Should I draft Patrick Bailey or Lars Nootbaar?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Patrick Bailey or Lars Nootbaar.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

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Lars Nootbaar · Oblique (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.51	1.75
ADP	235.00	Undrafted
PROJ	144.00	260.00
AB	355	405
R	40	64
H	82	103
2B	18	19
3B	1	2
HR	8	15
RBI	44	49
SB	2	8
K	101	93
BB	33	61
AVG	.231	.254
OBP	.301	.352
SLG	.355	.422
OPS	.656	.774

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	87.0	81.0
AB	145	141
R	16	14
H	41	33
2B	8	7
3B	0	1
HR	4	5
RBI	22	19
SB	2	3
K	33	34
BB	19	22
AVG	.283	.234
OBP	.357	.337
SLG	.421	.404
OPS	.778	.742

Recent News
	Giants' Patrick Bailey: Getting Saturday off Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Breakout Hitters Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Jordan Walker, Patrick Bailey, Mike Tauchman Published June 7th, 2024 via MSN Giants' Patrick Bailey: Getting rest Wednesday Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Patrick Bailey: Taking seat for series finale Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Patrick Bailey catching for Giants on Friday Published May 31st, 2024 via FanDuel Research Patrick Bailey Sitting Versus A Lefty Published May 29th, 2024 Giants' Patrick Bailey: Getting breather Wednesday Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Nick Gonzales mashing, Patrick Bailey breaking out, Cole Irvin excelling Published May 29th, 2024 via MSN	Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Nearly ready to swing bat Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Nearly ready to take swings Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals vs. Umpire Drama: Laz Diaz Criticizes Lars Nootbaar's Batting Average during Controversial Call Published June 6th, 2024 via BVM Sports Umpire Laz Diaz calls out Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar's batting average Published June 6th, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Lars Nootbaar To Miss Several Weeks Published May 31st, 2024 Who's left? Lars Nootbaar's injury, absence restarts outfield carousel: Cardinals Extra Published May 31st, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lars Nootbaar injury: Surging Cardinals place outfielder on IL ahead of big road trip vs. Phillies, Astros Published May 31st, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Facing long-term absence Published May 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports

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