Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 77	# 298
VBR	# 103	# 897

Projections

Runs	29	10
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	27	9
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.238	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 81	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	384	287

Runs	65	41

Hits	84	65

Singles	44	45

Doubles	20	10

Triples	2	5

Home Runs	18	5

RBI	47	39

Stolen Bases	4	10

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	59	34

Strikeouts	141	82

Batting Average	.219	.227

On Base Pct	.331	.310

Slugging Pct	.422	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	187	81

Runs	29	10

Hits	44	19

Singles	26	13

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	27	9

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	28	7

Strikeouts	57	20

Batting Average	.238	.234

On Base Pct	.344	.290

Slugging Pct	.428	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.772	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
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	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Leody Taveras (2026)

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