Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Will Brennan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 213	‐

Projections

Runs	24	4
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	21	4
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.246	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Will Brennan LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	121	23

Runs	18	0

Hits	30	2

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	0

Strikeouts	32	3

Batting Average	.248	.087

On Base Pct	.352	.087

Slugging Pct	.388	.087

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.174

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Will Brennan LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	39

Runs	24	4

Hits	40	8

Singles	26	6

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	21	4

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	2

Strikeouts	39	8

Batting Average	.246	.205

On Base Pct	.347	.244

Slugging Pct	.410	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Will Brennan LF,CF,RF - SF
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	The Giants sent Will Brennan outright to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Will Brennan was designated for assignment on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 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 Giants optioned Will Brennan to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Giants recalled OF Will Brennan from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Lars Lars Nootbaar cleared all tests after playing in rehab games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Giants optioned Will Brennan to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Will Brennan LF,CF,RF - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Will Brennan (2026)

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