Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Ian Happ (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 78	‐
VBR	# 105	# 494

Projections

Runs	34	15
Home Runs	10	5
RBI	32	16
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.239	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	347	99

Runs	60	11

Hits	76	20

Singles	40	13

Doubles	17	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	17	4

RBI	42	11

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	52	4

Strikeouts	127	31

Batting Average	.219	.202

On Base Pct	.328	.233

Slugging Pct	.427	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	223	112

Runs	34	15

Hits	53	26

Singles	31	15

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	5

RBI	32	16

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	33	7

Strikeouts	67	35

Batting Average	.239	.237

On Base Pct	.341	.290

Slugging Pct	.430	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	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	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	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	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Monday's 9-4 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Colby Thomas went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with an RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Colby Thomas went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, May 3rd
	Ian Happ went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run to help the Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Pirates on Thursday. David Leisering Fri, May 29th	With Denzel Clarke (foot) and Brent Rooker (oblique) currently on the injured list, the Athletics have brought up Thomas to provide depth. Over 17 games with Las Vegas this season, he produced a .309/.397/.574 slash line. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CIN
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 (6-4)	#68
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Ian Happ (2026)

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