Brendan Donovan
2B | 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 4 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
3 Seasons 843 722 112 203 16 7 .281 .379 .396 .775
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 5 2 .773
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .000 0 0 .000
3 Seasons .281 16 7 .775
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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
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 19 4 0 0.0 0.0 92.2 100.3 32.9 0.0 .068 .086 .000 .065 .065 25.0 0.0 0.0
Player 3416 604 27 4.5 3.2 88.5 109.1 8.3 34.6 .274 .396 .345 .344 .348 38.9 14.6 11.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 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 25.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 50.7 20.9 24.7 3.8 35.8 33.9 30.3 4.0 37.3 19.0 29.0 6.1 4.5 3.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 -9.6 -1 12 63.2 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .018 .039 .022 0.0
2024 Sinker -5.9 0 3 15.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .218 .226 .196 100.0
2024 Slider 1.0 0 2 10.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Curveball 22.1 0 2 10.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 518 36.2 130 .309 .427 .386 11.5 13.8 13.8 .298 .488 .390 43.5
2023 Slider 1.8 4 240 16.8 70 .242 .470 .345 16.4 18.6 14.8 .286 .445 .328 51.9
2023 Sinker 2.7 4 165 11.5 44 .378 .622 .493 11.3 9.1 13.3 .345 .572 .439 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 -0.5 -1 122 8.5 29 .192 .231 .240 8.0 6.9 9.5 .262 .358 .310 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 -6.2 -2 37 2.6 12 .091 .091 .133 16.7 8.3 7.1 .335 .457 .372 40.0
2023 Slurve -3.2 0 6 0.4 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 Slider 1.2 3 270 13.7 59 .289 .356 .370 26.8 18.6 10.9 .276 .351 .364 28.6
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 270 13.7 63 .308 .500 .407 10.2 15.9 19.6 .255 .352 .340 57.1
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 -1 165 8.4 25 .182 .182 .238 15.7 16.0 7.3 .225 .304 .291 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 6.6 2 34 1.7 10 .222 .444 .320 25.0 20.0 15.4 .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
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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 19 57.9 72.7 87.5 0.0 -- 42.1 25.0 42.1 12.5 10.5 100.0
Player 3,416 49.0 59.1 90.5 21.9 67.8 43.3 16.3 40.1 15.3 7.8 66.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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 75 79 29 11 98 9 8 25 28 35 88 93 92 90 47 19 65
2023 80 91 63 35 89 17 25 50 46 49 91 56 96 83 44 12 82
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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
Player 21.2 16 17.8 -2 9 13 8 50.0

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
Player 16 19 13 20 22 18 19 19 17 14 15 23 16 16 22 20 20 19 16 18 18 15 23 20 13 16 20 18 18 17 11
! 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 92.2 2.9
Launch Angle 6.0 10.6 4.6 32.9 22.3
Barrel % 3.4 5.8 2.4 0.0 -5.8
Hard Hit % 37.7 40.6 2.9 25.0 -15.6
Sweet Spot % 32.7 37.3 4.6 0.0 -37.3
xBA .266 .287 0.021 .068 -0.219
BA .281 .284 0.003 .000 -0.284
xwOBA .339 .354 0.015 .065 -0.289
wOBA .349 .345 -0.004 .000 -0.345
xSLG .365 .438 0.073 .086 -0.352
SLG .379 .422 0.043 .000 -0.422
K% 15.0 14.3 -0.7 0.0 -14.3
BB% 12.8 8.9 -3.9 0.0 -8.9
Swing % 38.1 42.8 4.7 42.1 -0.7
Whiff% 15.6 14.8 -0.8 12.5 -2.3
In Zone % 48.7 49.3 0.6 57.9 8.6
Out of Zone % 51.3 50.7 -0.6 42.1 -8.6
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 22.9 1.5 0.0 -22.9
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 22.2 10.6 25.0 2.8
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 62.1 5.4 25.0 -37.1
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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 4 2 50.0 .000 .000
! 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%
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