MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Lars Nootbaar
AZ · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
92.0
Nick Kurtz
93.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
49.7%
Nick Kurtz
57.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
9.8%
Nick Kurtz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Lars Nootbaar
19.6%
Nick Kurtz
23.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Lars Nootbaar
6.9%
Nick Kurtz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Lars Nootbaar
.343
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
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.223
Nick Kurtz
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .288
.227

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
513.60
now 1
1
Nick Kurtz
513.60
now 10
2
Runshigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
2053.80
now 2
9
Nick Kurtz
2053.80
now 39
7
RBIhigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
2056.20
now 3
13
Nick Kurtz
2056.20
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Lars Nootbaar
.0008.40
now 0
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLars Nootbaar — buy.conf 0.66
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.72
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