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Brendan Donovan or Jackson Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

LFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill

CFSan Diego Padres SD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brendan Donovan
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jackson Merrill
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Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300013.4170.35006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.239145.3140.370012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jackson Merrill
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400113.4380.60036
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.343256.3680.543312
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
33%
-7.27 compared to last week
START
21%
-16.15 compared to last week
OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
65%
+0.61 compared to last week
START
47%
+3.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
46th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jackson Merrill
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 47th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 26th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 404th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.265
  • Ranked 249th in batting average with 0.244
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 259th with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 308th with 0.376
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 279th with 0.689
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 694th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 339th in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 355th in runs scored with 28
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.053, OBP: -0.051, HRs: -6, RBI: -11, Runs: -29, Wlks: -17, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Jackson Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 33rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 21st.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 117th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.327
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.288 and is currently ranked 54th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 143rd with 0.336
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 250th with 0.396
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 208th with 0.731
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 321st with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 445th in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 426th in runs scored with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.288, OBP: +0.336, HRs: +3, RBI: +17, Runs: +19, Wlks: +11, Stls: +7,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Injury Jackson Merrill

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
May 13@LAAKyle LeahyW 5-10
May 14@LAASonny GrayW 6-7
May 15@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-2
May 17VS BOSBrayan Bello
May 18VS BOSKutter Crawford
May 19VS BOSNick Pivetta
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.417011.5000.50003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jackson Merrill
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS COLDakota HudsonL 4-5
May 14VS COLCal QuantrillL 3-6
May 15VS COLAustin GomberL 0-8
May 17@ATLMax Fried
May 18@ATLBryce Elder
May 19@ATLReynaldo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.389152.4290.55617
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.13
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jackson Merrill
6.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 42 37 4 18 20 0 16 .227 .310 .368 131
ON PACE 158 139 15 67 75 0 60 .227 .310 .368 493
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 261 229 19 118 94 7 103 .269 .363 .388
Career Jackson Merrill
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 SD 45 40 3 19 17 7 11 .288 .336 .396 136
ON PACE 158 140 10 66 59 24 38 .288 .336 .396 478
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 45 40 3 19 17 7 11 .288 .336 .396
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