MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 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 and runs.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Kurtz wins 2 categories (HR, R); Jake Bauers wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
92.4
Nick Kurtz
93.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
52.9%
Nick Kurtz
57.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
13.5%
Nick Kurtz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.9%
Nick Kurtz
23.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.5%
Nick Kurtz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.376
Nick Kurtz
.374
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
Jake Bauers
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .277
.244
Nick Kurtz
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
513.60
now 9
1
Nick Kurtz
513.60
now 10
2
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
2052.20
now 31
6
Nick Kurtz
2052.20
now 39
7
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
2054.60
now 33
7
Nick Kurtz
2054.60
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
.0008
now 4
1
Nick Kurtz
.0008
now 6
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.72
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.72
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