Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Ian Happ (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 77	# 166
VBR	# 98	# 607

Projections

Runs	30	14
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	28	14
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.237	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 81	# 187

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	# 131

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 241

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	380	223

Runs	65	22

Hits	84	60

Singles	44	40

Doubles	20	12

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	18	7

RBI	47	27

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	59	22

Strikeouts	139	34

Batting Average	.221	.269

On Base Pct	.334	.343

Slugging Pct	.426	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	194	107

Runs	30	14

Hits	46	27

Singles	27	17

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	28	14

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	29	10

Strikeouts	58	23

Batting Average	.237	.248

On Base Pct	.342	.315

Slugging Pct	.428	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
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	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, one double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th
	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	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th
	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	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in Friday’s 8-1 win over the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 25th
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			Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#174
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for Ian Happ (2026)

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