Lars

Nootbaar

LFAge : 29Bats : L

#21

Lars Nootbaar

#21LFArizona Diamondbacks

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 93 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-06-22

Born in : El Segundo, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		90	285	68	8	33	.239	.721
2026	Arizona Diamondbacks	42	127	31	5	17	.244	.762
2026	St. Louis Cardinals	48	158	37	3	16	.234	.687
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	135	509	119	13	48	.234	.686
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	109	348	85	12	45	.244	.759
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	117	426	111	14	46	.261	.785
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	108	290	66	14	40	.228	.788
2021	St. Louis Cardinals	58	109	26	5	15	.239	.739
Career totals		617	1967	475	66	227	.241	.743

ContractArizona Diamondbacks payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 5.4 M$
AAV: 5.35 M$

2026
5.35 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

102

wOBA

.320

xwOBA

.343

OPS

.721

AVG

.239

OBP

.342

RBI

334

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.4

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.0

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (+6)

20233.1 WAR · 3.7 per full season
20241.7 WAR · 2.5 per full season
20250.8 WAR · 0.8 per full season
20261.0 WAR · 1.8 per full season

Outlook, age included

+16 · 28 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

High-end

CON: Contact; 79
POW: Power; 79
EYE: Eye; 90
SPD: Speed; 74
FLD: Fielding; 75
DUR: Durability; 68
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.0

#178 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

62 / 100

#101 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

34 / 100

Surplus $4.4M · salary $5.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense55

Power60

Discipline89

Speed48

Defense58

WAR, in runs

Batting+0.9

Baserunning0.0

Fielding+2.5

Positional-4.5

Replacement+10.2

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

92.0 mi/h

91th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.8 mi/h

77th percentile

Barrels

10.1 %

68th percentile

Hard-hit

49.5 %

91th percentile

xBA

.247

49th percentile

Bat speed

73.3 mi/h

66th percentile

Sprint speed

27.5 pi/s

52th percentile

Outs above average

58th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	AZ	1.0	62	85	92.0	112.8	10.1	49.5	.247
2025	STL	0.8	33	80	91.3	113.0	10.2	50.0	.231
2024	STL	1.7	78	88	91.8	113.5	9.9	49.5	.261
2023	STL	3.1	83	87	89.1	112.2	8.8	37.8	.262
2022	STL	2.6	91	89	91.7	113.0	12.1	46.0	.246
2021	STL	0.6	59	76	89.1	109.5	4.8	36.1	.210

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ SD	4	1	0	1	0	2	.239
Sep 26	@ SD	3	0	0	0	2	2	.238
Sep 25	@ SD	3	1	1	1	2	0	.241
Sep 24	@ COL	6	3	0	0	0	0	.240
Sep 23	@ COL	3	0	0	0	0	2	.234
Sep 20	vs NYY	3	2	0	0	0	1	.237
Sep 19	vs NYY	3	0	0	0	0	1	.232
Sep 18	vs NYY	4	0	0	0	0	2	.235
Sep 16	vs MIA	4	0	0	0	1	1	.238
Sep 15	vs MIA	5	0	0	0	1	4	.242