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 315 269 40 60 8 4 .223 .330 .357 .687
5 Seasons 1,694 1,442 221 348 53 28 .241 .345 .413 .758
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .261 14 11 .785
2024 .244 12 7 .759
2025 .223 8 4 .687
5 Seasons .241 53 28 .758
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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 1283 203 19 9.4 6.0 91.7 112.7 17.9 35.5 .244 .408 .309 .332 .369 51.5 21.6 12.7
Player 6877 1114 106 9.5 6.3 90.8 113.5 9.9 31.4 .253 .424 .332 .344 .380 44.7 20.4 13.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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 34.5 65.5 27.1 27.6 10.8 36.9 38.4 24.6 19.2 11.3 3.9 17.7 27.1 20.7
Player 46.8 53.2 23.5 23.6 6.1 36.7 39.6 23.7 21.8 18.8 6.2 14.9 20.8 17.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 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 2.0 27.1 32.5 19.7 8.9 9.4 6.0
Player 3.4 34.2 23.2 23.1 6.5 9.5 6.3
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.8 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 -0.1 -1 406 31.6 105 .239 .341 .324 9.4 15.2 16.8 .268 .461 .372 54.2
2025 Sinker -0.1 0 235 18.3 67 .263 .351 .332 10.5 17.9 27.3 .260 .382 .338 51.1
2025 Slider 0.4 1 199 15.5 48 .167 .357 .255 37.5 35.4 25.8 .190 .324 .257 53.8
2025 Changeup 2.1 3 144 11.2 31 .276 .517 .389 33.9 29.0 17.0 .274 .496 .349 50.0
2025 Curveball 0.7 1 101 7.9 15 .214 .429 .300 26.1 20.0 10.7 .327 .634 .424 63.6
2025 Cutter 1.5 1 79 6.2 23 .278 .500 .450 15.8 8.7 14.3 .302 .488 .416 50.0
2025 Sweeper -0.8 -1 63 4.9 8 .000 .000 .088 30.8 25.0 11.8 .028 .066 .121 20.0
2025 Split-Finger -4.4 -2 46 3.6 14 .000 .000 .100 50.0 50.0 35.0 .029 .039 .124 20.0
2025 Slurve 2.8 0 10 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 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 1.6 3 191 11.5 45 .211 .421 .333 23.5 26.7 17.1 .212 .387 .324 42.3
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 -3.3 -3 106 6.4 22 .091 .136 .098 37.8 40.9 22.0 .153 .350 .216 38.5
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 312 1,282 -14 -1 13 5 3
Player 1,685 6,876 -50 -19 72 -50 31
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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 1,283 49.4 56.1 87.6 21.9 57.7 42.9 22.0 38.8 20.9 8.2 70.5
Player 6,877 50.0 56.3 84.7 18.8 61.8 43.6 19.1 37.6 20.8 7.7 67.3
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 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 63 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 51 31 35 43 70 68 55 83 87 90 52 87 69 83 48 64 84 83 58 77
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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 12.0 0 4 10 5 41.7
2025 21.31 8 6.4 2 5 6 1 12.5
Player 20.08 53 51.8 1 19 39 22 41.5
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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
2025 8 8 4 8 9 7 6 6 5 3 5 9 7 9 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 5 7 8 6 4 5 7 7 5 4
Player 53 53 42 57 56 53 55 51 41 40 44 53 60 48 56 56 52 51 52 58 55 45 69 61 49 43 48 56 58 51 40
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.1 2.6 ↑ 91.7 -2.6 ↓ 89.1 2.7 ↑ 91.8 -0.1 ↓ 91.7
Launch Angle 12.1 -1.4 ↓ 10.7 -3.5 ↓ 7.2 -1.2 ↓ 6.0 11.9 ↑ 17.9
Barrel % 4.8 7.3 ↑ 12.1 -3.3 ↓ 8.8 1.1 ↑ 9.9 -0.5 ↓ 9.4
Hard Hit % 36.1 9.9 ↑ 46.0 -8.2 ↓ 37.8 11.7 ↑ 49.5 2.0 ↑ 51.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.1 6.3 ↑ 30.4 0.4 ↑ 30.8 1.4 ↑ 32.2 3.3 ↑ 35.5
xBA .213 0.034 ↑ .247 0.018 ↑ .265 -0.001 ↓ .264 -0.020 ↓ .244
BA .239 -0.011 ↓ .228 0.033 ↑ .261 -0.017 ↓ .244 -0.021 ↓ .223
xwOBA .286 0.060 ↑ .346 0.010 ↑ .356 -0.001 ↓ .355 -0.023 ↓ .332
wOBA .316 0.026 ↑ .342 0.002 ↑ .344 -0.013 ↓ .331 -0.022 ↓ .309
xSLG .349 0.065 ↑ .414 0.022 ↑ .436 0.019 ↑ .455 -0.047 ↓ .408
SLG .422 0.026 ↑ .448 -0.030 ↓ .418 -0.001 ↓ .417 -0.060 ↓ .357
K% 22.6 -2.1 ↓ 20.5 -0.8 ↓ 19.7 -0.2 ↓ 19.5 2.1 ↑ 21.6
BB% 10.5 4.2 ↑ 14.7 -0.4 ↓ 14.3 -1.5 ↓ 12.8 -0.1 ↓ 12.7
Swing % 39.6 -0.4 ↓ 39.2 -3.7 ↓ 35.5 1.7 ↑ 37.2 1.6 ↑ 38.8
Whiff% 26.2 -2.3 ↓ 23.9 -5.4 ↓ 18.5 0.5 ↑ 19.0 1.9 ↑ 20.9
In Zone % 49.6 -1.3 ↓ 48.3 2.4 ↑ 50.7 0.5 ↑ 51.2 -1.8 ↓ 49.4
Out of Zone % 50.4 1.3 ↑ 51.7 -2.4 ↓ 49.3 -0.5 ↓ 48.8 1.8 ↑ 50.6
Out of Zone Swing % 17.6 3.4 ↑ 21.0 -3.9 ↓ 17.1 -0.2 ↓ 16.9 5.0 ↑ 21.9
First Pitch Swing % 24.2 0.9 ↑ 25.1 -10.9 ↓ 14.2 1.9 ↑ 16.1 5.9 ↑ 22.0
First Pitch Strike % 56.5 5.2 ↑ 61.7 -6.4 ↓ 55.3 1.1 ↑ 56.4 0.1 ↑ 56.5
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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 312 146 46.8 .325 .292
! 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 484 15.5 42.1% 0.0% 175 17.9 8.6% 0.0%
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