Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Tyler Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 269
VBR	# 213	# 443

Projections

Runs	24	14
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.246	.273

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 226

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	126	231

Runs	18	27

Hits	32	59

Singles	22	49

Doubles	6	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	15	23

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	20	11

Strikeouts	32	33

Batting Average	.254	.255

On Base Pct	.354	.331

Slugging Pct	.389	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	103

Runs	24	14

Hits	40	28

Singles	26	21

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	24	8

Strikeouts	39	16

Batting Average	.246	.273

On Base Pct	.347	.345

Slugging Pct	.410	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
News
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Tyler Freeman went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman (concussion) has been reinstated from the seven-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Tyler Freeman exited Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being hit on the side of the batting helmet by a 98.2 mph cutter from Jacob Misiorowski. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Tyler Freeman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Wednesday as the Rockies suffered a 10-4 loss to the Angels. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
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			Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Tyler Freeman (2026)

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