MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 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, runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ian Happ wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
88.0
Ian Happ
89.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
35.6%
Ian Happ
44.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
8.9%
Ian Happ
14.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Ian Happ
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
17.4%
Ian Happ
14.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.296
Ian Happ
.327
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
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .178
.180
Ian Happ
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .230
.184

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
517.40
now 2
3
Ian Happ
517.40
now 13
11
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2061.40
now 11
40
Ian Happ
2061.40
now 39
47
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2049.80
now 5
18
Ian Happ
2049.80
now 31
37
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00039.80
now 8
29
Ian Happ
.00039.80
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
Hold · leans buyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
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