Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	# 281
VBR	# 97	# 852

Projections

Runs	31	12
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	29	9
Stolen Bases	3	4
Batting Average	.240	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 265

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 220

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	367	218

Runs	64	30

Hits	81	51

Singles	43	37

Doubles	18	8

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	18	4

RBI	45	30

Stolen Bases	4	9

Caught Stealing	1	5

Walks	57	29

Strikeouts	134	45

Batting Average	.221	.234

On Base Pct	.334	.331

Slugging Pct	.428	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.762	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	90

Runs	31	12

Hits	49	21

Singles	28	15

Doubles	11	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	29	9

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	11

Strikeouts	61	20

Batting Average	.240	.237

On Base Pct	.345	.321

Slugging Pct	.433	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
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	Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Richie Palacios went 0-for-3 with one walk and one stolen base in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Richie Palacios (2026)

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