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Brendan Donovan or Jackson Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

LFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill

CFSan Diego Padres SD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brendan Donovan
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jackson Merrill
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Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.172142.2000.34507
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.240164.2500.380012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jackson Merrill
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250144.2400.41706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211174.2200.316012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
36%
-4.56 compared to last week
START
30%
-4.32 compared to last week
OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
64%
-5.79 compared to last week
START
51%
+4.94 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
45th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jackson Merrill
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brendan Donovan

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 45th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 32nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 416th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.260
  • Ranked 268th in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 304th with 0.303
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 318th with 0.371
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 314th with 0.673
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 705th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 323rd in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 367th in runs scored with 24
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.064, OBP: -0.067, HRs: -7, RBI: -13, Runs: -33, Wlks: -22, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Jackson Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 33rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 132nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.323
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.283 and is currently ranked 77th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 180th with 0.328
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 281st with 0.383
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 244th with 0.712
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 425th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 434th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 455th in runs scored with 16
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.283, OBP: +0.328, HRs: +2, RBI: +16, Runs: +16, Wlks: +9, Stls: +4,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Injury Jackson Merrill

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS NYMSean ManaeaL 3-4
May 07VS NYMJose Butto
May 08VS NYMJose Quintana
May 09@MILTobias Myers
May 10@MIL
May 11@MILFreddy Peralta
May 12@MILBryse Wilson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200041.2120.30007
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jackson Merrill
DateOpponentResult
May 06@CHCYu DarvishW 3-6
May 07@CHCShota Imanaga
May 08@CHCHayden Wesneski
May 10VS LADTyler Glasnow
May 11VS LADJames Paxton
May 12VS LADWalker Buehler
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.313036.3890.34419
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jackson Merrill
5.80
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 34 29 3 14 18 0 11 .216 .294 .358 105
ON PACE 157 134 13 64 83 0 50 .216 .294 .358 486
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 253 221 18 114 92 7 98 .269 .362 .387
Career Jackson Merrill
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 SD 37 34 2 16 16 4 9 .283 .328 .383 111
ON PACE 157 144 8 68 68 17 38 .283 .328 .383 473
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 37 34 2 16 16 4 9 .283 .328 .383
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