Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Nick Castellanos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	# 366
VBR	# 394	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.247	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 155	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 472

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	275	115

Runs	35	9

Hits	66	22

Singles	44	13

Doubles	14	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	31	20

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	42	5

Strikeouts	66	34

Batting Average	.240	.191

On Base Pct	.339	.221

Slugging Pct	.375	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.398	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	Lars Nootbaar went 3-for-6 with two runs in the Diamondbacks 12-8 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 25th	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	Lars Nootbaar went 3-for-5 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 8-7 win over the Marlins on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Lars Nootbaar went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 10-6 win over the Giants on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Lars Nootbaar hit a pinch-hit long ball in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Cardinals have traded outfielder Lars Nootbaar to the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#235
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#329
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#313
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#203
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#297
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#272
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#169
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#165
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#249
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#287
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Nick Castellanos (2026)

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