Brendan Donovan
2B | B/T: L/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 26

Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #213, St. Louis Cardinals | University of South Alabama

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 6 6 3 3 1 2 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
2 Seasons 474 397 67 113 6 47 2 .285 .395 .388 .783
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .500 1 2 0 1.500
2 Seasons .285 6 47 2 .783

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 27 6 2 33.3 33.3 89.9 109.1 19.0 50.0 .366 .654 .680 .430 .430 50.0 0.0 0.0
Player 1993 330 13 3.9 2.7 87.8 109.1 6.3 33.0 .267 .369 .353 .340 .334 37.9 14.8 12.7
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 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 33.3 16.7 33.3 16.7 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 16.7 16.7 0.0 33.3 33.3
Player 53.9 19.1 24.5 2.4 32.4 37.3 30.3 3.9 40.6 17.9 28.5 4.8 3.9 2.7
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -4.6 -1 12 44.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .511 .767 .544 50.0
2023 Slider 16.2 1 7 25.9 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .166 .541 .287 33.3
2023 Sinker 3.3 0 7 25.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .674 .770 .633 100.0
2023 Changeup 5.8 0 1 3.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 0.8 6 713 36.3 175 .326 .431 .401 11.9 16.0 13.7 .294 .403 .373 37.9
2022 Slider 0.9 3 288 14.6 65 .260 .320 .347 25.5 18.5 11.7 .258 .328 .348 28.2
2022 Sinker 0.4 1 277 14.1 64 .302 .491 .401 11.0 15.6 18.9 .257 .366 .344 58.1
2022 Changeup 2.0 5 224 11.4 65 .233 .317 .320 26.2 12.3 10.1 .223 .304 .256 37.7
2022 Cutter 1.9 4 206 10.5 47 .282 .359 .346 5.6 8.5 8.0 .288 .431 .371 33.3
2022 Curveball -0.9 -2 169 8.6 27 .167 .167 .219 15.1 14.8 7.1 .224 .297 .283 25.0
2022 Splitter 5.2 2 44 2.2 13 .250 .250 .331 27.8 23.1 23.1 .236 .277 .261 22.2
2022 Sweeper 11.6 3 24 1.2 7 .333 .667 .457 28.6 14.3 9.1 .256 .346 .328 20.0
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
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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 27 44.4 75.0 88.9 20.0 66.7 37.0 0.0 44.4 16.7 3.7 100.0
Player 1,993 48.6 55.9 90.4 21.4 66.7 42.1 11.4 38.2 15.6 8.0 65.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 75 80 29 11 98 9 8 25 28 35 88 93 92 90 47 19 65
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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 6.5 -2 6 6 2 40.0
2023 21.4 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0.0
Player 21.2 6 6.8 -1 6 7 2 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 5 5 8 5 8 8 7 6 10 3 8 7 3 6 6 8 8 5 6 5 9 7 6 5 5 7 8 5 5 6 9
2023 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Player 6 5 9 6 9 9 7 6 11 4 9 7 3 6 6 8 8 5 6 5 9 7 7 5 5 7 8 6 5 6 10
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7
Launch Angle 6
Barrel % 3.4
Hard Hit % 37.7
Sweet Spot % 32.7
xBA .266
BA .281
xwOBA .339
wOBA .349
xSLG .365
SLG .379
K% 15
BB% 12.8
Swing % 38.1
Whiff% 15.6
In Zone % 48.7
Out of Zone % 51.3
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4
First Pitch Swing % 11.6
First Pitch Strike % 56.7
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2022 L 464 93 20.0 .366 .262
2023 L 6 0 0.0 .680

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 701 16.7 31.8% 1.0% 353 21.7 2.0% 7.4%
2023 9 16.6 11.1% 0.0% 5 22.9 40.0% 0.0%
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