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 652 587 65 163 14 5 .278 .342 .417 .759
3 Seasons 1,491 1,305 177 366 30 12 .280 .364 .407 .771
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 5 2 .773
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .278 14 5 .759
3 Seasons .280 30 12 .771
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 2487 511 28 5.5 4.3 88.7 108.7 13.2 36.6 .277 .419 .332 .335 .346 37.6 12.4 7.2
Player 5884 1111 55 5.0 3.7 88.6 109.1 10.5 35.6 .276 .407 .340 .341 .348 38.4 13.7 9.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 42.3 22.9 27.2 7.6 35.4 36.2 28.4 3.1 32.1 26.8 25.8 6.5 5.5 4.3
Player 46.9 21.7 25.9 5.5 35.6 34.9 29.4 3.6 34.9 22.4 27.6 6.3 5.0 3.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 -1.0 -9 906 36.4 238 .251 .340 .298 10.0 13.9 13.1 .267 .415 .327 37.5
2024 Sinker 0.8 3 409 16.4 112 .286 .398 .355 5.6 8.0 10.2 .295 .434 .363 53.9
2024 Slider 0.2 1 312 12.5 71 .263 .386 .356 24.2 12.7 8.3 .249 .406 .355 38.0
2024 Changeup 3.8 9 231 9.3 63 .350 .650 .437 26.5 11.1 8.4 .284 .456 .337 30.2
2024 Curveball 1.2 3 211 8.5 52 .250 .417 .317 21.4 11.5 8.6 .298 .448 .349 33.3
2024 Cutter 1.9 4 187 7.5 51 .340 .511 .412 10.0 5.9 8.8 .307 .407 .340 31.8
2024 Sweeper 0.6 1 125 5.0 42 .282 .462 .329 23.6 26.2 22.9 .238 .344 .268 13.8
2024 Split-Finger 0.3 0 83 3.3 21 .238 .286 .274 30.0 14.3 12.0 .314 .418 .316 44.4
2024 Slurve -1.4 0 11 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .217 .236 .195 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 0.6 0 6 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball 5.6 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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 1.2 3 234 16.4 68 .219 .406 .312 16.2 17.6 13.6 .277 .428 .318 49.1
2023 Sinker 2.5 4 165 11.5 43 .378 .622 .488 11.1 9.3 12.9 .345 .572 .433 42.4
2023 Curveball -0.3 0 150 10.5 32 .207 .310 .267 22.7 21.9 13.0 .195 .239 .236 22.7
2023 Changeup 2.5 4 141 9.9 34 .344 .438 .390 25.0 20.6 19.4 .272 .366 .300 24.0
2023 Cutter 0.4 0 120 8.4 30 .222 .370 .298 8.2 6.7 9.5 .265 .381 .318 40.0
2023 Sweeper -4.0 -2 50 3.5 15 .143 .143 .167 14.3 13.3 13.3 .331 .448 .361 41.7
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 Slurve -2.1 0 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .026 .035 .023 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 651 2,483 -11 -12 19 15 10
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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 2,487 51.4 63.7 90.7 23.7 65.7 42.8 20.7 44.2 15.1 8.9 68.0
Player 5,884 50.0 61.0 90.6 22.7 66.9 43.1 18.2 41.8 15.2 8.2 66.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 76 80 29 11 98 9 8 25 28 35 88 93 92 90 47 18 65
2023 80 92 63 35 89 17 25 50 46 49 91 56 96 83 44 12 82
2024 72 88 61 40 84 52 24 43 43 37 97 38 94 80 40 90 52 18 98 86
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 22.1 14 15.2 -1 10 15 4 28.6
Player 21.6 30 33.1 -3 19 28 12 40.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 14 15 10 19 13 17 19 15 13 11 16 24 15 12 14 14 13 13 17 20 14 12 23 18 13 12 17 17 16 15 10
Player 30 34 23 39 35 35 38 34 30 25 31 47 31 28 36 34 33 32 33 38 32 27 46 38 26 28 37 35 34 32 21
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7 89.3 1.6 88.7 -0.6
Launch Angle 6.0 10.6 4.6 13.2 2.6
Barrel % 3.4 5.8 2.4 5.5 -0.3
Hard Hit % 37.7 40.6 2.9 37.6 -3.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 37.3 4.6 36.6 -0.7
xBA .266 .287 0.021 .277 -0.010
BA .281 .284 0.003 .278 -0.006
xwOBA .339 .354 0.015 .335 -0.019
wOBA .349 .345 -0.004 .332 -0.013
xSLG .365 .438 0.073 .419 -0.019
SLG .379 .422 0.043 .417 -0.005
K% 15.0 14.3 -0.7 12.4 -1.9
BB% 12.8 8.9 -3.9 7.2 -1.7
Swing % 38.1 42.8 4.7 44.2 1.4
Whiff% 15.6 14.8 -0.8 15.1 0.3
In Zone % 48.7 49.3 0.6 51.4 2.1
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.7 -0.6 48.6 -2.1
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 22.9 1.5 23.7 0.8
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 22.2 10.6 20.7 -1.5
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 62.1 5.4 59.7 -2.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 464 93 20.0 .366 .262
2023 Shades L 361 110 30.5 .373 .285
2024 Shades L 646 168 26.0 .336 .310
! 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 716 15.1 49.0% 0.4% 476 18.2 5.5% 0.4%
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