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Brendan Donovan or Joey Votto

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

2BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Joey Votto

Joey Votto

1BToronto Blue Jays TOR
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Votto

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Votto over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200022.2760.28006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190144.3000.357011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Joey Votto
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
57%
+0.22 compared to last week
START
39%
-2.39 compared to last week
OWN/START Joey Votto
OWN
 
1%
+0.83 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
42nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Joey Votto
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brendan Donovan

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 42nd among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 265th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.292
  • Ranked 178th in batting average with 0.259
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 150th with 0.338
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 236th with 0.403
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 210th with 0.740
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 589th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 390th in RBI with 15
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 349th in runs scored with 20
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.045, OBP: -0.007, HRs: -8, RBI: -21, Runs: -37, Wlks: -25, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Joey Votto

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 46th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 488th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.226
  • Ranked 396th in batting average with 0.215
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 227th with 0.318
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 157th with 0.442
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 171st with 0.760
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 274th in RBI with 30
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 374th in runs scored with 21
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • 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: -0.203, OBP: -0.315, HRs: -14, RBI: -38, Runs: -26, Wlks: -27, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Injury Joey Votto

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@OAKSonny GrayW 1-3
Apr 16@OAKLance LynnW 2-3
Apr 17@OAKPaul BlackburnL 6-3
Apr 19VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 20VS MILDL Hall
Apr 21VS MILColin Rea
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.077010.2000.07703
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Joey Votto
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS NYYChris BassittW 3-1
Apr 16VS NYYYusei KikuchiW 5-4
Apr 17VS NYYVictor GonzalezL 4-6
Apr 19@SDMatt Waldron
Apr 20@SD
Apr 21@SDJoe Musgrove
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brendan Donovan
13.34
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Joey Votto
7.41
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 18 16 2 10 10 0 8 .235 .354 .412 61
ON PACE 153 136 17 85 85 0 68 .235 .354 .412 520
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 237 208 17 110 84 7 95 .275 .373 .394
Career Joey Votto
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 CIN 151 155 24 69 83 7 59 N/A N/A N/A 488
2009 CIN 131 152 25 82 85 4 70 N/A N/A N/A 427
2010 CIN 149 176 37 106 113 16 91 N/A N/A N/A 542
2011 CIN 159 185 29 100 102 8 108 N/A N/A N/A 515
2012 CIN 111 126 14 59 56 5 94 .337 .474 .567 389
2013 CIN 162 177 25 102 74 6 134 .304 .433 .495 540
2014 CIN 60 55 6 32 23 1 46 .258 .394 .418 168
2015 CIN 157 171 29 95 80 11 141 .316 .460 .545 567
2016 CIN 158 181 29 101 97 8 108 .326 .434 .550 568
2017 CIN 162 179 36 106 100 5 134 .320 .454 .578 632
2018 CIN 145 143 12 67 67 2 108 .284 .417 .419 407
2019 CIN 142 137 15 79 47 5 76 .261 .357 .411 367
2020 CIN 56 45 11 32 22 0 38 .230 .355 .439 155
2021 CIN 128 117 36 71 99 1 73 .267 .373 .567 497
2022 CIN 92 66 11 31 41 0 44 .205 .319 .370 230
2023 CIN 71 42 14 26 38 0 27 .203 .315 .435 191
2024 TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 3
ON PACE 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 25
3-YEAR AVG 97 75 20 43 59 0 48 .232 .343 .473 306
Career 2037 2107 353 1158 1127 79 1351 .420 .544 .495
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