MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Freddie Freeman
Freddie Freeman
LAD · 1B
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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); Freddie Freeman wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
90.0
Nick Kurtz
93.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
43.8%
Nick Kurtz
57.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
9.2%
Nick Kurtz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Freddie Freeman
28.6%
Nick Kurtz
23.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Freddie Freeman
11.1%
Nick Kurtz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Freddie Freeman
.380
Nick Kurtz
.373
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
Freddie Freeman
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .266
.289
Nick Kurtz
.210.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.234

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Freddie Freeman
512.80
now 8
3
Nick Kurtz
512.80
now 10
6
Runshigher is better
Freddie Freeman
2048.20
now 29
16
Nick Kurtz
2048.20
now 39
21
RBIhigher is better
Freddie Freeman
2050.60
now 30
17
Nick Kurtz
2050.60
now 41
22
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Freddie Freeman
.0008
now 2
1
Nick Kurtz
.0008
now 6
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyFreddie Freeman — buy.conf 0.73
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.72
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