MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Jonathan Aranda
Jonathan Aranda
TB · 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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Nick Kurtz wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Jonathan Aranda wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
91.1
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
45.3%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
10.4%
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jonathan Aranda
27.9%
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Aranda
9.9%
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jonathan Aranda
.372
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
Jonathan Aranda
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .283
.255
Nick Kurtz
.230.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
513
now 11
6
Nick Kurtz
513
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
22.2043.80
now 34
27
Nick Kurtz
22.2043.80
now 39
30
RBIhigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
27.6047.40
now 43
34
Nick Kurtz
27.6047.40
now 41
32
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jonathan Aranda
.0008.40
now 0
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
5
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJonathan Aranda — buy.conf 0.71
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
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