Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Ian Happ (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 79	# 369
VBR	# 97	‐

Projections

Runs	31	5
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	29	5
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.240	.214

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	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	372	37

Runs	64	1

Hits	82	8

Singles	44	5

Doubles	18	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	45	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	57	1

Strikeouts	136	8

Batting Average	.220	.216

On Base Pct	.333	.237

Slugging Pct	.425	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	35

Runs	31	5

Hits	49	8

Singles	28	5

Doubles	11	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	29	5

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	4

Strikeouts	61	10

Batting Average	.240	.214

On Base Pct	.345	.286

Slugging Pct	.433	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
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	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 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	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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 Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 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	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	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	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Ian Happ (2026)

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