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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

12.28

8.40

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	@NYM (Severino)	64°
Tue Apr 30	@NYM (Manaea)	57°
Wed May 1	@NYM (Butto)	53°
Thu May 2	@NYM (Houser)	77°
Fri May 3	vs.MIL (Ross)	64°
Sat May 4	vs.MIL (TBA)	61°
Sun May 5	vs.MIL (Wilson)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	@MIL (Wilson)	Indoor
Tue Apr 30	@MIL (Peralta)	Indoor
Wed May 1	@MIL (Rea)	Indoor
Fri May 3	vs.NYM (Quintana)	Indoor
Sat May 4	vs.NYM (Severino)	Indoor
Sun May 5	vs.NYM (Manaea)	Indoor

Batting

24.15

14.33

3.64

2.18

5.52

3.47

1.27

.61

.09

.56

.44

RBI

2.73

1.35

.31

.49

6.96

3.34

3.9

2.33

AVG

.229

.242

OBP

.338

.352

SLG

.359

.376

OPS

.697

.728

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Start Ian Happ or Evan Carter Start Ian Happ or Corbin Carroll Start Ian Happ or Wyatt Langford Start Ian Happ or Davis Schneider Start Ian Happ or Randy Arozarena	Start Richie Palacios or Eddie Rosario Start Richie Palacios or Rob Refsnyder Start Richie Palacios or Nick Martini Start Richie Palacios or Masataka Yoshida Start Richie Palacios or Wyatt Langford

Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	45.0	44.0
AB	99	64
R	16	13
H	21	19
2B	5	2
3B	1	0
HR	1	3
RBI	11	5
SB	0	3
K	29	20
BB	16	13
AVG	.212	.297
OBP	.328	.423
SLG	.313	.469
OPS	.641	.892

Recent News
	Ian Happ Back In Action Against Astros Published April 23rd, 2024 Cubs' Ian Happ: Back in action Tuesday Published April 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Ian Happ Still Absent From Sunday's Lineup Published April 21st, 2024 Ian Happ, Chicago Cubs, LF - News, Stats, Bio Published April 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Ian Happ, Cubs playing it safe with tight hamstring Published April 21st, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times Cubs' Ian Happ: Not starting Sunday Published April 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Ian Happ sitting Game 1 Saturday for Chicago Published April 20th, 2024 via numberFire Ian Happ (hamstring) missing from lineup Saturday Published April 20th, 2024 via FantasyPros	Richie Palacios shines despite Rays' narrow loss Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Rays' Richie Palacios: Posts big stat line in loss Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Rare day off against righty Published April 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios riding pine Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire Rays' Richie Palacios: Sitting against lefty Published April 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Richie Palacios starting Sunday for Tampa Bay Published April 21st, 2024 via numberFire José Caballero rips a double to score Richie Palacios Published April 20th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Richie Palacios sitting Saturday for Tampa Bay Published April 20th, 2024 via numberFire

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