Nick Kurtz - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 9)

May 25, 2025

Nick Kurtz is a fantasy baseball waiver wire pickup for Week 9 (2025). Target Marcelo Mayer as a top prospect free-agent add for fantasy baseball.

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ANALYSIS: After going hitless in his previous six games, Nick Kurtz has picked up five hits in his last four games, with four of those being home runs. Even with the ups and downs from Kurtz so far, his quality of contact metrics has been impressive with a 13.6% barrel rate, 92.4 mph AVG EV, and a 47.5% hard-hit rate.

Those metrics rank third, first, and third among all rookies with at least 100 plate appearances so far this season.

However, Kurtz's issues so far have stemmed from his lower contact rates and higher strikeout rate. In his first 103 Major League plate appearances, Kurtz is striking out at a 34% clip with a 73.3% zone contact rate and 66.2% overall contact rate.

These have all improved over Kurtz's last eight games, though. During this span, he's striking out just 24.2% of the time, with a 12.1% walk rate, 88% zone contact rate, and a 79% overall contact rate.

Nick Kurtz homers have become appointment viewing 📺

425 ft | 104.3 mph for the @Athletics' top-ranked prospect on his 5th big league roundtripper: pic.twitter.com/PeAUIkAU6K

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 24, 2025

We need to remember that most rookies experience peaks and valleys during their rookie season. It's natural and not a reason to panic. There's a reason why Kurtz was considered one of the best prospects in the game by many (myself included) when he was called up, and I still have him as a Top-5 prospect right now.

- Written by Eric Cross

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