Nootbaar will serve as the Cardinals' designated hitter and will bat fifth Monday against the Pirates, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Nootbaar broke camp as the Cardinals' fourth outfielder, but he went unused off the bench for the first three games of the series with St. Louis went with an outfield of Tyler O'Neill, Harrison Bader and Dylan Carlson from left to right. The Cardinals will go with that outfield configuration once again Monday and likely in most games when all are available, but Nootbaar will get a look at DH in the series finale while Corey Dickerson and Albert Pujols take a seat.