MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · 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, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
87.9
Nick Kurtz
94.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
35.9%
Nick Kurtz
59.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
7.1%
Nick Kurtz
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
33.0%
Nick Kurtz
22.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
10.6%
Nick Kurtz
15.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.332
Nick Kurtz
.393
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
Dominic Smith
.220.350
lg AVG .295
now .325
.261
Nick Kurtz
.220.350
lg AVG .295
now .288
.252

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
517.60
now 5
5
Nick Kurtz
517.60
now 10
14
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2049
now 21
33
Nick Kurtz
2049
now 39
41
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2050.20
now 25
40
Nick Kurtz
2050.20
now 41
43
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0008.40
now 0
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
6
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.76
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