Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 173	# 298
VBR	# 234	# 897

Projections

Runs	21	10
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	18	9
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.246	.234

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	# 161	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	141	287

Runs	20	41

Hits	35	65

Singles	24	45

Doubles	7	10

Triples	1	5

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	15	39

Stolen Bases	1	10

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	23	34

Strikeouts	35	82

Batting Average	.248	.227

On Base Pct	.352	.310

Slugging Pct	.376	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	81

Runs	21	10

Hits	35	19

Singles	23	13

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	18	9

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	21	7

Strikeouts	34	20

Batting Average	.246	.234

On Base Pct	.346	.290

Slugging Pct	.407	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
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			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Leody Taveras (2026)

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