Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 218	# 1366

Projections

Runs	21	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	19	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.248	.160

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 162	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	20

Runs	19	3

Hits	33	4

Singles	22	4

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	15	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	35	9

Batting Average	.241	.200

On Base Pct	.344	.238

Slugging Pct	.372	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.438

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	149	10

Runs	21	1

Hits	37	2

Singles	23	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	19	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	35	3

Batting Average	.248	.160

On Base Pct	.348	.231

Slugging Pct	.415	.216

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.447

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	The Cubs recalled OF Kevin Alcántara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
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			Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Lars Nootbaar (2026)

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