Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Conine for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 174	# 300
VBR	# 221	# 285

Projections

Runs	21	20
Home Runs	5	6
RBI	19	21
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.248	.232

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	# 162	# 322

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 226

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	109

Runs	19	18

Hits	33	29

Singles	22	16

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	8

RBI	15	18

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	13

Strikeouts	35	37

Batting Average	.241	.266

On Base Pct	.344	.355

Slugging Pct	.372	.532

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.887

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	149	152

Runs	21	20

Hits	37	35

Singles	23	21

Doubles	7	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	6

RBI	19	21

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	16

Strikeouts	35	53

Batting Average	.248	.232

On Base Pct	.348	.310

Slugging Pct	.415	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Griffin Conine went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 8-6 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Griffin Conine went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
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			Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Conine for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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