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Yordan Alvarez or Brendan Donovan

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • 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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Latest News Brendan Donovan
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Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.261001.2920.30406
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273124.3470.386012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.320015.4140.44006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.277147.3460.447012
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
93%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
31%
-4.91 compared to last week
START
23%
-4.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
47th
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 20th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 158th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.316
  • Top 25 in batting average with 0.302 and is currently ranked 24th
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.395
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 17th with 0.558
  • Top 15 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 13th with 0.953
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 110th in RBI with 77
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 93rd with 71
  • 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 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.043, OBP: -0.084, HRs: -27, RBI: -83, Runs: -60, Wlks: -54, Stls: EVEN,
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 23rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 379th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.270
  • Ranked 234th in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 242nd with 0.315
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 277th with 0.385
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 254th with 0.700
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 610th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 360th in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 332nd in runs scored with 30
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.048, OBP: -0.048, HRs: -6, RBI: -11, Runs: -27, Wlks: -17, 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 13VS OAKSpencer ArrighettiW 9-2
May 14VS OAKJosh HaderW 2-1
May 15VS OAKFramber ValdezW 3-0
May 16VS OAKCristian JavierW 8-1
May 17VS MILHunter BrownW 5-4
May 18VS MILBryse Wilson
May 19VS MILColin Rea
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.214000.2670.21404
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
May 13@LAAKyle LeahyW 5-10
May 14@LAASonny GrayW 6-7
May 15@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-2
May 17VS BOSKyle GibsonW 10-6
May 18VS BOSKutter Crawford
May 19VS BOSNick Pivetta
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.412013.4740.58804
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yordan Alvarez
21.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.06
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 44 43 8 23 20 0 16 .253 .325 .429 142
ON PACE 158 154 28 82 72 0 57 .253 .325 .429 511
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 586 603 147 380 434 2 291 .291 .385 .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 43 39 4 20 20 0 16 .232 .313 .381 137
ON PACE 158 143 14 73 73 0 58 .232 .313 .381 504
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 262 231 19 120 94 7 103 .270 .363 .390
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