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Lars Nootbaar or Braden Montgomery

Who Should I Start? - Week 13 • Start New
Lars Nootbaar

Lars Nootbaar

LF • St. Louis Cardinals STL
Braden Montgomery

Braden Montgomery

RF • Chicago White Sox CHW
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Nootbaar over Montgomery

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Outlook Braden Montgomery

Top prospect Braden Montgomery tearing up Triple-A, looming as high-upside stash for White Sox

Though Montgomery has yet to debut in the majors, our data shows him tearing up Triple-A, where he is slashing .299/.372/.486 with 10 home runs. The second-place White Sox (34-31) are currently dealing with several outfield injuries, including Austin Hays and Everson Pereira. Montgomery is not yet on the active major league roster, but his arrival feels imminent.

With no major league track record or active projections, we must rely on his minor league dominance and elite raw power to project his rest-of-season value. While rookies often face an adjustment period against big-league breaking stuff, his high-walk, high-power profile makes him a premier stash candidate whose raw power could provide a major boost to fantasy lineups.

Chicago plays six home games this week against Atlanta and the Dodgers, featuring challenging matchups against aces Chris Sale and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. While Montgomery remains in the minors for now and will not face these pitchers, his high-upside profile makes him a must-stash player in competitive formats. Verdict: Hold.

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Lars Nootbaar
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300132.4620.70003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300132.4620.70003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Braden Montgomery
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lars Nootbaar
OWN
17%
+11.13 compared to last week
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9%
+8.44 compared to last week
OWN/START Braden Montgomery
OWN
12%
+8.44 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+5.74 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lars Nootbaar
87th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Braden Montgomery
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lars Nootbaar

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 87th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 171st.
  • The current leader among OF's is James Wood
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 523rd in RBI with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 570th in runs scored with 2
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.063, OBP: +0.121, HRs: -7, RBI: -25, Runs: -37, Wlks: -35, Stls: -4,
Breakdown Braden Montgomery

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Lars Nootbaar

No Injury Reported

Injury Braden Montgomery

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lars Nootbaar
DateOpponentResult
Jun 09@NYMFreddy Peralta
Jun 10@NYMChristian Scott
Jun 11@NYMNolan McLean
Jun 12@MINJoe Ryan
Jun 13@MINConnor Prielipp
Jun 14@MINTaj Bradley
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Braden Montgomery
DateOpponentResult
Jun 09VS ATLGrant Holmes
Jun 10VS ATLChris Sale
Jun 11VS ATLMartin Perez
Jun 12VS LADRoki Sasaki
Jun 13VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
Jun 14VS LADEmmet Sheehan
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Lars Nootbaar
7.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Braden Montgomery
5.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Lars Nootbaar
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 STL 50 26 5 13 15 1 9 .241 .297 .426 108
2022 STL 90 60 11 40 32 3 46 .227 .341 .424 260
2023 STL 115 111 14 74 46 11 71 .263 .367 .424 410
2024 STL 103 85 12 39 44 7 51 .245 .341 .418 318
2025 STL 131 119 13 68 47 4 64 .234 .325 .361 383
2026 STL 3 3 1 2 3 0 3 .300 .462 .700 15
ON PACE 7 7 2 5 7 0 7 .300 .462 .700 38
3-YEAR AVG 116 105 13 60 46 7 62 .246 .343 .397 370
Career 492 404 56 236 187 26 244 .243 .341 .405
Career Braden Montgomery
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
ON PACE NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 0 . . .
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DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
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ARI @MIA 06:40 EDT EST Zac Gallen
Max Meyer
ATH vs MIL 10:05 EDT EST J.T. Ginn
Robert Gasser
ATL @CHW 07:40 EDT EST Grant Holmes
Brandon Eisert
BAL vs SEA 06:35 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Logan Gilbert
BOS @TB 06:40 EDT EST Payton Tolle
Nick Martinez
CHC @COL 08:40 EDT EST Colin Rea
Tomoyuki Sugano
CIN @SD 09:40 EDT EST Chase Burns
Lucas Giolito
CLE vs NYY 06:40 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
Gerrit Cole
DET vs MIN 06:40 EDT EST Troy Melton
Taj Bradley
HOU @LAA 09:38 EDT EST Kai-Wei Teng
Walbert Urena
KC vs TEX 07:40 EDT EST Stephen Kolek
Nathan Eovaldi
LAD @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Eric Lauer
Paul Skenes
NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Dustin May
PHI @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Dylan Cease
SF vs WAS 09:45 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Andrew Alvarez
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