Ian Happ paused before answering, the moment of silence punctuating his matter-of-fact response.
“No,” he said. “I don’t feel that way.”
Looking back, he doesn’t feel like he rose to the Major Leagues too quickly.
Happ has had to field that question since spending 2/3 of last season in Triple-A. But already this year, Happ has hit three home runs, tied for the most on the team, while also maintain a top-three batting average (.297). Not only is he performing on the field, Happ has also embraced a leadership role and taken over for Kris Bryant as the team’s MLBPA representative.