
Curtis Mead
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .250
.234
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.332

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
511.20
now 8
3
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
511.20
now 0
1
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
2036
now 26
26
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
2036
now 1
18
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
2036
now 26
26
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
2036
now 1
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
.0004.20
now 3
3
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
.0004.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCurtis Mead — buy.conf 0.69
Sell HighJoshua Kuroda-Grauer — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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