Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Wade Meckler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 213	# 1150

Projections

Runs	24	9
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	21	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.246	.245

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	121	132

Runs	18	19

Hits	30	41

Singles	20	31

Doubles	6	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	17

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	15

Strikeouts	32	32

Batting Average	.248	.311

On Base Pct	.352	.381

Slugging Pct	.388	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.798

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	74

Runs	24	9

Hits	40	18

Singles	26	14

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	8

Strikeouts	39	18

Batting Average	.246	.245

On Base Pct	.347	.321

Slugging Pct	.410	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.647

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
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	Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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	Wade Meckler left Sunday’s game against the Rays with a head injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Wade Meckler went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored on Wednesday during the Angels' 10-4 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Wade Meckler went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in his season debut on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd
	Lars Lars Nootbaar cleared all tests after playing in rehab games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Angels selected the contract of Wade Meckler. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Wade Meckler (2026)

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