PT TODAY: Nootbaar returns to crowded Cards OF

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NEWS:  OF Lars Nootbaar is activated from IL-10.

IMPACT:  Medium

BHQ SPIN: Nootbaar (+5%) returns after a three-week absence with a back contusion. He should slot back near the top of the order and play an everyday role in the outfield. With Tommy Edman playing admirably in CF, Alec Burleson (-15%) seems to be the odd man out. It will be a battle between Dylan Carlson and Jordan Walker (+10%) for the other OF spot – and the club would be hard-pressed to take Walker out of the lineup as he’s been raking since being called back up to the big club (64 PA, .339/.422/.607, .308 xBA, 97 xPX). Luken Baker is sent back to AAA-Memphis in a corresponding move.

—Larson

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