George Valera or Lars Nootbaar
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL  | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | ‐ | 37 |
| Runs | ‐ | 1 |
| Hits | ‐ | 8 |
| Singles | ‐ | 5 |
| Doubles | ‐ | 3 |
| Triples | ‐ | 0 |
| Home Runs | ‐ | 0 |
| RBI | ‐ | 6 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | ‐ | 0 |
| Walks | ‐ | 1 |
| Strikeouts | ‐ | 8 |
| Batting Average | ‐ | .216 |
| On Base Pct | ‐ | .237 |
| Slugging Pct | ‐ | .297 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | ‐ | .534 |
| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 423 | 314 |
| Runs | 58 | 40 |
| Hits | 103 | 71 |
| Singles | 65 | 44 |
| Doubles | 21 | 14 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 12 |
| RBI | 49 | 38 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 1 |
| Walks | 57 | 36 |
| Strikeouts | 99 | 97 |
| Batting Average | .242 | .225 |
| On Base Pct | .332 | .305 |
| Slugging Pct | .401 | .388 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .734 | .693 |
| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |
| News | ||
| The Cardinals plan to shift the rehab of Lars Nootbaar back to Double-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th | The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | |
| The Cardinals are eyeing June 1 as a target date for Lars Nootbaar's return from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st | George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th | |
| Lars Nootbaar is scheduled to play in his next rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th | The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | |
| The Cardinals transferred the rehab assignment for Lars Nootbaar to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th | Valera played in a minor-league spring training game Monday, a sign that his calf recovery is progressing. He will nonetheless begin the 2026 season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th | |
| Lars Nootbaar is set to play in a rehab game on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th | Valera had already resumed throwing and hitting earlier this week and added running to his activity Tuesday. The Guardians are hopeful he can return to game action within the next few days, though there is some question as to whether he'll be ready by Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #135 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #172 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #148 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #209 | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #115 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #285 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #142 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #141 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #134 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #168 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #138 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #214 | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #177 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #215 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #406 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #168 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #111 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #419 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #254 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #134 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #254 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #53 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #224 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #31 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (0-2) | #34 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
