MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo
TEX · RF
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Portrait of Ian Happ
Ian Happ
CHC · LF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ian Happ.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ian Happ wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Brandon Nimmo wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.6
Ian Happ
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
52.5%
Ian Happ
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
12.7%
Ian Happ
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.0%
Ian Happ
24.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.5%
Ian Happ
14.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.372
Ian Happ
.322
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
Brandon Nimmo
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .258
.275
Ian Happ
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .230
.181

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
516.20
now 7
5
Ian Happ
516.20
now 13
6
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2047
now 26
19
Ian Happ
2047
now 39
29
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2037
now 21
16
Ian Happ
2037
now 31
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.0003.20
now 2
1
Ian Happ
.0003.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.71
Hold · steadyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
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