Lars Nootbaar

Lars Nootbaar

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
St. Louis Cardinals
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Was this Cardinals' Devil Magic or just good development by St. Louis? Nootbaar inched his way up the organizational depth chart since entering the organization in 2018 and has shown an ability to hit for average and get on base in the minors but that did not initially translate into the same success at the big-league level. He certainly accepted his walks as a rookie in 2021, but he has not yet hit for average in nearly 500 plate appearances at the big-league level. He did, however, show surprising power in 2022, banging out nearly as many homers (18 between Triple-A and MLB) than he had from 2018-21 (20.) The StatCast sliders show plenty of bright Cardinal Red in many of the right places, but things get funky when you dive into the splits and see 13 of his 14 homers came against righties. However, Nootbaar hit .217 against righties and .273 against lefties when left in there to face them. He had similar R/L splits in 2021 but no such troubles in Triple-A, so it could be a small case of reverse splits. Either way, he is trending in a very good direction and has gone from 2022 deep sleeper to 2023 potential five-category producer if that average against righties adjusts. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#171
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in March of 2022.
Gets aboard four times in loss
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
May 26, 2023
Nootbaar went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians.
ANALYSIS
Nootbaar has gone 9-for-20 (.450) with three extra-base hits and six RBI during his five-game hitting streak. The outfielder continues to look good as the Cardinals' primary leadoff hitter, though he's gone 14 games without a stolen base. For the season, he's slashing .285/.399/.417 with four home runs, 21 RBI, 25 runs scored and five steals over 39 contests.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
25
1
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
4
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+18%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+11%
OPS vs LHP
2021
 
 
+22%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .807 140 12 2 17 2 .272 .386 .421
Since 2021vs Right .772 509 81 21 59 9 .235 .339 .433
2023vs Left .697 45 2 0 5 0 .270 .400 .297
2023vs Right .821 133 23 4 16 5 .277 .383 .438
2022vs Left .855 70 9 1 9 2 .273 .400 .455
2022vs Right .772 277 44 13 31 2 .217 .325 .447
2021vs Left .865 25 1 1 3 0 .273 .320 .545
2021vs Right .707 99 14 4 12 2 .230 .316 .391
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+48%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+52%
OPS on Road
2021
 
 
+80%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .627 316 36 8 31 4 .207 .310 .317
Since 2021Away .927 333 57 15 45 7 .278 .386 .542
2023Home .698 82 11 1 8 2 .246 .390 .308
2023Away .862 96 14 3 13 3 .298 .385 .476
2022Home .617 155 21 6 16 1 .184 .271 .346
2022Away .935 192 32 8 24 3 .266 .396 .539
2021Home .575 79 4 1 7 1 .214 .304 .271
2021Away 1.033 45 11 4 8 1 .282 .341 .692
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Stat Review
How does Lars Nootbaar compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.74
 
BB Rate
15.7%
 
K Rate
21.3%
 
BABIP
.343
 
ISO
.128
 
AVG
.275
 
OBP
.388
 
SLG
.403
 
OPS
.790
 
wOBA
.352
 
Exit Velocity
89.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
35.7%
 
Barrels/PA
5.1%
 
Expected BA
.265
 
Expected SLG
.428
 
Sprint Speed
25.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
54.5%
 
Line Drive %
19.1%
 
Fly Ball %
26.4%
 
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Socks fourth homer
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
May 25, 2023
Nootbaar went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Wednesday's 10-3 loss to the Reds.
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Sitting against southpaw
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
May 22, 2023
Nootbaar is not in the starting lineup Monday against Cincinnati, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
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Crosses plate four times
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 2023
Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with two walks and four runs in Monday's 18-1 win over the Brewers.
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Scores three runs
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
May 14, 2023
Nootbaar went 3-for-6 with two doubles and three runs scored in Sunday's win against the Red Sox.
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Gets aboard three times in win
OFSt. Louis Cardinals
May 12, 2023
Nootbaar went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, two RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Friday's 8-6 win over the Red Sox.
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