Nolan Arenado DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado (ribs) looked just fine in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Orioles. Arenado, who missed Monday's game with sore ribs after falling into the crowd to make a catch on Sunday, went 2-for-5 with a single and a solo home run. The 34-year-old broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning by launching a first-pitch Bryan Baker slider into the Splash Zone in left field. Despite the heroics Tuesday, the veteran has put together lackluster numbers on the season, slashing .238/.308/.394 with six HR and 26 RBI in 214 plate appearances. While Arenado has been a solid fantasy contributor throughout his career, he has not impacted the ball well this season, so age may be finally catching up to him.

St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado (ribs) is manning the hot corner and batting sixth for Tuesday's game in Baltimore against the Orioles and right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano. Arenado was dealing with sore ribs after falling into the crowd to make a catch on Sunday and sat out of Monday's series opener at Camden Yards as a precaution. Now that the 34-year-old is back in there, fantasy managers can get him back into their starting lineups. Arenado's decline in offensive production has continued into the 2025 season, as he enters Tuesday's contest sporting a .234/.306/.378 slash line with a below-average .684 OPS, five home runs, 25 RBI, 23 runs scored and one steal in 188 at-bats. In his last nine games since May 16, Arenado has gone 5-for-34 (.147) with a home run, triple, eight RBI, two runs scored and six strikeouts. He has never faced Sugano in his career.

St. Louis Cardinals star third baseman Nolan Arenado (kidney, rib) is out of the team's starting lineup on Monday against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards due to kidney/rib soreness from falling into the crowd on a catch on Sunday. "Overall, I feel OK. Should be fine by tomorrow, just kind of stiff today. So I'm just gonna get some treatment and then go from there. But tomorrow I should be okay," Arenado said. Nolan Gorman will start at third base and hit seventh on Monday against Orioles right-hander Charlie Morton. Arenado is hitting only .222 (18-for-81) with two homers, a double, triple, 12 RBI and 10 runs scored in 21 games in the month of May. Fantasy managers will want to check back on Tuesday to make sure he's actually back in action as the series in Baltimore continues. Gorman has two hits in four career at-bats against Morton but is hitting .171 (14-for-82) on the year with a homer and nine RBI.