Brendan Donovan
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 210LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #213, St. Louis Cardinals | University of South Alabama
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 371 327 48 93 11 5 .284 .365 .422 .787
2024 652 587 65 163 14 5 .278 .342 .417 .759
2025 112 103 15 37 3 3 .359 .396 .534 .930
4 Seasons 1,603 1,408 192 403 33 15 .286 .366 .416 .782
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .278 14 5 .759
2025 .359 3 3 .930
4 Seasons .286 33 15 .782
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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 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
2025 28 404 88 7 8.0 6.5 90.0 109.2 9.2 44.3 .374 .579 .413 .431 .469 45.5 11.2 5.6
Player 6288 1199 62 5.2 3.9 88.7 109.2 10.4 36.3 .283 .419 .345 .347 .357 38.9 13.5 9.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 54.3 45.7 19.1 24.4 2.2 32.4 37.3 30.2 22.2 23.1 9.0 10.2 14.2 21.3
2023 46.7 53.3 22.5 25.4 5.4 39.9 29.7 30.4 22.1 15.2 9.4 17.8 14.5 21.0
2024 42.3 57.7 22.9 27.2 7.6 35.4 36.2 28.4 19.2 16.0 7.0 16.2 20.2 21.3
2025 43.2 56.8 19.3 34.1 3.4 35.2 38.6 26.1 19.3 21.6 2.3 15.9 17.0 23.9
Player 46.6 53.4 21.5 26.5 5.3 35.6 35.2 29.2 20.7 18.2 7.8 14.9 17.0 21.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 4.0 40.7 17.9 28.7 4.9 3.4 2.4
2023 4.0 33.3 19.6 29.7 7.6 5.8 4.3
2024 3.1 32.1 26.8 25.8 6.5 5.5 4.3
2025 4.5 22.7 15.9 39.8 9.1 8.0 6.5
Player 3.7 34.0 21.9 28.5 6.5 5.2 3.9
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 2.8 3 118 29.2 30 .407 .593 .460 5.5 6.7 7.4 .421 .691 .497 52.0
2025 Sinker -0.1 0 75 18.6 18 .267 .533 .358 0.0 11.1 10.5 .289 .469 .400 50.0
2025 Changeup 6.8 3 47 11.6 21 .450 .700 .505 25.0 23.8 31.3 .335 .575 .403 53.3
2025 Slider -1.3 -1 47 11.6 11 .300 .300 .270 14.8 9.1 8.3 .469 .729 .509 40.0
2025 Cutter 1.6 1 41 10.1 7 .429 .571 .436 21.1 14.3 9.1 .280 .345 .267 16.7
2025 Curveball -1.5 -1 34 8.4 7 .286 .286 .257 25.0 14.3 12.5 .374 .495 .375 33.3
2025 Sweeper -1.8 0 25 6.2 8 .143 .286 .244 0.0 0.0 0.0 .323 .458 .378 28.6
2025 Split-Finger 8.6 1 17 4.2 5 .600 .800 .610 10.0 0.0 0.0 .538 .637 .515 60.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -8 911 36.6 240 .253 .341 .299 10.0 13.8 13.1 .267 .414 .326 37.6
2024 Sinker 0.3 1 394 15.8 108 .277 .394 .352 5.8 8.3 10.5 .299 .442 .369 54.1
2024 Slider 0.0 0 304 12.2 69 .250 .357 .338 24.0 13.0 8.4 .236 .390 .341 36.7
2024 Changeup 2.4 6 231 9.3 63 .350 .650 .437 26.5 11.1 8.4 .284 .456 .337 30.2
2024 Curveball 1.1 2 208 8.4 51 .255 .426 .324 20.5 9.8 7.5 .304 .458 .356 33.3
2024 Cutter 1.7 3 190 7.6 52 .333 .500 .404 9.9 5.8 8.8 .301 .403 .336 33.3
2024 Sweeper 1.8 2 132 5.3 44 .300 .500 .358 25.9 27.3 23.1 .256 .363 .292 13.8
2024 Split-Finger 0.4 0 93 3.7 23 .261 .304 .289 28.6 13.0 11.1 .302 .398 .302 45.0
2024 Slurve -2.7 0 12 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .217 .236 .195 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 1.4 0 6 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball 3.5 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 467 1,966 -13 -6 21 13 15
2023 369 1,431 -2 -12 11 8 5
2024 651 2,483 -13 -12 18 13 7
2025 107 404 4 -1 3 1 7
Player 1,594 6,284 -24 -31 53 -24 34
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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
2025 404 54.7 65.2 92.4 26.8 71.4 47.3 16.8 47.8 11.4 7.7 74.2
Player 6,288 50.3 61.3 90.7 22.9 67.2 43.4 18.1 42.2 14.9 8.2 67.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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 89 61 40 84 52 24 43 43 37 97 38 94 80 40 90 52 19 98 86
2025 96 100 92 68 97 61 46 54 58 66 94 22 97 53 36 73 32 11 94 89
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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
2025 21.0 3 2.2 1 1 2 1 33.3
Player 21.5 33 35.2 -2 20 30 13 39.4
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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 14 10 19 13 17 19 16 13 11 16 24 15 12 14 13 13 14 17 20 14 11 23 18 13 12 16 17 16 15 11
2025 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 2
Player 33 35 26 41 37 37 40 37 32 26 32 49 34 31 38 35 35 35 35 40 34 29 49 41 27 30 38 38 37 35 24
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 87.7 1.6 ↑ 89.3 -0.6 ↓ 88.7 1.3 ↑ 90.0
Launch Angle 6.0 4.6 ↑ 10.6 2.6 ↑ 13.2 -4.0 ↓ 9.2
Barrel % 3.4 2.4 ↑ 5.8 -0.3 ↓ 5.5 2.5 ↑ 8.0
Hard Hit % 37.7 2.9 ↑ 40.6 -3.0 ↓ 37.6 7.9 ↑ 45.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 4.6 ↑ 37.3 -0.7 ↓ 36.6 7.7 ↑ 44.3
xBA .266 0.021 ↑ .287 -0.010 ↓ .277 0.097 ↑ .374
BA .281 0.003 ↑ .284 -0.006 ↓ .278 0.089 ↑ .367
xwOBA .339 0.015 ↑ .354 -0.019 ↓ .335 0.096 ↑ .431
wOBA .349 -0.004 ↓ .345 -0.013 ↓ .332 0.081 ↑ .413
xSLG .365 0.073 ↑ .438 -0.019 ↓ .419 0.160 ↑ .579
SLG .379 0.043 ↑ .422 -0.005 ↓ .417 0.124 ↑ .541
K% 15.0 -0.7 ↓ 14.3 -1.9 ↓ 12.4 -1.2 ↓ 11.2
BB% 12.8 -3.9 ↓ 8.9 -1.7 ↓ 7.2 -1.6 ↓ 5.6
Swing % 38.1 4.7 ↑ 42.8 1.4 ↑ 44.2 3.6 ↑ 47.8
Whiff% 15.6 -0.8 ↓ 14.8 0.3 ↑ 15.1 -3.7 ↓ 11.4
In Zone % 48.7 0.6 ↑ 49.3 2.1 ↑ 51.4 3.3 ↑ 54.7
Out of Zone % 51.3 -0.6 ↓ 50.7 -2.1 ↓ 48.6 -3.3 ↓ 45.3
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 1.5 ↑ 22.9 0.8 ↑ 23.7 3.1 ↑ 26.8
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 10.6 ↑ 22.2 -1.5 ↓ 20.7 -3.9 ↓ 16.8
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 5.4 ↑ 62.1 -2.4 ↓ 59.7 0.1 ↑ 59.8
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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
2025 Shades L 107 53 49.5 .462 .361
! 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%
2025 98 15.1 46.9% 1.0% 80 18.0 10.0% 0.0%
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