Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Nate Eaton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	‐
VBR	# 103	# 1278

Projections

Runs	27	3
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.237	.216

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	399	32

Runs	65	3

Hits	86	4

Singles	45	1

Doubles	21	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	48	5

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	60	5

Strikeouts	144	12

Batting Average	.216	.125

On Base Pct	.326	.282

Slugging Pct	.414	.281

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	20

Runs	27	3

Hits	42	4

Singles	24	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	1

Strikeouts	54	6

Batting Average	.237	.216

On Base Pct	.342	.267

Slugging Pct	.426	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
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 Boston Red Sox optioned Nate Eaton to Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Nate Eaton will begin serving a two-game suspension on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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 MLB has suspended Nate Eaton three games. Ari Koslow 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	Nate Eaton went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs, two RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Colorado. He started in left field with Jarren Duran at designated hitter and batted leadoff for the first time. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Nate Eaton went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Seattle. He started in right field and provided Boston’s only run with a solo shot to left field in the third inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Nate Eaton (2026)

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