MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Angel Martínez
Angel Martínez
CLE · LF
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Portrait of Ian Happ
Ian Happ
CHC · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Angel Martínez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — RBI, steals, and average. Ian Happ’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Angel Martínez wins 3 categories (RBI, SB, AVG); Ian Happ wins 2 (HR, R).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Angel Martínez
88.0
Ian Happ
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Angel Martínez
37.3%
Ian Happ
43.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Angel Martínez
7.9%
Ian Happ
12.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Angel Martínez
43.7%
Ian Happ
24.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Angel Martínez
10.5%
Ian Happ
14.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Angel Martínez
.306
Ian Happ
.323
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
Angel Martínez
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .243
.223
Ian Happ
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .230
.180

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Angel Martínez
517.40
now 9
2
Ian Happ
517.40
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Angel Martínez
2046.60
now 24
20
Ian Happ
2046.60
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Angel Martínez
2034.20
now 29
24
Ian Happ
2034.20
now 31
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Angel Martínez
.00010.80
now 8
7
Ian Happ
.00010.80
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAngel Martínez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
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