Nick Kurtz

Nick Kurtz

22-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Sacramento Athletics
10-Day IL
Injury Hip
Est. Return 6/4/2025
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Jim Thome isn't a common comp for high-end draft prospects, but that's the type of player scouts envision Kurtz becoming if he reaches his ceiling. The fourth-overall pick in 2024, Kurtz slashed .353/.450/.608 with two home runs and a 16:9 K:BB in 60 plate appearances in the Arizona Fall League after ending the regular season on the injured list at Double-A Midland due to a hamstring strain. Other than a general lack of athleticism and a bad body (listed at 6-foot-5, 240 pounds), Kurtz's only notable flaw is his injury history -- he missed time with random injuries while putting up cartoonish offensive numbers at Wake Forest (career 1.283 OPS, 46 home runs in 110 games his final two seasons). However, after slashing .368/.520/.763 with four homers in 12 games split between Single-A and Double-A before dominating in the AFL, Kurtz's track record of hitting pro pitching is arguably tops in the 2024 draft class. He could reach the majors this summer if he stays healthy and performs as expected. Read Past Outlooks
RANKS
Rest of Season From Preseason
#421
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in April of 2025.
Lands on injured list
1BSacramento Athletics
Hip
May 27, 2025
The Athletics placed Kurtz on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to May 25, due to a strained left hip flexor.
ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old suffered the injury during Saturday's game against the Angels and will spend at least the next week on the shelf. Logan Davidson was called up by the A's late last week and could see more action at first base while Kurtz is sidelined.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
6
8
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+280%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+280%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .233 23 1 0 3 0 .059 .174 .059
Since 2023vs Right .885 85 10 5 12 0 .286 .353 .532
2025vs Left .233 23 1 0 3 0 .059 .174 .059
2025vs Right .885 85 10 5 12 0 .286 .353 .532
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+52%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+52%
OPS at Home
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .893 63 8 4 12 0 .283 .365 .528
Since 2023Away .586 45 3 1 3 0 .195 .244 .341
2025Home .893 63 8 4 12 0 .283 .365 .528
2025Away .586 45 3 1 3 0 .195 .244 .341
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Nick Kurtz compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.31
 
BB Rate
10.2%
 
K Rate
33.3%
 
BABIP
.321
 
ISO
.202
 
AVG
.245
 
OBP
.315
 
SLG
.447
 
OPS
.762
 
wOBA
.326
 
Exit Velocity
92.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
36.1%
 
Barrels/PA
7.4%
 
Expected BA
.251
 
Expected SLG
.471
 
Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
42.6%
 
Line Drive %
18.0%
 
Fly Ball %
39.3%
 
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Not starting Sunday
1BSacramento Athletics
Hip
May 25, 2025
Kurtz (hip) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.
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Tweaks hip late Saturday
1BSacramento Athletics
Hip
May 25, 2025
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said that Kurtz was removed in the 10th inning of Saturday's 9-6 loss to the Phillies due to a left hip flexor injury, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
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Homers again Friday
1BSacramento Athletics
May 23, 2025
Kurtz went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Phillies.
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Records first multi-homer game
1BSacramento Athletics
May 22, 2025
Kurtz went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo home runs Wednesday in a loss to the Angels.
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Pops homer Tuesday
1BSacramento Athletics
May 20, 2025
Kurtz went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Angels.
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