Lars Nootbaar and the St. Louis Cardinals will take the field at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, August 12, where they will match up with the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Cole Ragans. The game will begin at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Nootbaar
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -140 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -133 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Ragans (3-3) for his fifth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up one earned run on four hits in a matchup with the Boston Red Sox.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 20 games this season with a 3.86 ERA, 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .220.
- The Royals average just eight strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the league.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.17) in the majors this season.
- The Royals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.407 WHIP this season.
- The Royals have given up 143 home runs so far this season (the 20th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Lars Nootbaar Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Dylan Coleman | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Josh Staumont | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2021 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/14/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/13/2021 | Mike Minor | 1-for-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Nootbaar Stats and Trends
- Nootbaar has collected a base hit 57 times this season in 85 games played (67.1%), including multiple knocks on 24 occasions (28.2%).
- In 12.9% of his games this season, he has hit a home run (11 of 85). He’s hit a round-tripper in 3.2% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- In 49.4% of his games this season (42 of 85), he has scored at least a run. In 11 of those games (12.9%), he tallied two or more runs scored.
- Nootbaar has driven in at least one run in 35.3% of his games this year (30 of 85), including more than one RBI in eight of those contests (9.4%).
- He has struck out in 47 of 85 games this season, including multiple Ks in 19 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | GP | 44 |
| 26 (63.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 31 (70.5%) |
| 10 (24.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 14 (31.8%) |
| 20 (48.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (50.0%) |
| 5 (12.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (13.6%) |
| 13 (31.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (38.6%) |
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