Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 152	# 173
VBR	# 179	# 234

Projections

Runs	21	21
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	20	18
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.255	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 106	# 178

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 173	# 176

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	# 207

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 151	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	# 212

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 147

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	342	145

Runs	49	21

Hits	93	35

Singles	59	24

Doubles	19	7

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	12	3

RBI	58	15

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	27	24

Strikeouts	87	38

Batting Average	.272	.241

On Base Pct	.326	.347

Slugging Pct	.450	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	143

Runs	21	21

Hits	42	35

Singles	27	23

Doubles	9	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	20	18

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	21

Strikeouts	42	34

Batting Average	.255	.246

On Base Pct	.305	.346

Slugging Pct	.408	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.754

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with two home runs, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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