Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Jared Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	‐
VBR	# 97	# 481

Projections

Runs	34	18
Home Runs	10	6
RBI	33	18
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.239	.236

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	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	344	143

Runs	59	17

Hits	76	35

Singles	40	22

Doubles	17	7

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	17	6

RBI	42	18

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	51	13

Strikeouts	126	34

Batting Average	.221	.245

On Base Pct	.329	.323

Slugging Pct	.430	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	225	132

Runs	34	18

Hits	54	31

Singles	31	19

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	6

RBI	33	18

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	13

Strikeouts	67	36

Batting Average	.239	.236

On Base Pct	.343	.313

Slugging Pct	.432	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
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	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	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	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
	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	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Jared Young (2026)

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