Brendan Donovan
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #213, St. Louis Cardinals | University of South Alabama
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 468 391 64 110 5 2 .281 .394 .379 .773
2023 371 327 48 93 11 5 .284 .365 .422 .787
2024 158 139 15 31 4 0 .223 .297 .381 .678
3 Seasons 997 857 127 234 20 7 .273 .368 .396 .764
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 5 2 .773
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .223 4 0 .678
3 Seasons .273 20 7 .764
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 25 1966 324 11 3.4 2.4 87.7 107.0 6.0 32.7 .266 .365 .349 .339 .332 37.7 15.0 12.8
2023 26 1431 276 16 5.8 4.3 89.3 109.1 10.6 37.3 .287 .438 .345 .354 .371 40.6 14.3 8.9
2024 27 609 120 9 7.5 5.7 89.4 107.9 12.9 33.3 .267 .429 .302 .334 .346 40.0 13.9 7.0
Player 4006 720 36 5.0 3.6 88.6 109.1 8.9 34.6 .274 .403 .340 .344 .349 39.2 14.5 10.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 54.3 19.1 24.4 2.2 32.4 37.3 30.2 4.0 40.7 17.9 28.7 4.9 3.4 2.4
2023 46.7 22.5 25.4 5.4 39.9 29.7 30.4 4.0 33.3 19.6 29.7 7.6 5.8 4.3
2024 40.8 28.3 24.2 6.7 39.2 35.0 25.8 2.5 32.5 28.3 25.8 3.3 7.5 5.7
Player 49.2 21.9 24.7 4.2 36.4 34.0 29.6 3.8 36.5 20.3 28.6 5.7 5.0 3.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -3 211 34.6 46 .220 .317 .253 13.4 17.4 16.7 .281 .491 .344 51.4
2024 Sinker -1.2 -1 101 16.6 29 .217 .304 .324 7.9 3.4 4.8 .317 .474 .413 54.5
2024 Slider 0.2 0 76 12.5 23 .190 .286 .248 30.0 39.1 33.3 .190 .325 .260 58.3
2024 Changeup 1.2 1 60 9.9 20 .250 .650 .370 10.3 15.0 13.6 .269 .478 .316 29.4
2024 Curveball 1.4 1 56 9.2 13 .182 .455 .331 27.8 7.7 7.1 .187 .294 .280 20.0
2024 Cutter -2.3 -1 43 7.1 10 .250 .250 .320 0.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .289 .330 12.5
2024 Sweeper 1.2 0 28 4.6 10 .375 .625 .410 0.0 0.0 0.0 .336 .485 .356 11.1
2024 Split-Finger -1.0 0 24 3.9 6 .167 .333 .208 11.1 0.0 0.0 .315 .415 .314 33.3
2024 Knuckleball 0.6 0 6 1.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Slurve -5.6 0 4 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .212 .263 .194 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 517 36.1 130 .312 .431 .392 11.6 13.8 14.0 .299 .490 .394 44.0
2023 Slider 1.5 4 242 16.9 70 .227 .455 .332 15.9 18.6 14.4 .273 .429 .316 50.0
2023 Sinker 2.6 4 164 11.5 43 .378 .622 .488 11.3 9.3 13.3 .345 .572 .433 42.4
2023 Curveball -0.3 -1 154 10.8 33 .200 .300 .259 22.4 21.2 13.0 .189 .233 .230 21.7
2023 Changeup 2.5 4 142 9.9 34 .344 .438 .390 24.6 20.6 18.9 .272 .366 .300 24.0
2023 Cutter -0.5 -1 119 8.3 29 .192 .231 .240 8.3 6.9 10.0 .265 .361 .313 37.5
2023 Split-Finger 4.1 2 47 3.3 16 .429 .500 .403 19.0 6.3 7.7 .320 .418 .382 42.9
2023 Sweeper -5.0 -2 39 2.7 13 .167 .167 .192 15.8 7.7 7.1 .383 .519 .413 45.5
2023 Slurve -2.1 0 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .026 .035 .023 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 5 720 36.6 176 .324 .428 .399 12.1 15.9 13.6 .295 .408 .375 38.5
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 270 13.7 63 .308 .500 .407 10.2 15.9 19.6 .255 .352 .340 57.1
2022 Slider 1.1 3 262 13.3 57 .295 .364 .371 26.3 17.5 10.4 .282 .359 .364 28.6
2022 Cutter 1.7 4 218 11.1 52 .256 .326 .325 5.3 7.7 7.8 .272 .405 .357 32.5
2022 Changeup 1.8 4 216 11.0 62 .228 .316 .321 25.3 11.3 9.3 .223 .308 .258 37.3
2022 Curveball -0.7 -1 168 8.5 27 .174 .174 .246 17.3 18.5 8.6 .215 .290 .295 27.8
2022 Split-Finger 5.7 3 52 2.6 16 .267 .267 .325 31.8 25.0 23.5 .232 .270 .251 27.3
2022 Sweeper 6.3 2 39 2.0 10 .222 .444 .320 23.5 20.0 13.3 .217 .279 .268 14.3
2022 Slurve 1.8 0 12 0.6 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 474 1,991 -6 -5 19 11 19
2023 369 1,431 2 -8 9 8 11
2024 158 609 -9 -3 4 5 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 1,966 48.7 55.7 90.4 21.4 66.7 42.2 11.6 38.1 15.6 8.0 65.2
2023 1,431 49.3 63.4 90.6 22.9 69.3 44.9 22.2 42.8 14.8 7.3 66.7
2024 609 49.1 58.9 89.2 19.4 70.0 41.1 16.5 38.8 14.0 10.0 65.6
Player 4,006 49.0 58.9 90.3 21.6 68.1 43.0 16.3 39.9 15.1 8.1 65.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2022 76 79 29 11 98 9 8 25 28 35 88 93 92 90 47 19 65
2023 80 92 63 35 89 17 25 50 46 49 91 56 96 83 44 12 82
2024 66 70 64 60 66 73 54 57 47 50 90 33 94 91 36 32 42
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 21.2 5 6.3 -1 6 6 2 40.0
2023 21.2 11 11.5 -1 3 7 6 54.5
2024 22.0 4 4.6 -1 3 5 1 25.0
Player 21.3 20 22.4 -2 12 18 9 45.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 5 6 3 8 10 7 8 6 6 3 5 9 4 5 8 8 7 7 5 7 5 5 9 8 5 5 9 7 5 5 4
2023 11 13 10 12 12 11 11 13 11 11 10 14 12 11 14 12 13 12 11 11 13 10 14 12 8 11 11 11 13 12 7
2024 4 5 1 5 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 6 4 2 5 6 4 4 3 6 3 4 7 7 3 4 6 4 6 5 2
Player 20 24 14 25 28 24 25 24 22 17 19 29 20 18 27 26 24 23 19 24 21 19 30 27 16 20 26 22 24 22 13
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7 89.3 1.6 ↑ 89.4 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 6.0 10.6 4.6 ↑ 12.9 2.3 ↑
Barrel % 3.4 5.8 2.4 ↑ 7.5 1.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.7 40.6 2.9 ↑ 40.0 -0.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.7 37.3 4.6 ↑ 33.3 -4.0 ↓
xBA .266 .287 0.021 ↑ .267 -0.020 ↓
BA .281 .284 0.003 ↑ .223 -0.061 ↓
xwOBA .339 .354 0.015 ↑ .334 -0.020 ↓
wOBA .349 .345 -0.004 ↓ .302 -0.043 ↓
xSLG .365 .438 0.073 ↑ .429 -0.009 ↓
SLG .379 .422 0.043 ↑ .381 -0.041 ↓
K% 15.0 14.3 -0.7 ↓ 13.9 -0.4 ↓
BB% 12.8 8.9 -3.9 ↓ 7.0 -1.9 ↓
Swing % 38.1 42.8 4.7 ↑ 38.8 -4.0 ↓
Whiff% 15.6 14.8 -0.8 ↓ 14.0 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 48.7 49.3 0.6 ↑ 49.1 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.7 -0.6 ↓ 50.9 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 22.9 1.5 ↑ 19.4 -3.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 22.2 10.6 ↑ 16.5 -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 62.1 5.4 ↑ 55.7 -6.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 464 148 31.9 .356 .321
2023 Shades L 361 110 30.5 .373 .285
2024 Shades L 158 39 24.7 .284 .354
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 701 16.7 31.8% 1.0% 340 21.5 2.1% 4.1%
2023 431 14.8 52.7% 0.2% 241 18.9 5.4% 0.0%
2024 205 15.2 48.3% 1.0% 83 18.9 3.6% 2.4%
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