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Brendan Donovan or Drew Smyly

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

Brendan Donovan

2BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Drew Smyly

Drew Smyly

RPChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Smyly

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smyly over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.120020.1790.12006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167153.2500.271012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Drew Smyly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-000101.672
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100421.674
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
40%
-22.66 compared to last week
START
30%
-17.38 compared to last week
OWN/START Drew Smyly
OWN
 
2%
-0.65 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-1.81 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
42nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Drew Smyly
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brendan Donovan

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 43rd 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 a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 363rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.269
  • Ranked 276th in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 228th with 0.317
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 324th with 0.365
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 295th with 0.681
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 611th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 388th in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 387th in runs scored with 20
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.075, OBP: -0.047, HRs: -8, RBI: -19, Runs: -37, Wlks: -23, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Drew Smyly

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 266th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • He walks a lot of batters and is currently ranked 5th with 34
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 106th with 81
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 58th with 6
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -9, L: -9, WHIP: -0.105, ERA: -0.341, K's: -130, Walks: -51
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Injury Drew Smyly

HIP - Since Apr 23, 2024

Smyly is dealing with a hip impingement and has been placed on the 15-day injured list by the Cubs.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIJordan Montgomery
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.263012.3180.36805
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Drew Smyly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUSpencer Arrighetti
Apr 25VS HOUJustin Verlander
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.83
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Drew Smyly
9.95
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 23 18 2 10 12 0 10 .205 .314 .341 68
ON PACE 155 121 13 67 81 0 67 .205 .314 .341 459
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 242 210 17 110 86 7 97 .271 .368 .387
Career Drew Smyly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 DET 23 97.0 1745 94 33 0 4-3 4.08 1.3 8.7 226
2013 DET 63 64.1 1283 81 17 2 6-0 2.8 1.23 11.3 253
2014 DET 26 142.0 2393 116 39 0 9-8 3.17 1.15 7.4 354
2015 TB 12 66.2 1136 77 20 0 5-2 3.11 1.19 10.4 186
2016 TB 30 173.0 2893 167 49 0 7-12 4.94 1.29 8.7 378
2019 TEX 25 111.2 2130 120 55 1 4-7 6.37 1.61 9.7 200
2020 SF 7 26.1 482 42 9 0 0-1 3.42 1.1 14.4 67
2021 ATL 32 134.0 2266 125 43 0 12-4 4.57 1.38 8.4 291
2022 CHC 20 101.0 1688 86 23 0 7-7 2.94 1.14 7.7 213
2023 CHC 41 137.2 2401 141 56 0 11-11 5.43 1.47 9.2 256
2024 CHC 9 12.2 209 11 5 0 2-2 4.97 1.34 7.8 21
ON PACE 63 86 1472 77 35 0 14-14 4.97 1.34 7.8 146
3-YEAR AVG 31 124 2118 117 41 0 10-7 4.39 1.34 8.4 253
Career 288 1057.0 18626 1060 349 0 0-0 4.36 1.32 9
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST