Ian Happ’s season hasn’t played out the way anyone could have predicted back in February. The Cubs probably expected that a little time in Iowa would give him a chance to patch the holes in his swing so they could call him back up to help the big club for a few months. But here we are near the end of July and Happ is still in Iowa while the Cubs continue to search for answers to their offensive soft spots at second base and center field.
It’s almost as though the Cubs gave Happ a GPS to help him find his way, after which he promptly threw the device against the wall in his anger over having been optioned.