Final 12 months was a baad 12 months for Lars Nootbaar. Or was it?! Rattling, Mr. Reversal, I truthfully didn’t count on to see you right here. Or did you?! No. Wait, what? You’re complicated me now. Or am I?! Yeah. Okay. So, I went trolling by Statcast for some potential outfielder sleepers and Nootbaar, straight from the Wawa counter, proper out of the sweet aisle in Costco with a BOOM. Oh no, I didn’t simply reference Large Justice and AJ, however not The Rizzler, did I? Disgrace on me and 7 generations of my ancestors. I’ve disrespected your reminiscence maw-maw within the Costco allusion! Okay, let me offer you a number of Lars Nootbaar screenies (that’s what I name screenshots now). First, proper fielders sorted by Common Exit Velocity:
Then sorted by Arduous Hit%:
Lars Nootbaar matches into my new definition of Emoji with Hand on Chin like The Rizzler, he walks an honest quantity, needs to be taking part in day-after-day and doesn’t strike out so much. One closing screenie, the entire image this time:
Does that seem like Lars Nootbaar had a foul 12 months? It doesn’t to me. So, what can we count on from Lars Nootbaar for 2025 fantasy baseball and what makes him a sleeper?
PSYCHE! My 2025 fantasy baseball rankings on the Patreon began final week and are ongoing. Don’t await the rankings to come back out subsequent month. Anyway II, the Lars Nootbaar sleeper:
Now, did I cherrypick out proper fielders so Lars Nootbaar could be current in these screenies? P to the erhaps, however he’s nonetheless there, isn’t he? Not like I had Coolwhip do a Photoshop like this:
Lars Nootbaar was a preferred choose final 12 months. Nicely, now he’s very previous. Oh, that’s not proper. He simply turned 27. He was a preferred choose final 12 months with folks saying he would go 24/12/.275. Now his projections are manner all the way down to–Maintain up. His projections are mainly the identical. Wow, that was a twist. Steamer has him down for 20/10/.254 in 135 video games. Nobody trusts him to remain wholesome, unfortch. Final 12 months was notably unhealthy for well being. He was out Could thirty first by July eighth with an indirect. How a lot did that damage him in his return? Arduous to say, however when he was additional away from his harm in September, he went 4/2/.290. I gained’t deliver out Mr. Prorater on you, however that’s roughly, await it, crap, the place did I put it, did I go away it in my different pants, oh, right here it’s! That’s a statline of 24/12. You may do not forget that as actually his projections. In case you’re doing 24/12/.275 in 500 ABs, you’re a high 20 outfielder, so long as your runs and RBIs aren’t the canine’s doodie.
Wager on a man who walks, doesn’t strike out and has energy and pace. That’s what I at all times say after studying my very own earlier sentence. All you’re betting on with Lars Nootbaar is his well being. Looks like an okay wager when his ADP is round 275! He’s being drafted after Jung Hoo Lee. Jung Who?! He’s being drafted after Hayden Birdsong. Sorry, however you’re getting Nootbaar for a music! Nootbaar’s priced as if it’s the day after Halloween. For 2025, I’ll give Lars Nootbaar projections of 72/23/75/.266/10 in 486 ABs with an opportunity for extra.
