Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Ian Happ (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 102	# 1229

Projections

Runs	32	5
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	30	4
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.239	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	53

Runs	63	4

Hits	80	9

Singles	42	8

Doubles	18	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	45	6

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	56	4

Strikeouts	130	24

Batting Average	.222	.170

On Base Pct	.336	.228

Slugging Pct	.433	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	209	42

Runs	32	5

Hits	50	10

Singles	29	6

Doubles	11	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	30	4

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	31	3

Strikeouts	63	15

Batting Average	.239	.226

On Base Pct	.343	.293

Slugging Pct	.431	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Denzel Clarke CF - 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	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	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	Denzel Clarke has left his rehab assignment in Triple-A after sustaining a "significant left hamstring strain" on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Thu, May 21st
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			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#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)	#209	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ 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 (7-4)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Ian Happ (2026)

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