MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Daylen Lile
Daylen Lile
WSH · LF
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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); Daylen Lile wins 2 (SB, AVG).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
88.2
Ian Happ
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
35.7%
Ian Happ
42.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Daylen Lile
8.0%
Ian Happ
12.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
37.4%
Ian Happ
24.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Daylen Lile
12.7%
Ian Happ
14.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Daylen Lile
.315
Ian Happ
.320
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
Daylen Lile
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.240
Ian Happ
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .230
.180

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
517
now 7
3
Ian Happ
517
now 13
5
Runshigher is better
Daylen Lile
2045.40
now 36
23
Ian Happ
2045.40
now 39
26
RBIhigher is better
Daylen Lile
2036.20
now 28
18
Ian Happ
2036.20
now 31
21
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Daylen Lile
.0005.20
now 4
3
Ian Happ
.0005.20
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDaylen Lile — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
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