Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	# 286
VBR	# 105	# 1146

Projections

Runs	34	12
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	32	11
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.239	.239

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	# 387

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	347	183

Runs	60	27

Hits	76	43

Singles	40	23

Doubles	17	15

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	17	4

RBI	42	29

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	52	21

Strikeouts	127	28

Batting Average	.219	.235

On Base Pct	.328	.326

Slugging Pct	.427	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	223	90

Runs	34	12

Hits	53	22

Singles	31	14

Doubles	12	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	32	11

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	9

Strikeouts	67	16

Batting Average	.239	.239

On Base Pct	.341	.316

Slugging Pct	.430	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
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	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Nick Loftin went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Rays with a home run, four runs scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Nick Loftin (2026)

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