The Chicago Cubs drafted Ian Happ in the first round of the 2015 MLB Draft with the ninth overall pick out of the University of Cincinnati. In his debut on May 13, 2017, in St. Louis, he homered on the fourth at-bat of his career. We didn’t know it then, and we still may not fully understand now, but Happ would become one of the more versatile and essential pieces the Cubs would have.
After a long journey of adjusting to the majors in his first couple of years with call-ups and send-downs...