2023 Stats
AVG
.275
HR
4
RBI
21
R
25
SB
5
Rest-of-Season Projections
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

Gets aboard four times in loss
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.
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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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2023
+18%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .807 | 140 | 2 | 17 | .272 | ||||
Since 2021vs Right | .772 | 509 | 21 | 59 | .235 | ||||
2023vs Left | .697 | 45 | 0 | 5 | .270 | ||||
2023vs Right | .821 | 133 | 4 | 16 | .277 | ||||
2022vs Left | .855 | 70 | 1 | 9 | .273 | ||||
2022vs Right | .772 | 277 | 13 | 31 | .217 | ||||
2021vs Left | .865 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .273 | ||||
2021vs Right | .707 | 99 | 4 | 12 | .230 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
+48%
OPS on Road
2023
+23%
OPS on Road
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021Home | .627 | 316 | 8 | 31 | .207 | ||||
Since 2021Away | .927 | 333 | 15 | 45 | .278 | ||||
2023Home | .698 | 82 | 1 | 8 | .246 | ||||
2023Away | .862 | 96 | 3 | 13 | .298 | ||||
2022Home | .617 | 155 | 6 | 16 | .184 | ||||
2022Away | .935 | 192 | 8 | 24 | .266 | ||||
2021Home | .575 | 79 | 1 | 7 | .214 | ||||
2021Away | 1.033 | 45 | 4 | 8 | .282 | ||||
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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.
* 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
0.74BB Rate
15.7%K Rate
21.3%BABIP
.343ISO
.128AVG
.275OBP
.388SLG
.403OPS
.790wOBA
.352Exit Velocity
89.8 mphHard Hit Rate
35.7%Barrels/PA
5.1%Expected BA
.265Expected SLG
.428Sprint Speed
25.7 ft/secGround Ball %
54.5%Line Drive %
19.1%Fly Ball %
26.4%Advanced Batting Stats
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Socks fourth homer
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
Nootbaar is not in the starting lineup Monday against Cincinnati, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
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Crosses plate four times
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
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
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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