Nootbaar’s Health Is Key for Cardinals Playoff Push With St. Louis sitting at 50-44, just one game back of a National League Wild Card spot and 5.5 games behind the division-leading Cubs, every ...

Nootbaar, before heading onto the injured list, had been struggling. Since the start of June, Nootbaar had been hit just .183 with a .299 on-base percentage and a .321 slugging percentage.

Lars Nootbaar starting the year off as the team's leadoff man made sense. He's been an on-base machine throughout his career, and his slugging numbers were strong for a leadoff hitter. He finished ...

Overall this season, Nootbaar has appeared in 67 games and slashed .226/.329/.361 with eight home runs, 28 RBIs, four stolen bases, 12 doubles, 39 runs scored.

It’s a problem the Cardinals faced as May turned to June. Lars Nootbaar, their mantle of consistency at the top of the lineup, had fallen into a slump. His bat had gone cold before: During a ...

It's a question that Cardinals fans have been wondering as they've watched Nootbaar's hot start to the season turn frigid, giving him a slash line of .229/.335/.371/.706 entering Saturday.