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ANALYSIS: After a shaky start to the season, New York Yankees pitcher J.A. Happ has started to settle in and produce some solid results. In his latest start, against his former team, the Toronto Blue Jays, Happ went 6 1/3 innings and allowed four hits, one walk and two earned runs while striking out 10. It was his second quality start over his past three outings.
Happ had a rough year in 2019 after 2018 saw him have one of the best seasons of his career. While a lot of his peripheral stats from 2020 look similar to 2019, there are a few that suggest he's made some strides from last year. His barrel rate is down from 8.3% in 2019 to 5.7% this year and his sweet spot percentage is down from 33.4% in 2019 to 27.3% this year.
Happ is slated to pitch against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, then he's scheduled to face the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, September 19. Any fantasy owner who needs some rotation depth for the final stretch of the season - which should be just about any fantasy owner - needs to consider adding Happ. He has the potential to go deep in starts and deliver solid ratios. Plus, if the Yankees bats start to come around, he'll be in a good position to earn some wins down the stretch as well.
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