Brendan Donovan

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked St. Louis Cardinals #13 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: The 2018 seventh-rounder from South Alabama played in just four games in the New York-Penn League after signing before making his full-season debut at Low-A in 2019, where he put up solid numbers. Donovan wasn’t at the Cardinals alternate training site in 2020 but started the 2021 season on a tear, quickly advancing out of High-A after 25 games. He spent 50 games at Double-A Springfield before finishing the season at Triple-A Memphis. He hit .308 with two homers in the Arizona Fall League to wrap up the season.
  
  Scouting Report: Donovan wasn’t much of a prospect coming into the year but his performance helped shoot him onto the prospect scene. He’s a line-to-line hitter who gets on base, has a patient approach and doesn’t have much swing and miss. He projects to be a plus hitter, with a high contact rate and the ability to hit mid-90s velocity, but the rest of his tools are below-average to fringe-average. Donovan has slightly below-average power and is a fringe-average defender at second base and third base. Some opposing scouts think he’ll need to move permanently to left field. The Cardinals were pleased with his development this year and added him to the 40-man roster after the season.
  
  The Future: Donovan provides good value as a lefthanded bat off the bench on a Cardinals team stocked with righthanded hitters. He should make his big league debut in 2022.
  

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #494 prospect in 2018 draft
  Donovan has been a staple in the South Alabama lineup throughout his career and has consistently been one of the Jaguars' top hitters. He produces a lot of hard contact and is a disciplined hitter who knows how to work walks. The lefthanded hitter has a swing more geared for line drives than driving balls over the fence and his power mostly plays as doubles pop. Donovan has played a few different positions in his career and has this spring provided solid defense at third base. He should be able to stick in the infield, either at second or third base.

• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: The 2018 seventh-rounder from South Alabama played in just four games in the New York-Penn League after signing before making his full-season debut at Low-A in 2019, where he put up solid numbers. Donovan wasn’t at the Cardinals alternate training site in 2020 but started the 2021 season on a tear, quickly advancing out of High-A after 25 games. He spent 50 games at Double-A Springfield before finishing the season at Triple-A Memphis. He hit .308 with two homers in the Arizona Fall League to wrap up the season.
  
  Scouting Report: Donovan wasn’t much of a prospect coming into the year but his performance helped shoot him onto the prospect scene. He’s a line-to-line hitter who gets on base, has a patient approach and doesn’t have much swing and miss. He projects to be a plus hitter, with a high contact rate and the ability to hit mid-90s velocity, but the rest of his tools are below-average to fringe-average. Donovan has slightly below-average power and is a fringe-average defender at second base and third base. Some opposing scouts think he’ll need to move permanently to left field. The Cardinals were pleased with his development this year and added him to the 40-man roster after the season.
  
  The Future: Donovan provides good value as a lefthanded bat off the bench on a Cardinals team stocked with righthanded hitters. He should make his big league debut in 2022.
  
• July, 2021 Scouting Report
  A seventh-round pick out of South Alabama in 2018, Donovan has hit his way into prospect status. He's got a fringy glove, but he's fringy at multiple positions (second base, third base and left field). And his ability to spray the ball around the field and yank a mistake pitch over the fence has helped him hit .305/.411/.446 this year between High-A and Double-A.