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Yordan Alvarez or Brendan Donovan

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

LFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Brendan Donovan
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Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.227002.3200.31816
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286126.3640.429113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.346023.3930.46206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.277137.3580.404012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
100%
+0.39 compared to last week
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
35%
+2.22 compared to last week
START
29%
+1.24 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
50th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 141st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.303 and is currently ranked 26th
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 12th with 0.398
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 15th with 0.558
  • Top 15 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 11th with 0.956
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 367th with 1
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 76th with 60
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 115th in RBI with 77
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 82nd with 73
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 51st with 28
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.036, OBP: -0.072, HRs: -27, RBI: -83, Runs: -58, Wlks: -51, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Brendan Donovan

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 50th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 380th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.271
  • Ranked 240th in batting average with 0.246
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 246th with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 308th with 0.377
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 285th with 0.690
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 686th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 349th in RBI with 26
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 337th in runs scored with 31
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.048, OBP: -0.05, HRs: -6, RBI: -10, Runs: -26, Wlks: -16, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS LAAJose SuarezL 7-9
May 21VS LAAGriffin Canning
May 22VS LAATyler Anderson
May 24@OAKRoss Stripling
May 25@OAKJP Sears
May 26@OAKAaron Brooks
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278000.3500.33305
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS BALSonny GrayW 6-3
May 21VS BALKyle Bradish
May 22VS BALJohn Means
May 24VS CHCShota Imanaga
May 25VS CHCJameson Taillon
May 26VS CHCJavier Assad
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200000.2000.20001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yordan Alvarez
19.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brendan Donovan
11.90
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 47 47 8 25 20 1 19 .260 .337 .436 156
ON PACE 158 158 27 84 67 3 64 .260 .337 .436 526
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 589 607 147 382 434 3 294 .291 .386 .571
Career Brendan Donovan
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 STL 118 101 5 53 43 2 54 .278 .387 .377 343
2023 STL 101 91 10 47 31 5 33 .280 .361 .409 302
2024 STL 46 42 4 21 21 0 17 .232 .311 .370 143
ON PACE 158 144 13 72 72 0 58 .232 .311 .370 492
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 265 234 19 121 95 7 104 .269 .362 .388
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ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Gavin Stone
ATL @CHC 07:40 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Javier Assad
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Kyle Bradish
Lance Lynn
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Zack Littell
CHW @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Yusei Kikuchi
CIN vs SD 06:40 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Joe Musgrove
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Adrian Houser
COL @OAK 09:40 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Aaron Brooks
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
Alec Marsh
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Cristian Javier
Griffin Canning
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Robert Gasser
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Joe Ryan
Patrick Corbin
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Bryan Woo
PHI vs TEX 06:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Jon Gray
PIT vs SF 06:40 EDT EST Martin Perez
Logan Webb
Matchup Time
BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
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