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 109 92 11 20 2 0 .217 .321 .348 .669
3 Seasons 948 810 123 223 18 7 .275 .374 .393 .767
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 5 2 .773
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .217 2 0 .669
3 Seasons .275 18 7 .767
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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 27 434 77 6 7.8 5.5 89.8 107.9 14.6 35.1 .257 .415 .306 .341 .345 41.6 15.6 9.2
Player 3831 677 33 4.9 3.5 88.6 109.1 8.8 34.9 .273 .400 .342 .345 .350 39.3 14.8 10.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .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 37.7 31.2 23.4 7.8 35.1 36.4 28.6 2.6 28.6 31.2 24.7 5.2 7.8 5.5
Player 49.3 21.9 24.7 4.1 35.7 34.1 30.1 3.8 36.3 20.1 28.7 6.1 4.9 3.5
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 -3 155 35.7 36 .212 .242 .224 12.5 19.4 18.9 .275 .454 .330 55.6
2024 Sinker 1.1 1 66 15.2 21 .267 .400 .405 4.2 4.8 7.7 .360 .589 .488 57.1
2024 Changeup 0.3 0 52 12.0 13 .231 .538 .319 13.6 23.1 15.0 .218 .360 .245 20.0
2024 Curveball 1.8 1 48 11.1 12 .200 .500 .358 25.0 8.3 7.7 .189 .297 .289 22.2
2024 Slider 2.1 1 43 9.9 11 .111 .222 .241 33.3 45.5 33.3 .191 .339 .308 100.0
2024 Cutter -1.6 -1 33 7.6 8 .333 .333 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .270 .302 .362 0.0
2024 Sweeper -1.6 0 17 3.9 7 .200 .400 .279 0.0 0.0 0.0 .175 .314 .251 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -1.5 0 14 3.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .247 .247 .223 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 0.7 0 6 1.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 519 36.3 131 .309 .427 .389 11.5 13.7 13.8 .298 .488 .392 43.5
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 -0.4 0 117 8.2 28 .200 .240 .248 8.7 7.1 10.5 .270 .368 .319 39.1
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 109 434 -6 -4 5 4 -1
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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 434 47.7 58.0 89.2 16.7 73.7 41.7 16.5 36.4 13.3 8.8 63.2
Player 3,831 48.8 58.9 90.4 21.4 68.3 43.1 16.3 39.7 15.1 7.9 65.4
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 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 68 60 60 57 74 69 56 65 50 59 82 56 96 97 32 21
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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 21.6 2 2.4 0 3 3 0 0.0
Player 21.2 18 20.3 -2 12 16 8 44.4

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 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 4 3 1 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 3 2 4 3 1
Player 18 20 14 22 26 20 22 23 20 15 18 27 18 18 25 23 22 21 17 22 19 17 27 24 14 17 23 20 22 20 12
! 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 ↑ 89.8 0.5 ↑
Launch Angle 6.0 10.6 4.6 ↑ 14.6 4.0 ↑
Barrel % 3.4 5.8 2.4 ↑ 7.8 2.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.7 40.6 2.9 ↑ 41.6 1.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.7 37.3 4.6 ↑ 35.1 -2.2 ↓
xBA .266 .287 0.021 ↑ .257 -0.030 ↓
BA .281 .284 0.003 ↑ .217 -0.067 ↓
xwOBA .339 .354 0.015 ↑ .341 -0.013 ↓
wOBA .349 .345 -0.004 ↓ .306 -0.039 ↓
xSLG .365 .438 0.073 ↑ .415 -0.023 ↓
SLG .379 .422 0.043 ↑ .348 -0.074 ↓
K% 15.0 14.3 -0.7 ↓ 15.6 1.3 ↑
BB% 12.8 8.9 -3.9 ↓ 9.2 0.3 ↑
Swing % 38.1 42.8 4.7 ↑ 36.4 -6.4 ↓
Whiff% 15.6 14.8 -0.8 ↓ 13.3 -1.5 ↓
In Zone % 48.7 49.3 0.6 ↑ 47.7 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.7 -0.6 ↓ 52.3 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 22.9 1.5 ↑ 16.7 -6.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 22.2 10.6 ↑ 16.5 -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 62.1 5.4 ↑ 58.7 -3.4 ↓
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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 109 23 21.1 .284 .386
! 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 147 15.3 44.9% 1.4% 51 19.0 2.0% 3.9%
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