MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 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, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
92.5
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
53.1%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jake Bauers
14.0%
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
20.2%
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jake Bauers
11.1%
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jake Bauers
.365
Nick Kurtz
.379
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
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .277
.247
Nick Kurtz
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
5.8011.20
now 9
7
Nick Kurtz
5.8011.20
now 10
9
Runshigher is better
Jake Bauers
23.6043.40
now 31
28
Nick Kurtz
23.6043.40
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Jake Bauers
25.6045.40
now 33
30
Nick Kurtz
25.6045.40
now 41
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jake Bauers
2.807.20
now 4
4
Nick Kurtz
2.807.20
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.70
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
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