MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Nick Kurtz
Nick Kurtz
ATH · 1B
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Portrait of Sal Stewart
Sal Stewart
CIN · 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 average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

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

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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
Sal Stewart
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Sal Stewart
41.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Sal Stewart
14.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Sal Stewart
28.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
Sal Stewart
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nick Kurtz
.379
Sal Stewart
.354
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
.244
Sal Stewart
.220.310
lg AVG .295
now .261
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nick Kurtz
514
now 10
9
Sal Stewart
514
now 12
7
Runshigher is better
Nick Kurtz
20.8044.20
now 39
29
Sal Stewart
20.8044.20
now 34
26
RBIhigher is better
Nick Kurtz
22.8046.20
now 41
31
Sal Stewart
22.8046.20
now 37
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nick Kurtz
312
now 6
5
Sal Stewart
312
now 10
8
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73
BuySal Stewart — buy.conf 0.68
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