What’s Next for Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan is a unique player. You can tell that simply by watching him but it’s especially clear when you look at the numbers. The gold glove utility man is simply the king of plate discipline.

This tweet is the reason why Brendan Donovan is the next young player I’m examining and it’s really the inspiration behind this whole article. When I see anyone be part of such an exclusive group, I’m immediately interested and start diving into that player. So, naturally, I started by looking at the other 7 names who joined Donovan as part of the group that ended the year in the 90th percentile in both chase rate and whiff rate.

And then I went down a wormhole and looked at every single player…