Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 224
VBR	# 229	# 1040

Projections

Runs	20	11
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	17	7
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.246	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	# 208

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 249

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 241

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	# 204

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	158	256

Runs	22	37

Hits	37	61

Singles	25	45

Doubles	8	14

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	16	21

Stolen Bases	1	10

Caught Stealing	1	7

Walks	24	42

Strikeouts	40	55

Batting Average	.234	.238

On Base Pct	.333	.353

Slugging Pct	.354	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.669

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	136	78

Runs	20	11

Hits	34	19

Singles	22	14

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	17	7

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	10

Strikeouts	33	17

Batting Average	.246	.248

On Base Pct	.346	.342

Slugging Pct	.406	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd
	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	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th
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			Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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