MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Curtis Mead
Curtis Mead
BOS · 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, and RBI. 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 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Nick Gonzales wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
88.0
Nick Gonzales
86.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
42.3%
Nick Gonzales
33.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
10.8%
Nick Gonzales
2.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.1%
Nick Gonzales
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.3%
Nick Gonzales
11.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.358
Nick Gonzales
.326
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
.222
Nick Gonzales
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .303
.288

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
511.20
now 8
1
Nick Gonzales
511.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
2035.80
now 26
6
Nick Gonzales
2035.80
now 27
5
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
2034.40
now 26
6
Nick Gonzales
2034.40
now 26
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
.0004.20
now 3
1
Nick Gonzales
.0004.20
now 3
1
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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