On May 2 Ian Happ was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run when a scary outfield collision with Nico Hoerner resulted in him being carted off the field. He was subsequently placed on the injured list and while it looked like he might be reactivated for Friday’s game against the Cubs game against the Tigers, Tim Stebbins reported yesterday that Happ’s recovery is taking a bit longer than expected.
I find myself wondering which version of Happ the Cubs are going to get when he comes back, because I had a lot of hopes in the early innings of that game in Cincinnati that he had finally fixed whatever was contributing to a pretty remarkable slump.