After finishing eighth in National League Rookie of the Year voting two years ago, Ian Happ faces a somewhat uncertain future. Or, maybe not, depending on how you want to look at the task that lies ahead of the 24-year-old Chicago Cubs utility player.
Happ burst onto the scene in 2017, putting up a 113 OPS+ and accumulating 1.8 WAR in just 115 games. Heading into last season, Joe Maddon tapped him as the team’s leadoff hitter, but that experiment went up in flames rather quickly. At the top of the order, Happ slashed just .