Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Ian Happ (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 77	# 152
VBR	# 103	# 179

Projections

Runs	29	21
Home Runs	8	5
RBI	27	20
Stolen Bases	3	5
Batting Average	.238	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 81	# 106

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	# 173

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	# 163

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 151

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	389	342

Runs	65	49

Hits	85	93

Singles	44	59

Doubles	21	19

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	18	12

RBI	48	58

Stolen Bases	4	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	59	27

Strikeouts	141	87

Batting Average	.219	.272

On Base Pct	.330	.326

Slugging Pct	.422	.450

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.777

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	187	165

Runs	29	21

Hits	44	42

Singles	26	27

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	5

RBI	27	20

Stolen Bases	3	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	28	11

Strikeouts	57	42

Batting Average	.238	.255

On Base Pct	.344	.305

Slugging Pct	.428	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.772	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
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	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 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	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with two home runs, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Ian Happ (2026)

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