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Drew Waters or Nick Kurtz

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Drew Waters

Drew Waters

LFKansas City Royals KC
Nick Kurtz

Nick Kurtz

1BOakland Athletics ATH
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Waters over Kurtz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Drew Waters
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kurtz over Waters

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Kurtz
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Performance Drew Waters
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286002.2860.42905
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273017.2730.333211
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Kurtz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.083121.1200.20807
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.179234.2000.385011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Drew Waters
OWN
 
1%
-0.99 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.75 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Kurtz
OWN
23%
-9.04 compared to last week
START
11%
-6.03 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Drew Waters
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Kurtz
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Drew Waters

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF RF CF . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 83rd.
  • The current leader among LF's is Aaron Judge
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.358 and is currently ranked 46th
  • Ranked 114th in batting average with 0.273
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 220th with 0.310
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 193rd with 0.391
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 191st with 0.701
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 328th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 372nd in RBI with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 272nd in runs scored with 15
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.273, OBP: +0.31, HRs: +1, RBI: +9, Runs: +15, Wlks: +5, Stls: +3,
Breakdown Nick Kurtz

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 46th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Pete Alonso
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 129th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Ranked 273rd in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 334th with 0.270
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 262nd with 0.346
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 297th with 0.615
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 393rd in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 419th in runs scored with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.222, OBP: +0.27, HRs: +2, RBI: +8, Runs: +7, Wlks: +6, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Drew Waters

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Kurtz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Drew Waters
DateOpponentResult
May 19@SFKris BubicW 1-3
May 20@SFHayden BirdsongL 3-2
May 21@SFLogan Webb
May 23@MINPablo Lopez
May 24@MINZebby Matthews
May 25@MINBailey Ober
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333002.3330.33302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Kurtz
DateOpponentResult
May 19VS LAAJose SorianoL 3-4
May 20VS LAAKyle HendricksL 5-7
May 21VS LAAJack Kochanowicz
May 22VS LAATyler Anderson
May 23VS PHIZack Wheeler
May 24VS PHI
May 25VS PHIJesus Luzardo
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250121.2500.62502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Drew Waters
4.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Kurtz
10.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Drew Waters
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 25 19 4 10 15 0 8 .253 .325 .493 67
2023 KC 100 69 8 40 32 16 27 .230 .301 .380 238
2024 KC 11 3 0 2 1 0 2 .188 .316 .250 14
2025 KC 35 30 1 15 9 3 5 .273 .310 .391 85
ON PACE 113 97 3 48 29 9 16 .273 .310 .391 275
3-YEAR AVG 45 30 4 17 16 5 12 .233 .307 .396 106
Career 171 121 13 67 57 19 42 .242 .307 .395
Career Nick Kurtz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2025 ATH 24 18 2 7 8 0 6 .222 .270 .346 42
ON PACE 79 59 6 23 26 0 19 .222 .270 .346 138
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 24 18 2 7 8 0 6 .222 .270 .346
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