Ian Happ, who hit his 100th career home run Sunday, already has displayed a rare power skill from both sides of the plate.
That’s where the air gets very rarified; only nine switch-hitters in history have done that — a list topped by Mickey Mantle, Murray and Jones.For now, the kid who started working at switch-hitting as an 8-year-old — and just turned 28 this month — still seems to be reveling in the fact he survived the trade deadline still wearing a Cubs uniform.
And that rare combination of power from both sides of the plate is a big part of the conversation over his value — especially after making so much improvement from the right side this season. Last week in Washington, he joined a list of MLB elites with a two-homer game — putting him among six players with at least 11 homers in each of their first six seasons in the majors: also Mantle, Murray, Teixeira, Ruben Sierra and José Cruz Jr.
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