Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 143	# 165
VBR	# 134	# 213

Projections

Runs	29	25
Home Runs	10	6
RBI	30	23
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.240	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	# 163

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 145	# 147

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	# 175

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 158	# 207

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	# 156

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 212

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	247	112

Runs	36	16

Hits	60	29

Singles	32	19

Doubles	11	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	43	12

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	40	16

Strikeouts	59	29

Batting Average	.243	.259

On Base Pct	.351	.349

Slugging Pct	.490	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	175

Runs	29	25

Hits	46	44

Singles	25	28

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	6

RBI	30	23

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	26	25

Strikeouts	50	41

Batting Average	.240	.249

On Base Pct	.333	.348

Slugging Pct	.455	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.763

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
News
	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 9-2 loss to the Royals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Lars Lars Nootbaar cleared all tests after playing in rehab games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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