Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Lands on IL with back injury
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Nootbaar was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a lower-back contusion, Matt Pauley of 1120 AM reports.
Nootbaar suffered the injury during Monday's game against the Royals when he crashed into the outfield wall after making a catch. The move is retroactive to May 30, so he'll be eligible for activation June 9, but it's unclear whether he'll be ready to go at that time.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Out of lineup Tuesday
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Nootbaar (back) is not in the lineup Tuesday versus the Royals.
Nootbaar was pulled from Monday's series opener against the Royals after tweaking his back on a play in center field. St. Louis is off both Wednesday and Thursday, so a decision on a potential IL stint can wait. Tommy Edman will cover center and bat ninth Tuesday.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Exits game with injury
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Nootbaar was removed from Monday's game against the Royals in the third inning with an undisclosed injury, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. He went 0-for-1 before exiting the contest.
Nootbaar was chasing down a ball in the gap before pulling up close to the warning track and eventually crumpling to the ground. He quickly got back up and tried to walk off whatever injury he was dealing with but ultimately exited the field with the trainer. Presumably, the injury is leg- or back-related but the Cardinals should have more on the outfielder's condition soon.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Gets aboard four times in loss
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Nootbaar went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians.
Nootbaar has gone 9-for-20 (.450) with three extra-base hits and six RBI during his five-game hitting streak. The outfielder continues to look good as the Cardinals' primary leadoff hitter, though he's gone 14 games without a stolen base. For the season, he's slashing .285/.399/.417 with four home runs, 21 RBI, 25 runs scored and five steals over 39 contests.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Socks fourth homer
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Nootbaar went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Wednesday's 10-3 loss to the Reds.
He launched his fourth homer of the season in the fifth inning, taking Ben Lively deep for a solo shot. Nootbaar has enjoyed a solid May with a .291/.374/.419 slash line, two home runs, three steals, 14 RBI and 15 runs in 22 games, and he's been the one constant this season in an otherwise injury-riddled Cardinals outfield.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Sitting against southpaw
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Nootbaar is not in the starting lineup Monday against Cincinnati, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
Nootbaar will head to the bench as the Cardinals face off with southpaw Brandon Williamson on the mound Monday. Righty bat Oscar Mercado will take over in center field and bat eighth in the series opener with the Reds.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Sleeper hitters for Week 9 (May 22-28)
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Lars Nootbaar is just barely available enough to make the cut for this list, but he makes for such a good choice this week that he's well worth singling out. The Cardinals offense has caught fire and has the third-best hitter matchups, which could lead to oodles of runs scored for a leadoff man who reaches base at about a .390 clip.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Crosses plate four times
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Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with two walks and four runs in Monday's 18-1 win over the Brewers.
Nootbaar has been rewarded handsomely from sitting atop a potent St. Louis lineup that has produced 27 runs over the past two games, as he's come around to score seven times. The lefty-hitting Nootbaar will drop toward the bottom of the order when St. Louis faces southpaws, but he looks like he'll be locked into the leadoff role versus righties now that he's overcome his slow start to the season. Since the beginning of May, Nootbaar is slashing .380/.475/.520 with five extra-base hits, three steals, 13 runs and seven RBI in 13 games.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Scores three runs
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Nootbaar went 3-for-6 with two doubles and three runs scored in Sunday's win against the Red Sox.
Nootbaar was all over the stat sheet Sunday, crossing home in the first, sixth and eighth frames. He's been on a tear over the last 10 games, going 17-for-40 (.425) with nine runs scored and six extra-base hits. On the year, he's slashing .302/.432/.448 through 118 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Gets aboard three times in win
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Nootbaar went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, two RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Friday's 8-6 win over the Red Sox.
Nootbaar provided an RBI double in the sixth inning and added a game-tying RBI single in the ninth before scoring on a Nolan Gorman home run. Through 10 games in May, Nootbaar is hitting .389 (14-for-36) with three extra-base hits and three steals. The outfielder is up to a .302/.444/.442 slash line with three home runs, 13 RBI, 14 runs scored, a career-high five steals and three doubles through 108 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Pops third homer
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Nootbaar went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Cubs.
Nootbaar's homer was his third of the season. He'd hit .294 (15-for-51) over 14 contests between long balls, but he had just two extra-base hits in that span. The outfielder is now slashing .288/.430/.425 through 100 plate appearances this season, and he's added 10 RBI, 13 runs scored and four stolen bases.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Notches fourth steal
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Nootbaar went 0-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base and two runs scored in Monday's 3-1 win over the Cubs.
Nootbaar's four-game hitting streak came to an end, but he picked up his sixth multi-walk game of the year. He's also logged two of his four steals this season over the last three contests. The outfielder has earned a starting job in right field, and he's now slashing .289/.432/.395 with two home runs, nine RBI and 12 runs scored through 95 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Possible waiver wire pickups
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Hasn't Nootbaar done everything we asked him to do? Since returning from those two weeks he missed with a jammed thumb, he's started every game but one, mostly batted leadoff, and reached base at a .429 clip. Things couldn't be going much better for maybe the trendiest outfield pick of draft prep season, and yet here he is available in nearly 30 percent of CBS Sports leagues. OK, so it took a 10-for-18 (.556) performance the past four days to get his numbers where they are, and his run scored total is surprisingly lacking given everything else. But the point is he seems to be rounding into exactly who we wanted him to be, and my prediction is he'll combine the best of Christian Yelich and Brandon Nimmo the rest of the way.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Strong again Saturday
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Nootbaar went 3-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Tigers.
Nootbaar is on a tear now, going 9-for-14 (.643) over his last three games. That's the kind of spark the Cardinals need from their leadoff hitter against right-handed pitchers, but the rest of the lineup has been a bit too inconsistent for it to matter in the win column. Nootbaar's surge has him up to a .304/.442/.420 slash line with two home runs, three steals, seven RBI and 10 runs scored through 20 contests.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Four-hit effort in loss
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Nootbaar went 4-for-5 with a run scored in Thursday's 11-7 loss to the Angels.
Nootbaar went just 1-for-13 with six strikeouts over his previous four games, but he rebounded Thursday with his third multi-hit game of the campaign. All of the outfielder's hits were singles. He's now slashing .262/.416/.377 with two home runs, two stolen bases, six RBI and nine runs scored through 77 plate appearances. Despite his recent inconsistency at the plate, Nootbaar has routinely hit leadoff versus right-handed pitchers over the past couple weeks.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Gets aboard four times Friday
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Nootbaar went 1-for-2 with three walks, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored in Friday's 7-3 loss to the Dodgers.
Nootbaar is hitting .296 with a 5:9 BB:K over his last seven games. The outfielder has settled into the leadoff spot against right-handed pitchers, and the demotion of Jordan Walker to Triple-A Memphis could afford Nootbaar consistent playing time going forward. For the season, Nootbaar is slashing .256/.448/.419 with two home runs, five RBI, eight runs scored and two steals through 58 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Sitting Wednesday
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Nootbaar will get a breather Wednesday against Arizona, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Nootbaar will take a seat after he went 2-for-9 with a home run, three RBI, three runs scored and eight walks over his last four starts following a stint on the injured list with a thumb injury. Tyler O'Neill will slide over to left field while Dylan Carlson enters the lineup in center field and bats second in the series finale.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Launches first home run
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Nootbar went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer and three walks in Sunday's 5-4 extra-innings win over the Pirates.
Nootbar sent a first-pitch cutter from Mitch Keller into the right field seats in the sixth inning to tie the game at three. He also walked three times for the second consecutive game, although two of his walks were intentional. In just two games since returning from the IL, Nootbar has reached base seven times and should find himself in the lineup often this coming week with the Cardinals set to face five right-handers.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Steals base in return to lineup
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Nootbaar went 0-for-1 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. He walked three times.
Nootbaar was making his first appearance in the lineup since Opening Day after missing over two weeks due to a jammed left thumb. The 25-year-old outfielder will be in the mix for the Cardinals now that he's healthy, though the team's crowded outfield might lead to him seeing just a strong-side platoon role.
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Activated from injured list
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Nootbaar (thumb) was activated Saturday from the 10-day injured list, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Nootbaar jammed his left thumb on Opening Day, but he's ready to rock now after just one minor-league rehab game. The 25-year-old outfielder was a popular name in the middle rounds of fantasy drafts this spring and carries breakout potential in his return to the Cardinals' active roster. He will start in center field and bat seventh Saturday afternoon against the Pirates.
