Lars Nootbaar is the engine
The Cardinals’ outfielder has developed into one of the best on-base threats in baseball, and the team should take full advantage
Outs are the lifespan of an offense in baseball – at once terribly finite but theoretically infinite – and it follows that not making outs is the single-most cherished trait in a hitter. We measure this faculty with on-base percentage, and no one on the Cardinals right now better wields that skill than 25-year-old outfielder Lars Nootbaar.
Consider the following True Internet Facts about Nootbaar and his present mastery of out-avoidance:
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