Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 332
VBR	# 213	# 1226

Projections

Runs	25	6
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	23	6
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.249	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 358

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	112	78

Runs	16	10

Hits	29	20

Singles	19	13

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	29	16

Batting Average	.259	.256

On Base Pct	.349	.281

Slugging Pct	.411	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	175	49

Runs	25	6

Hits	44	12

Singles	28	8

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	23	6

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	25	2

Strikeouts	41	12

Batting Average	.249	.237

On Base Pct	.348	.272

Slugging Pct	.416	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	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	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has begun playing defense in addition to a hitting and running program he began on July 1. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Lars Lars Nootbaar cleared all tests after playing in rehab games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Javier Baez was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 11th
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			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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