Final yr was a baad yr for Lars Nootbaar. Or was it?! Rattling, Mr. Reversal, I truthfully didn’t anticipate 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 means of 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 Huge 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 provide you with just a few 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 suits into my new definition of Emoji with Hand on Chin like The Rizzler, he walks an honest quantity, needs to be enjoying each day and doesn’t strike out so much. One closing screenie, the entire image this time:
Does that appear to be Lars Nootbaar had a foul yr? It doesn’t to me. So, what can we anticipate 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 decide final yr. Effectively, now he’s very outdated. Oh, that’s not proper. He simply turned 27. He was a preferred decide final yr with folks saying he would go 24/12/.275. Now his projections are means all the way down to–Maintain up. His projections are principally 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 yr was significantly dangerous for well being. He was out Could thirty first by means of 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 received’t convey 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 keep in mind 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 guess 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 tune! 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.