Switch-hitting 24-year-old Ian Happ is among those headlining the Chicago Cubs young core, one that has a tremendously high ceiling, at that. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein recently made it clear that moving forward it was performance over potential. As trade rumors abound could it be a mistake for the Cubs to sell short on Happ’s potential?
Let’s get the eye candy out of the way right now. Yes, Happ homered in his 2017 big league debut in 2017 against the Cardinals, no less. Then he led off the 2018 season with a home run on the first pitch of the Major League Baseball season.