MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Brenton Doyle
CWS · CF
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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); Brenton Doyle wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brenton Doyle
88.3
Ian Happ
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brenton Doyle
36.7%
Ian Happ
41.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brenton Doyle
5.1%
Ian Happ
11.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brenton Doyle
34.7%
Ian Happ
24.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brenton Doyle
16.3%
Ian Happ
13.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brenton Doyle
.250
Ian Happ
.311
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
Brenton Doyle
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .207
.200
Ian Happ
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .230
.176

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brenton Doyle
517.80
now 1
2
Ian Happ
517.80
now 13
3
Runshigher is better
Brenton Doyle
2047.40
now 21
18
Ian Happ
2047.40
now 39
21
RBIhigher is better
Brenton Doyle
2042.20
now 4
3
Ian Happ
2042.20
now 31
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brenton Doyle
.00012.20
now 9
8
Ian Happ
.00012.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrenton Doyle — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
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