MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Ian Happ
Ian Happ
CHC · LF
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Portrait of Jake Mangum
Jake Mangum
PIT · CF
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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); Jake Mangum wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ian Happ
89.5
Jake Mangum
84.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ian Happ
42.3%
Jake Mangum
24.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ian Happ
12.0%
Jake Mangum
1.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ian Happ
24.6%
Jake Mangum
47.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ian Happ
13.8%
Jake Mangum
12.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ian Happ
.317
Jake Mangum
.285
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
Ian Happ
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .230
.179
Jake Mangum
.200.310
lg AVG .295
now .269
.260

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ian Happ
517.80
now 13
4
Jake Mangum
517.80
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Ian Happ
2048.20
now 39
24
Jake Mangum
2048.20
now 16
16
RBIhigher is better
Ian Happ
2039.80
now 31
19
Jake Mangum
2039.80
now 9
9
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ian Happ
.00010.80
now 2
1
Jake Mangum
.00010.80
now 8
8
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
SellJake Mangum — sell.conf 0.61
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