Lars Nootbaar
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 8, #243, St. Louis Cardinals | USC
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 503 426 74 111 14 11 .261 .367 .418 .785
2024 405 348 39 85 12 7 .244 .342 .417 .759
2025 386 331 50 75 12 4 .227 .332 .381 .713
5 Seasons 1,765 1,504 231 363 57 28 .241 .344 .416 .760
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .261 14 11 .785
2024 .244 12 7 .759
2025 .227 12 4 .713
5 Seasons .241 57 28 .760
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 23 472 83 4 4.8 3.2 89.1 109.5 12.1 24.1 .213 .349 .316 .286 .324 36.1 22.6 10.5
2022 24 1389 224 27 12.1 7.8 91.7 113.0 10.7 30.4 .247 .414 .342 .346 .377 46.0 20.5 14.7
2023 25 2074 331 29 8.8 5.8 89.1 112.2 7.2 30.8 .265 .436 .344 .356 .390 37.8 19.7 14.3
2024 26 1659 273 27 9.9 6.7 91.8 113.5 6.0 32.2 .264 .455 .331 .355 .395 49.5 19.5 12.8
2025 27 1586 250 26 10.4 6.7 91.8 113.0 18.0 34.0 .238 .409 .316 .330 .365 51.6 21.5 12.4
Player 7180 1161 113 9.7 6.4 90.8 113.5 10.3 31.3 .252 .424 .333 .343 .379 45.0 20.4 13.4
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 48.2 51.8 27.7 16.9 7.2 42.2 34.9 22.9 26.5 20.5 1.2 15.7 14.5 21.7
2022 46.0 54.0 25.0 23.7 5.4 43.8 34.4 21.9 23.2 17.9 4.9 20.5 16.5 17.0
2023 50.5 49.5 23.0 22.4 4.2 32.0 42.9 25.1 22.1 20.5 7.9 10.0 22.4 17.2
2024 51.6 48.4 19.0 24.2 5.1 34.8 42.1 23.1 20.9 22.3 8.4 13.9 19.8 14.7
2025 35.6 64.4 27.6 25.6 11.2 37.2 37.6 25.2 20.4 11.2 4.0 16.8 26.4 21.2
Player 46.5 53.5 23.8 23.3 6.4 36.8 39.4 23.9 22.0 18.4 6.1 14.8 20.9 17.7
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 4.8 33.7 30.1 22.9 3.6 4.8 3.2
2022 4.0 33.5 23.2 22.3 4.9 12.1 7.8
2023 3.6 36.9 19.3 26.0 5.4 8.8 5.8
2024 3.3 37.0 19.0 22.7 8.1 9.9 6.7
2025 2.4 27.6 33.2 18.4 8.0 10.4 6.7
Player 3.4 34.0 23.8 22.7 6.4 9.7 6.4
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 533 33.6 135 .216 .328 .300 9.8 15.6 16.5 .252 .430 .347 54.7
2025 Sinker 0.2 0 270 17.0 77 .277 .385 .351 11.2 18.2 27.5 .266 .422 .357 51.0
2025 Slider 0.6 1 226 14.2 53 .174 .348 .257 38.6 35.8 26.4 .188 .311 .256 51.7
2025 Changeup 3.1 5 171 10.8 39 .278 .556 .401 28.8 23.1 13.6 .242 .440 .320 44.4
2025 Curveball 2.4 3 131 8.3 21 .316 .632 .429 21.4 23.8 12.2 .292 .600 .406 71.4
2025 Cutter 1.9 2 94 5.9 26 .286 .619 .475 17.8 11.5 17.6 .306 .574 .436 50.0
2025 Sweeper -0.6 0 82 5.2 12 .000 .000 .175 36.8 25.0 12.5 .032 .074 .207 16.7
2025 Split-Finger -4.2 -3 63 4.0 17 .000 .000 .082 53.6 52.9 32.1 .034 .047 .111 16.7
2025 Slurve 3.3 0 12 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .303 .401 .303 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 549 33.1 139 .248 .462 .365 14.4 19.4 16.4 .301 .545 .410 59.3
2024 Sinker -1.0 -3 271 16.3 85 .236 .319 .320 8.8 10.6 20.5 .251 .372 .327 47.7
2024 Changeup 2.3 4 196 11.8 34 .286 .607 .431 28.6 14.7 7.9 .293 .563 .425 30.4
2024 Slider 1.8 3 187 11.3 44 .216 .432 .341 23.9 27.3 17.4 .203 .381 .320 40.0
2024 Curveball 2.0 3 155 9.3 22 .333 .619 .416 13.5 27.3 14.3 .256 .371 .291 46.7
2024 Cutter 2.6 3 111 6.7 34 .379 .552 .426 15.9 5.9 10.5 .353 .584 .423 60.7
2024 Sweeper -3.4 -4 110 6.6 23 .087 .130 .093 36.8 39.1 21.4 .170 .361 .228 42.9
2024 Split-Finger -3.0 -2 67 4.0 20 .105 .105 .125 38.2 45.0 33.3 .118 .132 .143 10.0
2024 Slurve 8.1 1 8 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .654 .740 .619 100.0
2024 Screwball -5.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 123 472 -4 -4 5 3 0
2022 346 1,389 -4 -9 19 6 12
2023 501 2,074 -16 -2 21 7 9
2024 403 1,659 -13 -2 15 7 7
2025 384 1,586 -9 -5 15 7 7
Player 1,757 7,180 -46 -23 74 -46 35
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 472 49.6 62.0 76.6 17.6 59.5 40.7 24.2 39.6 26.2 8.3 76.9
2022 1,389 48.3 58.6 80.4 21.0 62.3 44.1 25.1 39.2 23.9 7.3 60.8
2023 2,074 50.7 53.4 86.1 17.1 65.7 45.2 14.2 35.5 18.5 7.6 67.5
2024 1,659 51.2 56.5 86.7 16.9 61.3 42.4 16.1 37.2 19.0 7.8 66.7
2025 1,586 49.9 55.5 87.7 21.3 58.0 43.3 21.4 38.3 20.4 8.2 71.5
Player 7,180 50.1 56.1 84.8 18.8 61.7 43.6 19.0 37.5 20.6 7.8 67.7
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2021 65 83 81
2022 82 49 62 63 92 51 85 90 89 80 54 98 55 92 73 58 94
2023 81 69 60 49 91 50 53 44 79 30 64 95 86 98 62 80 78 53 89 79
2024 89 77 79 73 92 48 66 88 89 91 65 98 82 100 40 68 75
2025 47 23 38 47 63 70 62 84 87 90 51 88 74 88 47 64 83 82 61 83
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 19.12 5 4.7 0 0 2 3 60.0
2022 20.12 14 14.8 -1 5 10 7 50.0
2023 19.45 14 13.9 0 5 11 6 42.9
2024 20.30 12 11.9 0 4 11 4 33.3
2025 21.44 12 10.9 1 8 9 3 25.0
Player 20.20 57 56.3 1 22 43 23 40.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3
2022 14 17 10 18 14 14 16 12 12 12 12 16 19 14 15 18 13 15 15 15 16 13 20 17 13 11 17 18 18 14 11
2023 14 12 12 13 17 14 16 14 12 13 12 13 14 12 15 14 15 13 15 16 13 14 19 17 12 12 12 15 14 16 10
2024 12 11 10 14 10 13 13 15 8 8 9 10 15 10 13 13 12 12 13 15 15 7 17 14 12 11 9 11 15 11 12
2025 12 13 7 12 15 12 11 11 10 5 8 14 13 18 11 10 13 11 10 13 10 10 12 13 10 8 10 11 11 9 7
Player 57 58 43 62 61 58 61 57 46 42 46 58 66 58 59 60 58 56 57 64 58 49 73 66 52 47 53 60 63 55 43
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .239 -.011 .228 +.033 .261 -.017 .244 -.017 .227
xBA .213 +.034 .247 +.018 .265 -.001 .264 -.026 .238
OBP .317 +.023 .340 +.027 .367 -.025 .342 -.010 .332
xOBP .297 +.063 .360 +.012 .372 -.013 .359 -.017 .342
SLG .422 +.026 .448 -.030 .418 -.001 .417 -.036 .381
xSLG .349 +.065 .414 +.022 .436 +.019 .455 -.046 .409
ISO .183 +.038 .221 -.064 .157 +.015 .172 -.018 .154
xISO .136 +.031 .167 +.004 .171 +.020 .191 -.021 .170
BABIP .273 -.025 .248 +.059 .307 -.026 .281 -.016 .265
wOBA .316 +.026 .342 +.002 .344 -.013 .331 -.015 .316
xwOBA .286 +.060 .346 +.010 .356 -.001 .355 -.025 .330
wOBACON .369 +.002 .371 +.001 .372 -.012 .360 -.016 .344
xwOBACON .324 +.053 .377 +.013 .390 +.005 .395 -.030 .365
BACON .317 -.022 .295 +.041 .336 -.023 .313 -.013 .300
xBACON .286 +.039 .325 +.020 .345 -.007 .338 -.022 .316
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 36.1 +9.9 46.0 -8.2 37.8 +11.7 49.5 +2.1 51.6
Avg Exit Velocity 89.1 +2.6 91.7 -2.6 89.1 +2.7 91.8 0.0 91.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 24.1 +6.3 30.4 +0.4 30.8 +1.4 32.2 +1.8 34.0
Barrel % 4.8 +7.3 12.1 -3.3 8.8 +1.1 9.9 +0.5 10.4
Avg Launch Angle 12.1 -1.4 10.7 -3.5 7.2 -1.2 6.0 +12.0 18.0
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- 72.2 +0.4 72.6 +1.5 74.1
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -1° +2° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- 63.5 -14.0 49.5 +7.7 57.2
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -2° +2° -5° -4°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- 30° 30° -2° 28°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- 7.0 -0.2 6.8 +0.1 6.9
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.4 -0.2 93.2 -0.1 93.1 +0.2 93.3 +0.2 93.5
Breaking Velocity 82.3 -0.5 81.8 +1.1 82.9 -0.3 82.6 +0.4 83.0
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 +0.7 86.6 -0.2 86.4 +0.1 86.5 +0.1 86.6
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 +23 27 +2 29 -2 27 -1 26
Popup % 7.2 -1.8 5.4 -1.2 4.2 +0.9 5.1 +6.1 11.2
Flyball % 27.7 -2.7 25.0 -2.0 23.0 -4.0 19.0 +8.6 27.6
Line Drive % 16.9 +6.8 23.7 -1.3 22.4 +1.8 24.2 +1.4 25.6
Groundball % 48.2 -2.2 46.0 +4.5 50.5 +1.1 51.6 -16.0 35.6
Pull % 42.2 +1.6 43.8 -11.8 32.0 +2.8 34.8 +2.4 37.2
Straight Away % 34.9 -0.5 34.4 +8.5 42.9 -0.8 42.1 -4.5 37.6
Opposite Field % 22.9 -1.0 21.9 +3.2 25.1 -2.0 23.1 +2.1 25.2
Weak Contact % 4.8 -0.8 4.0 -0.4 3.6 -0.3 3.3 -0.9 2.4
Pull Airball % 15.7 +4.8 20.5 -10.5 10.0 +3.9 13.9 +2.9 16.8
Topped Contact % 33.7 -0.2 33.5 +3.4 36.9 +0.1 37.0 -9.4 27.6
Under Contact % 30.1 -6.9 23.2 -3.9 19.3 -0.3 19.0 +14.2 33.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.9 -0.6 22.3 +3.7 26.0 -3.3 22.7 -4.3 18.4
Solid Contact % 3.6 +1.3 4.9 +0.5 5.4 +2.7 8.1 -0.1 8.0
HR/FB % 21.7 +3.3 25.0 -6.6 18.4 +4.7 23.1 -5.7 17.4
Popups 6 +6 12 +2 14 0 14 +14 28
Flyballs 23 +33 56 +20 76 -24 52 +17 69
Line Drives 14 +39 53 +21 74 -8 66 -2 64
Groundballs 40 +63 103 +64 167 -26 141 -52 89
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.6 -1.3 48.3 +2.4 50.7 +0.5 51.2 -1.3 49.9
Out of Zone % 50.4 +1.3 51.7 -2.4 49.3 -0.5 48.8 +1.3 50.1
Edge % 40.7 +3.4 44.1 +1.1 45.2 -2.8 42.4 +0.9 43.3
Zone Swing % 62.0 -3.4 58.6 -5.2 53.4 +3.1 56.5 -1.0 55.5
Out of Zone Swing % 17.6 +3.4 21.0 -3.9 17.1 -0.2 16.9 +4.4 21.3
In Zone Contact % 76.6 +3.8 80.4 +5.7 86.1 +0.6 86.7 +1.0 87.7
Out of Zone Contact % 59.5 +2.8 62.3 +3.4 65.7 -4.4 61.3 -3.3 58.0
Whiff % 26.2 -2.3 23.9 -5.4 18.5 +0.5 19.0 +1.4 20.4
First Strike % 56.5 +5.2 61.7 -6.4 55.3 +1.1 56.4 -1.7 54.7
First Pitch Swing % 24.2 +0.9 25.1 -10.9 14.2 +1.9 16.1 +5.3 21.4
Swing % 39.6 -0.4 39.2 -3.7 35.5 +1.7 37.2 +1.1 38.3
Meatball Swing % 76.9 -16.1 60.8 +6.7 67.5 -0.8 66.7 +4.8 71.5
Meatball % 8.3 -1.0 7.3 +0.3 7.6 +0.2 7.8 +0.4 8.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 22.8 -3.5 19.3 -5.8 13.5 -0.2 13.3 -1.0 12.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 38.1 -2.3 35.8 -1.5 34.3 +4.4 38.7 +2.7 41.4
In Zone 234 +437 671 +381 1,052 -202 850 -59 791
Out of Zone 238 +480 718 +304 1,022 -213 809 -14 795
Edge 192 +421 613 +324 937 -234 703 -16 687
In Zone Swings 145 +248 393 +169 562 -82 480 -41 439
Out of Zone Swings 42 +109 151 +24 175 -38 137 +32 169
In Zone Swing & Misses 33 +43 76 0 76 -12 64 -10 54
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 16 +38 54 +6 60 -7 53 +17 70
Basic
Pitches 472 +917 1,389 +685 2,074 -415 1,659 -73 1,586
PA 124 +223 347 +156 503 -98 405 -19 386
AB 109 +181 290 +136 426 -78 348 -17 331
Hits 26 +40 66 +45 111 -26 85 -10 75
Singles 17 +16 33 +40 73 -21 52 -4 48
Doubles 3 +13 16 +7 23 -5 18 -3 15
Triples 1 +2 3 -2 1 +2 3 -3 0
Home Runs 5 +9 14 0 14 -2 12 0 12
Walks 13 +38 51 +21 72 -20 52 -4 48
Strikeouts 28 +43 71 +28 99 -20 79 +4 83
K% 22.6 -2.1 20.5 -0.8 19.7 -0.2 19.5 +2.0 21.5
BB% 10.5 +4.2 14.7 -0.4 14.3 -1.5 12.8 -0.4 12.4
HBP 0 +1 1 0 1 0 1 +4 5
Batted Balls 83 +141 224 +107 331 -58 273 -23 250
Number of Fastballs 260 +526 786 +334 1,120 -189 931 -34 897
Number of Offspeed 91 +152 243 +110 353 -89 264 -30 234
Number of Breaking 117 +190 307 +175 482 -140 342 +15 357
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 123 60 48.8 .279 .354
2022 Shifts L 345 183 53.0 .378 .312
2023 Shades L 492 166 33.7 .354 .333
2024 Shades L 402 145 36.1 .330 .335
2025 Shades L 384 186 48.4 .329 .303
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 153 18.4 11.8% 5.2% 87 23.9 3.4% 11.5%
2022 486 17.3 17.5% 1.2% 236 22.5 0.8% 5.9%
2023 717 15.1 48.0% 0.0% 412 19.0 2.9% 0.2%
2024 552 15.8 39.7% 0.0% 348 18.3 6.9% 0.6%
2025 556 15.4 43.3% 0.0% 275 18.1 7.3% 0.0%
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