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Chicago Cubs: Lately, Ian Happ has been one of baseball’s best hitters

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The Chicago Cubs have not had much to cheer about in the second half of the season, but one guy that has really come on is Ian Happ. Happ has been a relatively successful big league hitter over his short career, but his 2021 season was downright dreadful until this past month.

Heading into August, Happ’s slash line was .180/.294/.326 with just 10 home runs. Since then, he has hit the same number of home runs in just over a month and has raised his line to .219/.309/.416, good for a .