Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Ian Happ (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	‐
VBR	# 97	‐

Projections

Runs	31	1
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	29	0
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.240	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	372	‐

Runs	64	‐

Hits	82	‐

Singles	44	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	18	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	57	‐

Strikeouts	136	‐

Batting Average	.220	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.425	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	3

Runs	31	1

Hits	49	1

Singles	28	1

Doubles	11	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	29	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	0

Strikeouts	61	1

Batting Average	.240	.200

On Base Pct	.345	.200

Slugging Pct	.433	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Ian Happ went 1-for-4 with a home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Ian Happ went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Ian Happ went 1-for-4 with a game-tying solo home run in the top of the ninth inning on Wednesday. However, the Cubs suffered a 3-2 loss to the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th
	Ian Happ went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a home run, and three runs batted in on Thursday as the Cubs rallied to defeat the Athletics, 7-6. David Leisering Fri, Jun 5th
	Ian Happ went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run on Friday in the Cubs' 6-5 loss to the Cardinals. David Leisering Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Ian Happ (2026)

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