MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · 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, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ian Happ wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
85.4
Ian Happ
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
28.2%
Ian Happ
41.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
8.2%
Ian Happ
11.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.0%
Ian Happ
24.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
16.1%
Ian Happ
13.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.289
Ian Happ
.313
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
Esteury Ruiz
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .178
.166
Ian Happ
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .230
.178

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
518.20
now 2
0
Ian Happ
518.20
now 13
1
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2052.20
now 11
6
Ian Happ
2052.20
now 39
6
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2042.20
now 5
3
Ian Happ
2042.20
now 31
5
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00011.20
now 8
4
Ian Happ
.00011.20
now 2
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
Hold · steadyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
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