Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 173	# 219
VBR	# 230	# 266

Projections

Runs	21	19
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	19	15
Stolen Bases	2	8
Batting Average	.248	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	# 216

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	# 223

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 233

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	140	293

Runs	20	40

Hits	34	69

Singles	23	45

Doubles	7	13

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	3	9

RBI	15	37

Stolen Bases	1	13

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	23	20

Strikeouts	35	57

Batting Average	.243	.236

On Base Pct	.348	.295

Slugging Pct	.371	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	152

Runs	21	19

Hits	37	38

Singles	23	28

Doubles	7	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	19	15

Stolen Bases	2	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	21	11

Strikeouts	35	31

Batting Average	.248	.247

On Base Pct	.348	.304

Slugging Pct	.413	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Jacob Young went 2-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Jacob Young went 3-for-4 in Monday's 7-3 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a walk and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. 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	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL			Jacob Young CF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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