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 369 327 48 96 8 3 .294 .367 .434 .801
4 Seasons 1,860 1,632 225 462 38 15 .283 .365 .412 .777
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .284 11 5 .787
2024 .278 14 5 .759
2025 .294 8 3 .801
4 Seasons .283 38 15 .777
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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 1391 279 26 9.3 7.0 89.7 109.4 10.7 40.5 .297 .471 .350 .366 .390 40.9 13.8 8.9
Player 7275 1390 81 5.8 4.4 88.8 109.4 10.5 36.6 .280 .420 .342 .346 .357 38.9 13.7 9.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 44.8 55.2 19.0 29.4 6.8 34.4 40.1 25.4 19.7 20.8 4.3 14.7 19.4 21.1
Player 46.5 53.5 21.2 26.6 5.8 35.4 36.0 28.6 20.6 18.5 7.4 14.8 17.5 21.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 3.9 30.5 21.1 29.0 6.1 9.3 7.0
Player 3.7 34.0 22.2 27.9 6.3 5.8 4.4
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 2.6 12 450 32.4 118 .400 .620 .479 6.6 6.8 7.2 .342 .571 .436 41.3
2025 Sinker -2.0 -5 264 19.0 67 .158 .246 .242 9.5 20.9 20.9 .213 .305 .297 36.4
2025 Slider -0.9 -2 175 12.6 56 .250 .308 .270 21.2 21.4 20.0 .260 .391 .300 46.3
2025 Curveball -1.6 -2 152 10.9 29 .160 .200 .209 17.2 13.8 9.1 .229 .341 .297 36.4
2025 Changeup 3.9 5 119 8.6 40 .410 .615 .449 20.0 15.0 17.1 .374 .593 .419 51.5
2025 Cutter -0.2 0 105 7.5 22 .318 .364 .302 12.5 4.5 4.8 .361 .607 .409 23.8
2025 Sweeper -0.6 0 69 5.0 18 .176 .471 .289 22.6 27.8 20.0 .244 .469 .320 41.7
2025 Split-Finger 1.0 1 50 3.6 14 .308 .385 .332 17.9 7.1 5.3 .368 .474 .390 50.0
2025 Slurve -4.6 0 7 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .049 .054 .044 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -8 912 36.7 240 .253 .341 .299 10.0 13.8 13.1 .267 .414 .326 37.6
2024 Sinker 0.3 1 393 15.8 108 .277 .394 .352 5.8 8.3 10.5 .299 .442 .369 54.1
2024 Slider 0.2 1 295 11.9 67 .259 .370 .349 23.0 10.4 6.8 .245 .404 .351 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 3 192 7.7 52 .333 .500 .404 9.9 5.8 8.6 .301 .403 .336 33.3
2024 Sweeper 1.4 2 139 5.6 46 .286 .476 .342 27.9 30.4 25.5 .243 .346 .279 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 366 1,391 -2 -8 10 7 7
Player 1,853 7,271 -30 -38 60 -30 33
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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 1,391 52.0 61.0 91.2 25.3 71.6 43.3 18.8 43.9 13.1 7.9 74.5
Player 7,275 50.4 61.0 90.7 23.2 67.9 43.2 18.3 42.2 14.8 8.2 68.2
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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 88 52 19 98 86
2025 83 94 68 50 90 74 53 46 50 38 89 56 96 64 29 46 67 11 97 88
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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 21.17 5 6.3 -1 6 6 2 40.0
2023 21.15 11 11.4 0 4 6 6 54.5
2024 22.10 14 15.0 -1 10 15 4 28.6
2025 21.31 8 7.8 0 4 8 3 37.5
Player 21.53 38 40.6 -3 24 35 15 39.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 5 5 3 8 9 7 8 6 7 3 5 10 4 5 8 8 7 7 5 7 5 5 9 8 5 5 9 7 5 5 4
2023 11 12 10 12 11 11 11 13 11 11 10 14 12 11 14 12 12 12 11 11 13 10 14 12 8 11 11 11 13 12 7
2024 14 15 9 19 13 16 19 16 12 11 15 24 15 12 14 13 13 14 17 20 14 11 23 17 13 12 16 17 16 14 11
2025 8 8 8 9 10 9 5 9 7 4 6 9 10 11 8 7 8 6 8 10 7 8 11 9 7 5 8 8 9 6 5
Player 38 40 30 48 43 43 43 44 37 29 36 57 41 39 44 40 40 39 41 48 39 34 57 46 33 33 44 43 43 37 27
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 1.0 89.7
Launch Angle 6.0 4.6 10.6 2.6 13.2 -2.5 10.7
Barrel % 3.4 2.4 5.8 -0.3 5.5 3.8 9.3
Hard Hit % 37.7 2.9 40.6 -3.0 37.6 3.3 40.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 4.6 37.3 -0.7 36.6 3.9 40.5
xBA .266 0.021 .287 -0.010 .277 0.020 .297
BA .281 0.003 .284 -0.006 .278 0.016 .294
xwOBA .339 0.015 .354 -0.019 .335 0.031 .366
wOBA .349 -0.004 .345 -0.013 .332 0.018 .350
xSLG .365 0.073 .438 -0.019 .419 0.052 .471
SLG .379 0.043 .422 -0.005 .417 0.017 .434
K% 15.0 -0.7 14.3 -1.9 12.4 1.4 13.8
BB% 12.8 -3.9 8.9 -1.7 7.2 1.7 8.9
Swing % 38.1 4.7 42.8 1.4 44.2 -0.3 43.9
Whiff% 15.6 -0.8 14.8 0.3 15.1 -2.0 13.1
In Zone % 48.7 0.6 49.3 2.1 51.4 0.6 52.0
Out of Zone % 51.3 -0.6 50.7 -2.1 48.6 -0.6 48.0
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 1.5 22.9 0.8 23.7 1.6 25.3
First Pitch Swing % 11.6 10.6 22.2 -1.5 20.7 -1.9 18.8
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 5.4 62.1 -2.4 59.7 1.1 60.8
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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 366 164 44.8 .371 .325
! 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 370 15.2 46.8% 0.5% 253 18.1 8.7% 0.4%
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