Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Zac Veen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 215	# 1231

Projections

Runs	22	3
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	20	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.248	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	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	Zac Veen LF,RF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	132	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	32	‐

Singles	22	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	21	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.344	‐

Slugging Pct	.371	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Zac Veen LF,RF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	21

Runs	22	3

Hits	38	5

Singles	25	3

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	2

Strikeouts	37	6

Batting Average	.248	.241

On Base Pct	.348	.305

Slugging Pct	.412	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Zac Veen LF,RF - COL
News
	Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Rockies placed OF Zac Veen on the 10-day injured list with a knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	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
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	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
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			Zac Veen LF,RF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
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)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
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 Zac Veen (2026)

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