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 175 153 17 32 4 0 .209 .291 .353 .644
3 Seasons 1,014 871 129 235 20 7 .270 .366 .390 .756
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 5 2 .773
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .209 4 0 .644
3 Seasons .270 20 7 .756
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA 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 27 673 130 9 6.9 5.2 88.1 107.9 13.7 32.3 .258 .408 .292 .327 .332 36.9 13.9 8.1
Player 4070 730 36 4.9 3.6 88.4 109.1 9.1 34.4 .272 .400 .338 .342 .347 38.6 14.5 10.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 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 27.7 23.1 8.5 40.0 34.6 25.4 3.8 32.3 29.2 24.6 3.1 6.9 5.2
Player 49.0 21.9 24.5 4.5 36.6 34.0 29.5 4.0 36.4 20.5 28.4 5.6 4.9 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 -1.7 -4 233 34.6 54 .213 .298 .258 11.6 14.8 14.8 .277 .463 .344 43.9
2024 Sinker -1.8 -2 112 16.6 32 .192 .269 .294 7.0 6.3 8.3 .292 .432 .383 50.0
2024 Slider -0.1 0 84 12.5 25 .182 .273 .256 26.5 36.0 29.0 .184 .314 .269 53.8
2024 Changeup 1.9 1 66 9.8 20 .250 .650 .370 10.3 15.0 12.0 .269 .478 .316 29.4
2024 Curveball 1.1 1 60 8.9 14 .167 .417 .307 27.8 14.3 13.3 .171 .270 .260 20.0
2024 Cutter -0.8 0 52 7.7 11 .222 .222 .373 0.0 0.0 0.0 .231 .262 .303 11.1
2024 Sweeper 1.3 0 32 4.8 10 .375 .625 .410 0.0 0.0 0.0 .336 .485 .356 11.1
2024 Split-Finger -0.9 0 24 3.6 6 .167 .333 .208 11.1 0.0 0.0 .315 .414 .314 33.3
2024 Knuckleball 0.5 0 6 0.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Slurve -5.7 0 4 0.6 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 173 673 -10 -5 5 5 -5
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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 673 48.7 58.8 90.2 20.3 72.9 41.3 17.3 39.1 12.5 9.1 65.6
Player 4,070 48.9 58.9 90.5 21.7 68.6 43.0 16.5 39.9 14.8 8.0 65.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 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 		Bat
Speed 		Swing
Length
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 60 61 56 50 66 68 45 35 46 36 91 47 97 90 35 35 42 19 84
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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 4 3 5 6 4 3 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 21 17 20 29 20 19 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 ↑ 88.1 -1.2 ↓
Launch Angle 6.0 10.6 4.6 ↑ 13.7 3.1 ↑
Barrel % 3.4 5.8 2.4 ↑ 6.9 1.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.7 40.6 2.9 ↑ 36.9 -3.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 37.3 4.6 ↑ 32.3 -5.0 ↓
xBA .266 .287 0.021 ↑ .258 -0.029 ↓
BA .281 .284 0.003 ↑ .212 -0.072 ↓
xwOBA .339 .354 0.015 ↑ .327 -0.027 ↓
wOBA .349 .345 -0.004 ↓ .292 -0.053 ↓
xSLG .365 .438 0.073 ↑ .408 -0.030 ↓
SLG .379 .422 0.043 ↑ .358 -0.064 ↓
K% 15.0 14.3 -0.7 ↓ 13.9 -0.4 ↓
BB% 12.8 8.9 -3.9 ↓ 8.1 -0.8 ↓
Swing % 38.1 42.8 4.7 ↑ 39.1 -3.7 ↓
Whiff% 15.6 14.8 -0.8 ↓ 12.5 -2.3 ↓
In Zone % 48.7 49.3 0.6 ↑ 48.7 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.7 -0.6 ↓ 51.3 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 22.9 1.5 ↑ 20.3 -2.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 22.2 10.6 ↑ 17.3 -4.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 62.1 5.4 ↑ 55.5 -6.6 ↓
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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 173 39 22.5 .274 .353
! 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 239 14.9 51.5% 0.8% 98 18.7 3.1% 2.0%
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