Brendan Donovan

Bats L Throws R6'1" 195 lbBorn 1997 Wurzburg, GermanyDebut 2022Team SEA1x All-StarDraft 2018 R7 #213 St. Louis Cardinals, University of South AlabamaContract 1 y/$5.8M (26) 2026: $5,800,000

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 95.9FIELD+ 96.5 at 2BTotal 0.95 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	470	413	115	22	1	10	44	62	3	0.277	0.356	0.408	0.764	0.131	0.337	13.2	9.4	114.3	2.29
2027	364	320	83	16	1	7	33	53	2	0.260	0.341	0.380	0.721	0.119	0.321	14.7	9.2	100.7	1.17

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 101 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Eric Chavez	2006	116.9	100.1	379
2	Brandon Lowe	2023	126.5	120.3	425
3	Larry Gardner	1914	114.5	97.8	500
4	Dave Magadan	1991	128.2	120.6	379
5	Travis Shaw	2018	109.8	47.4	270
6	Lonny Frey	1939	108.9	102.7	663
7	Jason Kipnis	2015	113.9	108.4	688
8	Johnny Pesky	1947	119.7	101.2	677
9	Kelly Johnson	2010	111.9	90.3	613
10	Corey Koskie	2001	113.4	118.4	576

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			364		83	16	1	7		2	33	53	0.260	0.341	0.380	0.721	100.7
2026*	SEA	37	149	12	34	6	1	3		1	14	23	0.266	0.362	0.398	0.761	118.9
2025	STL	118	515	64	132	32	0	10	50	3	42	67	0.287	0.353	0.422	0.775	119.4
2024	STL	153	652	65	163	34	3	14	73	5	47	81	0.278	0.342	0.417	0.759	113.2
2023	STL	95	371	48	93	10	1	11	34	5	33	53	0.284	0.365	0.422	0.787	116.9
2022	STL	126	468	64	110	21	1	5	45	2	60	70	0.281	0.394	0.379	0.773	134.1
Career		492	2006	241	498	97	5	40	202	15	182	271	0.282	0.361	0.411	0.772	120.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	149	85.3	11.7	2.9	27.4	17.6	25.3	0.237	0.333	0.306	25.7
2025	515	89.7	12.2	8.8	40.9	13.4	25.1	0.280	0.449	0.346	26.6
2024	652	88.7	13.2	5.5	37.6	15.1	23.7	0.275	0.432	0.341	27.0
2023	371	89.3	10.6	5.8	40.6	14.8	22.9	0.285	0.444	0.356	27.1
2022	468	87.7	6.0	3.4	37.7	15.6	21.4	0.266	0.378	0.342	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	2B	100	809	136	266	4	46	0.990	-9.2
2025	STL	OF	18	152	33	2	0	1	1.000
2025	STL	SS	6	41	8	16	0	3	1.000	+1.0
2024	STL	OF	106	818	164	3	0	0	1.000
2024	STL	2B	53	421	74	136	1	26	0.995	-4.2
2024	STL	3B	9	53	4	11	1	2	0.938	+0.8
2023	STL	2B	34	262	52	72	3	19	0.976	-3.7
2023	STL	OF	30	193	31	3	0	1	1.000
2023	STL	1B	14	93	84	7	0	10	1.000	-0.3
2023	STL	3B	6	28	1	7	0	0	1.000	+0.7
2023	STL	SS	1	9	4	4	0	2	1.000	-0.3
2022	STL	2B	38	264	58	75	0	25	1.000	-3.3
2022	STL	OF	37	287	61	4	0	1	1.000
2022	STL	3B	31	189	15	80	4	10	0.960	+5.5
2022	STL	1B	16	58	60	6	2	9	0.971	+1.4
2022	STL	SS	7	56	14	15	1	4	0.967	+0.8

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	A+	Everett AquaSox	Bat	23	0 HR, 0 SB	0.095	0.225
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	65	1 HR, 0 SB	0.298	0.789
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	131	6 HR, 4 SB	0.288	0.884
2021	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	219	4 HR, 8 SB	0.319	0.860
2021	A+	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	109	2 HR, 7 SB	0.295	0.806
2019	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	480	8 HR, 4 SB	0.266	0.782

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.194	0.411	0.383	0.317
2025	0.281	0.371	0.318	0.367
2024	0.306	0.353	0.343	0.335
2023	0.289	0.375	0.365	0.354
2022	0.377	0.361	0.411	0.318

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2022	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000