Who Should I Trade?

Drew Gilbert for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 173	# 346
VBR	# 234	# 939

Projections

Runs	21	13
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	18	12
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.246	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	145	219

Runs	21	25

Hits	35	52

Singles	24	36

Doubles	7	10

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	15	21

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	24	22

Strikeouts	38	41

Batting Average	.241	.237

On Base Pct	.347	.323

Slugging Pct	.366	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	108

Runs	21	13

Hits	35	25

Singles	23	16

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	18	12

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	21	10

Strikeouts	34	23

Batting Average	.246	.230

On Base Pct	.346	.302

Slugging Pct	.407	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Drew Gilbert went 4-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Rockies with a home run, one double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Drew Gilbert went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, a double, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, May 31st
	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	Drew Gilbert went 1-for-3 in Friday's 10-5 win over the Nationals with a solo home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 18th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	The Giants recalled OF Drew Gilbert from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	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	The Giants have optioned outfielder Drew Gilbert to Triple-A Sacramento. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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			Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Gilbert for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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