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 426 383 44 101 9 3 .264 .331 .397 .728
3 Seasons 1,265 1,101 156 304 25 10 .276 .364 .398 .762
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 5 2 .773
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .264 9 3 .728
3 Seasons .276 25 10 .762
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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 1602 328 17 5.2 4.0 88.8 108.7 11.8 35.7 .275 .423 .324 .335 .346 38.5 12.8 7.1
Player 4999 928 44 4.7 3.5 88.6 109.1 9.4 35.1 .275 .406 .339 .342 .349 38.8 14.0 9.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 43.3 22.9 26.5 7.3 36.3 35.4 28.4 3.0 33.8 25.3 25.6 6.7 5.2 4.0
Player 48.2 21.4 25.4 5.0 36.0 34.4 29.6 3.7 36.1 21.0 27.9 6.4 4.7 3.5
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 -1.9 -11 576 36.0 142 .202 .264 .245 10.4 15.5 13.8 .269 .438 .329 43.1
2024 Sinker 2.2 6 258 16.1 75 .313 .469 .402 8.2 8.0 11.5 .285 .446 .369 55.2
2024 Slider 0.3 1 188 11.7 46 .237 .368 .357 22.1 19.6 14.5 .211 .374 .326 31.0
2024 Curveball 1.5 2 155 9.7 37 .265 .412 .324 25.8 8.1 7.5 .318 .465 .365 32.3
2024 Changeup 1.5 2 153 9.6 47 .273 .500 .351 21.6 10.6 9.4 .263 .397 .309 30.8
2024 Cutter 3.5 4 120 7.5 32 .379 .621 .483 7.8 6.3 9.5 .301 .397 .341 33.3
2024 Sweeper 0.8 1 85 5.3 27 .360 .440 .352 20.5 22.2 19.4 .261 .334 .266 10.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.1 1 53 3.3 14 .286 .357 .282 24.0 7.1 5.0 .368 .501 .373 38.5
2024 Knuckleball 0.6 0 6 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Slurve -5.8 0 4 0.2 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 4 240 16.8 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 0 150 10.5 32 .207 .310 .267 22.7 21.9 13.0 .195 .239 .236 22.7
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 -1 118 8.2 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 -4.1 -2 46 3.2 14 .154 .154 .179 15.0 7.1 7.1 .357 .482 .386 41.7
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 421 1,598 -9 -7 11 9 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 1,602 50.1 62.4 90.8 23.7 65.1 42.8 19.4 43.1 14.9 9.4 62.3
Player 4,999 49.3 60.1 90.6 22.5 66.9 43.2 17.3 41.0 15.2 8.3 64.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 80 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 65 82 58 41 76 47 25 43 45 41 95 38 94 78 35 55 55 17 87
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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 22.4 9 11.4 -2 6 12 3 33.3
Player 21.6 25 29.2 -4 15 25 11 44.0
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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 9 11 8 14 11 13 15 13 10 7 12 16 11 8 10 10 9 10 13 16 11 9 17 15 9 8 12 13 13 10 8
Player 25 30 21 34 33 31 34 32 27 21 27 39 27 24 32 30 29 29 29 34 29 24 40 35 22 24 32 31 31 27 19
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 88.8 -0.5
Launch Angle 6.0 10.6 4.6 11.8 1.2
Barrel % 3.4 5.8 2.4 5.2 -0.6
Hard Hit % 37.7 40.6 2.9 38.5 -2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 37.3 4.6 35.7 -1.6
xBA .266 .287 0.021 .275 -0.012
BA .281 .284 0.003 .266 -0.018
xwOBA .339 .354 0.015 .335 -0.019
wOBA .349 .345 -0.004 .324 -0.021
xSLG .365 .438 0.073 .423 -0.015
SLG .379 .422 0.043 .401 -0.021
K% 15.0 14.3 -0.7 12.8 -1.5
BB% 12.8 8.9 -3.9 7.1 -1.8
Swing % 38.1 42.8 4.7 43.1 0.3
Whiff% 15.6 14.8 -0.8 14.9 0.1
In Zone % 48.7 49.3 0.6 50.1 0.8
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.7 -0.6 49.9 -0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 22.9 1.5 23.7 0.8
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 22.2 10.6 19.4 -2.8
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 62.1 5.4 56.9 -5.2
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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 417 108 25.9 .322 .306
! 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 460 14.9 52.0% 0.4% 282 18.1 3.2% 0.7%
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