Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 216
VBR	# 215	# 485

Projections

Runs	25	16
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	23	14
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.249	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	# 261

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 238

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 462

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	# 155

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	117	127

Runs	18	13

Hits	30	32

Singles	20	21

Doubles	6	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	9

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	9

Strikeouts	30	49

Batting Average	.256	.252

On Base Pct	.362	.304

Slugging Pct	.402	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	175	121

Runs	25	16

Hits	44	30

Singles	28	20

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	23	14

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	25	13

Strikeouts	41	35

Batting Average	.249	.243

On Base Pct	.348	.326

Slugging Pct	.416	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
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	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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 Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Lars Lars Nootbaar cleared all tests after playing in rehab games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
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			Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#110	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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