Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	‐
VBR	# 270	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.245	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	# 218

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	# 226

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	219	22

Runs	29	2

Hits	51	1

Singles	32	0

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	27	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	34	5

Strikeouts	50	7

Batting Average	.233	.046

On Base Pct	.335	.214

Slugging Pct	.379	.091

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.305

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Batting Average	.245	‐

On Base Pct	.344	‐

Slugging Pct	.397	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Lars Nootbaar went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 10-6 win over the Giants on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Addison Barger underwent elbow surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Lars Nootbaar hit a pinch-hit long ball in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will undergo right elbow surgery. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	The Cardinals have traded outfielder Lars Nootbaar to the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Blue Jays transferred Addison Barger to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Addison Barger still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Addison Barger is rehabbing through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI			Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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