Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	# 217
VBR	# 102	# 641

Projections

Runs	32	13
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	30	9
Stolen Bases	3	5
Batting Average	.238	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 129

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 82	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	88

Runs	63	14

Hits	80	29

Singles	42	26

Doubles	18	1

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	45	11

Stolen Bases	4	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	56	12

Strikeouts	130	30

Batting Average	.222	.330

On Base Pct	.336	.410

Slugging Pct	.433	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	210	92

Runs	32	13

Hits	50	23

Singles	29	16

Doubles	11	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	30	9

Stolen Bases	3	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	31	9

Strikeouts	63	25

Batting Average	.238	.246

On Base Pct	.343	.311

Slugging Pct	.430	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
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	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Samad Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 6-2 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Samad Taylor (2026)

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