Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 173	‐
VBR	# 229	# 1391

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	17	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.246	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	153	94

Runs	21	12

Hits	36	17

Singles	25	6

Doubles	7	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	10

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	3

Strikeouts	39	23

Batting Average	.235	.181

On Base Pct	.337	.222

Slugging Pct	.353	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	136	10

Runs	20	1

Hits	34	2

Singles	22	1

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	17	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	33	3

Batting Average	.246	.207

On Base Pct	.346	.260

Slugging Pct	.406	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.601

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-2 in a win over the Braves with a home run, a walk, two runs scored, three RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Saturday as the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Sat, Apr 25th
	Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-1 in a 6-5 win over the Reds with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base on Thursday as Arizona dropped a 4-1 decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
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 - STL			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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