MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Nick Kurtz
Nick Kurtz
ATH · 1B
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Portrait of Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso
BAL · 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); Pete Alonso wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Pete Alonso
93.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Pete Alonso
54.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Pete Alonso
12.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Pete Alonso
26.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
Pete Alonso
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
.379
Pete Alonso
.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
Nick Kurtz
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .288
.243
Pete Alonso
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .237
.249

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nick Kurtz
5.4012.60
now 10
9
Pete Alonso
5.4012.60
now 11
7
Runshigher is better
Nick Kurtz
2044.60
now 39
28
Pete Alonso
2044.60
now 34
25
RBIhigher is better
Nick Kurtz
2047
now 41
30
Pete Alonso
2047
now 36
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nick Kurtz
.0008
now 6
4
Pete Alonso
.0008
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
BuyPete Alonso — buy.conf 0.72
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