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Brendan Donovan or Nelson Velazquez

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

Brendan Donovan

LFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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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 Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.375133.4120.62506
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.258135.3030.419011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
31%
-8.73 compared to last week
START
18%
-7.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
5%
-1.93 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-1.39 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
47th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
91st
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 Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 403rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.265
  • Ranked 247th in batting average with 0.244
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 251st with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 307th with 0.376
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 275th with 0.689
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 681st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 344th in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 351st 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 Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 92nd among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 405th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.264
  • Ranked 361st in batting average with 0.224
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 366th with 0.291
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 80th with 0.472
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 154th with 0.763
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 495th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 263rd in RBI with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 232nd in runs scored with 45
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.002, OBP: -0.002, HRs: -14, RBI: -23, Runs: -17, Wlks: -5, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Velazquez

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 Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SEAGeorge KirbyL 6-2
May 14@SEAMichael WachaW 2-4
May 15@SEABryan WooL 4-2
May 17VS OAK
May 18VS OAKRoss Stripling
May 19VS OAKJP Sears
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250131.2500.62503
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Velazquez
9.74
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 Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 38 27 3 18 11 1 9 .227 .292 .361 78
ON PACE 136 97 10 64 39 3 32 .227 .292 .361 280
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 174 96 26 70 70 5 39 .215 .285 .442
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ARI vs DET 09:40 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Tarik Skubal
ATL vs SD 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Matt Waldron
BAL vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
Bryce Miller
BOS @STL 08:15 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Kyle Gibson
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Paul Skenes
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Mike Clevinger
Nestor Cortes
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
James Paxton
CLE vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Simeon Woods Richardson
COL @SF 10:15 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 08:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Freddy Peralta
KC vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
LAA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Andrew Heaney
MIA vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Christian Scott
PHI vs WAS 06:40 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Jake Irvin
TB @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Tyler Alexander
Chris Bassitt
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IND vs NY 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 7:00 PM EST
COL vs DAL 10:00 PM EST