Lars Nootbaar
RF | 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
2022 347 290 53 66 14 4 .228 .340 .448 .788
2023 503 426 74 111 14 11 .261 .367 .418 .785
2024 405 348 39 85 12 7 .244 .342 .417 .759
4 Seasons 1,379 1,173 181 288 45 24 .246 .348 .425 .773
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .228 14 4 .788
2023 .261 14 11 .785
2024 .244 12 7 .759
4 Seasons .246 45 24 .773
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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
Player 5594 911 87 9.5 6.3 90.6 113.5 8.1 30.5 .255 .428 .337 .347 .382 43.1 20.1 13.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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
Player 49.5 50.5 22.7 22.7 5.0 36.7 39.8 23.5 22.4 20.4 6.7 14.3 19.4 16.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 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
Player 3.7 35.8 21.2 23.8 5.9 9.5 6.3
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 548 33.0 139 .239 .453 .359 14.4 19.4 16.4 .304 .549 .412 60.4
2024 Sinker -1.1 -3 276 16.6 87 .243 .324 .323 9.5 11.5 22.2 .243 .360 .318 45.5
2024 Slider 1.8 4 204 12.3 48 .220 .439 .339 22.2 25.0 15.8 .227 .436 .342 48.3
2024 Changeup 2.2 4 195 11.8 34 .286 .607 .431 28.6 14.7 7.9 .293 .563 .425 30.4
2024 Curveball 2.0 3 154 9.3 22 .333 .619 .416 13.5 27.3 14.3 .256 .371 .291 46.7
2024 Cutter 1.9 2 109 6.6 33 .357 .500 .402 16.3 6.1 11.1 .351 .578 .421 59.3
2024 Sweeper -2.9 -3 100 6.0 20 .100 .150 .108 41.2 45.0 24.3 .126 .265 .170 27.3
2024 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 63 3.8 18 .118 .118 .139 38.7 44.4 30.8 .118 .134 .147 11.1
2024 Slurve 11.8 1 5 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .654 .740 .619 100.0
2024 Screwball -5.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 9 618 29.8 142 .336 .542 .456 15.4 14.1 13.6 .315 .556 .442 56.2
2023 Sinker 1.5 5 328 15.8 84 .364 .530 .457 12.3 9.5 12.5 .319 .474 .424 39.0
2023 Slider -1.4 -5 322 15.5 73 .108 .169 .208 31.4 41.1 25.6 .158 .207 .217 22.9
2023 Changeup -0.8 -2 284 13.7 81 .224 .303 .259 22.2 18.5 19.2 .225 .319 .264 19.7
2023 Cutter 3.1 5 174 8.4 40 .405 .784 .516 8.7 5.0 5.1 .353 .642 .441 31.4
2023 Curveball 1.9 3 169 8.1 32 .286 .536 .369 15.4 21.9 15.9 .260 .448 .338 50.0
2023 Sweeper -3.3 -3 92 4.4 25 .042 .042 .100 32.3 56.0 41.2 .182 .401 .262 40.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.3 -2 69 3.3 20 .105 .263 .180 18.8 10.0 9.1 .271 .536 .359 29.4
2023 Slurve -6.7 -1 15 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 20.0 .005 .009 .006 0.0
2023 Knuckleball -5.9 0 2 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
Player 1,373 5,594 -36 -18 59 -36 28
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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
Player 5,594 50.2 56.3 84.0 18.1 63.0 43.7 18.4 37.3 20.7 7.6 66.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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 63 94
2023 81 68 60 49 91 50 53 44 79 30 64 95 86 98 62 80 78 53 89 80
2024 89 77 78 73 92 48 66 88 89 91 65 98 82 100 40 68 75
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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 19.1 5 4.7 0 0 2 3 60.0
2022 20.1 14 14.8 -1 5 10 7 50.0
2023 19.5 14 13.9 0 5 11 6 42.9
2024 20.3 12 12.0 0 4 10 5 41.7
Player 19.9 45 45.4 0 14 33 21 46.7
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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 11 18 15 14 16 12 12 12 12 16 19 13 16 17 13 15 14 15 16 13 20 17 13 11 17 18 18 14 11
2023 14 12 12 12 17 14 16 13 12 13 12 13 14 12 15 14 15 13 15 16 13 15 19 17 13 12 12 15 14 16 10
2024 12 11 11 14 10 13 12 15 8 8 10 10 15 10 13 13 12 12 13 15 15 7 18 14 12 11 9 11 14 11 12
Player 45 45 38 49 47 46 49 45 36 37 39 44 53 39 49 49 45 45 46 51 48 40 62 53 43 39 43 49 51 46 36
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

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 91.7 2.6 ↑ 89.1 -2.6 ↓ 91.8 2.7 ↑
Launch Angle 12.1 10.7 -1.4 ↓ 7.2 -3.5 ↓ 6.0 -1.2 ↓
Barrel % 4.8 12.1 7.3 ↑ 8.8 -3.3 ↓ 9.9 1.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.1 46.0 9.9 ↑ 37.8 -8.2 ↓ 49.5 11.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.1 30.4 6.3 ↑ 30.8 0.4 ↑ 32.2 1.4 ↑
xBA .213 .247 0.034 ↑ .265 0.018 ↑ .264 -0.001 ↓
BA .239 .228 -0.011 ↓ .261 0.033 ↑ .244 -0.017 ↓
xwOBA .286 .346 0.060 ↑ .356 0.010 ↑ .355 -0.001 ↓
wOBA .316 .342 0.026 ↑ .344 0.002 ↑ .331 -0.013 ↓
xSLG .349 .414 0.065 ↑ .436 0.022 ↑ .455 0.019 ↑
SLG .422 .448 0.026 ↑ .418 -0.030 ↓ .417 -0.001 ↓
K% 22.6 20.5 -2.1 ↓ 19.7 -0.8 ↓ 19.5 -0.2 ↓
BB% 10.5 14.7 4.2 ↑ 14.3 -0.4 ↓ 12.8 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 39.6 39.2 -0.4 ↓ 35.5 -3.7 ↓ 37.2 1.7 ↑
Whiff% 26.2 23.9 -2.3 ↓ 18.5 -5.4 ↓ 19.0 0.5 ↑
In Zone % 49.6 48.3 -1.3 ↓ 50.7 2.4 ↑ 51.2 0.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.4 51.7 1.3 ↑ 49.3 -2.4 ↓ 48.8 -0.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 17.6 21.0 3.4 ↑ 17.1 -3.9 ↓ 16.9 -0.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.2 25.1 0.9 ↑ 14.2 -10.9 ↓ 16.1 1.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.5 61.7 5.2 ↑ 55.3 -6.4 ↓ 56.4 1.1 ↑
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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
! 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%
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