MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Curtis Mead
Curtis Mead
WSH · 3B
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Portrait of Nick Gonzales
Nick Gonzales
PIT · 3B
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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. Nick Gonzales’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Curtis Mead wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Nick Gonzales 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
88.3
Nick Gonzales
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
42.5%
Nick Gonzales
35.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
11.4%
Nick Gonzales
3.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.7%
Nick Gonzales
32.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.1%
Nick Gonzales
13.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.361
Nick Gonzales
.323
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .250
.221
Nick Gonzales
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .303
.291

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
510.80
now 8
5
Nick Gonzales
510.80
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Nick Gonzales
21.6041.40
now 27
31
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Nick Gonzales
21.6041.40
now 26
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
1.805.20
now 3
4
Nick Gonzales
1.805.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCurtis Mead — buy.conf 0.69
Hold · leans buyNick Gonzales — hold.conf 0.60
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