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Brendan Donovan or Carlos Santana

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

2BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

1BMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Santana

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Brendan Donovan
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Santana over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Carlos Santana
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Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167021.2220.16706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.184043.2500.224012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Carlos Santana
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158011.2730.21106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.154023.2500.179011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
42%
-12.81 compared to last week
START
22%
-16.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Carlos Santana
OWN
 
4%
-0.35 compared to last week
START
 
2%
+1.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
42nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Carlos Santana
38th
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 12th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 335th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.276
  • Ranked 246th in batting average with 0.245
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 212th with 0.321
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 317th with 0.368
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 275th with 0.689
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 604th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 393rd in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 387th in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.063, OBP: -0.04, HRs: -8, RBI: -19, Runs: -36, Wlks: -23, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Carlos Santana

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 39th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 34th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 483rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.231
  • Ranked 382nd in batting average with 0.217
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 305th with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 273rd with 0.386
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 280th with 0.688
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 181st in RBI with 47
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 194th in runs scored with 46
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.1, OBP: -0.082, HRs: -23, RBI: -84, Runs: -76, Wlks: -59, Stls: -6,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Injury Carlos Santana

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304013.3460.39106
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Carlos Santana
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.182011.3080.27303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Carlos Santana
11.52
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 24 20 2 11 12 0 10 .217 .321 .348 72
ON PACE 155 129 12 71 77 0 64 .217 .321 .348 466
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 243 212 17 111 86 7 97 .272 .369 .387
Career Carlos Santana
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 CLE 45 39 6 23 22 3 36 N/A N/A N/A 129
2011 CLE 153 128 26 82 77 5 97 N/A N/A N/A 379
2012 CLE 141 127 17 72 76 3 91 .255 .368 .420 404
2013 CLE 154 144 20 75 74 3 93 .266 .375 .453 438
2014 CLE 142 116 26 66 82 5 108 .229 .366 .426 423
2015 CLE 154 128 19 72 85 11 108 .233 .359 .396 444
2016 CLE 158 151 34 89 87 5 99 .259 .366 .498 526
2017 CLE 154 148 23 90 79 5 88 .259 .363 .455 480
2018 PHI 161 128 24 82 86 2 110 .229 .352 .414 468
2019 CLE 158 161 34 110 93 3 108 .281 .397 .517 559
2020 CLE 62 41 8 35 30 0 48 .192 .341 .336 162
2021 KC 157 117 17 64 67 2 83 .210 .314 .329 457
2022 KC 128 82 20 46 62 0 69 .198 .314 .388 377
2023 PIT 150 134 23 79 87 6 67 .241 .320 .427 527
2024 MIN 20 10 0 3 3 0 8 .141 .238 .169 28
ON PACE 140 70 0 21 21 0 56 .141 .238 .169 197
3-YEAR AVG 145 111 20 63 72 3 73 .218 .316 .381 454
Career 1937 1654 297 988 1010 53 1213 .267 .387 .425
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