MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Ian Happ
Ian Happ
CHC · LF
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Portrait of Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt
AZ · 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); Ryan Waldschmidt 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
89.6
Ryan Waldschmidt
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ian Happ
42.6%
Ryan Waldschmidt
34.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ian Happ
12.1%
Ryan Waldschmidt
8.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ian Happ
23.9%
Ryan Waldschmidt
25.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ian Happ
14.1%
Ryan Waldschmidt
15.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ian Happ
.323
Ryan Waldschmidt
.286
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
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .230
.181
Ryan Waldschmidt
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .284
.243

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ian Happ
518.20
now 13
5
Ryan Waldschmidt
518.20
now 0
3
Runshigher is better
Ian Happ
2050.60
now 39
28
Ryan Waldschmidt
2050.60
now 10
17
RBIhigher is better
Ian Happ
2040.60
now 31
22
Ryan Waldschmidt
2040.60
now 7
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ian Happ
.00012.20
now 2
1
Ryan Waldschmidt
.00012.20
now 5
9
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRyan Waldschmidt — hold.conf 0.50
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