Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Tyler Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 76	# 269
VBR	# 95	# 434

Projections

Runs	31	14
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	30	11
Stolen Bases	3	4
Batting Average	.238	.274

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	# 226

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 86	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	364	233

Runs	64	27

Hits	81	59

Singles	43	49

Doubles	18	6

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	18	3

RBI	45	23

Stolen Bases	4	6

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	56	11

Strikeouts	132	33

Batting Average	.223	.253

On Base Pct	.335	.328

Slugging Pct	.431	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.654

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	205	100

Runs	31	14

Hits	49	27

Singles	28	20

Doubles	11	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	30	11

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	8

Strikeouts	61	15

Batting Average	.238	.274

On Base Pct	.343	.346

Slugging Pct	.429	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.772	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ian Happ LF - CHC	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
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	Tyler Freeman went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman (concussion) has been reinstated from the seven-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Tyler Freeman exited Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being hit on the side of the batting helmet by a 98.2 mph cutter from Jacob Misiorowski. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Tyler Freeman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Wednesday as the Rockies suffered a 10-4 loss to the Angels. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ian Happ LF - CHC			Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Happ for Tyler Freeman (2026)

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