Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 162	# 271
VBR	# 191	# 712

Projections

Runs	8	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.251	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	# 253

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 274

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 415

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	228	231

Runs	29	20

Hits	52	38

Singles	33	27

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	27	12

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	36	21

Strikeouts	52	60

Batting Average	.228	.165

On Base Pct	.332	.248

Slugging Pct	.368	.251

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.499

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	42

Runs	8	5

Hits	14	9

Singles	9	7

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	5

Strikeouts	13	9

Batting Average	.251	.223

On Base Pct	.349	.311

Slugging Pct	.414	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
News
	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	TJ Friedl went 1-for-1 in Friday's 10-8 win over the Cubs with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	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	TJ Friedl has been placed on waivers by the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	The Cardinals have traded outfielder Lars Nootbaar to the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI			TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#264	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#114	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#415
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#315
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#363
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#414
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#360	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#260
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for TJ Friedl (2026)

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