Cards ready to welcome back Nootbaar
Jul 7 2024
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis Cardinals
NEWS: OF Lars Nootbaar’s return from the IL is imminent.
IMPACT: Medium
BHQ SPIN: Nootbaar has missed a little over a month recovering from his latest injury (strained oblique), but is set to return to the club at some point in the coming days–whether he travels to Washington for Sunday’s game, or waits to join the team when it returns home on Tuesday is still unclear. It’s also unclear who will be impacted most by Nootbaar’s (+10%) return. OF Micheal Siani (-5%) seems to be a clear candidate for a reserve OF role; we’ve also docked 2B/DH Nolan Gorman (-5%) as he’s struggled over the past month to the tune of a .147/.202/.263 slashline resulting him being dropped to eighth in the order...
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