Brendan Donovan
Brendan Michael Donovan (born January 16, 1997) is a German–born American professional baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career. Donovan attended and played baseball at Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama, where he hit .467 with four home runs, 44 RBIs, 17 doubles, and six triples as a senior in 2015. He played college baseball at the University of South Alabama. In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2018, his junior year, he batted .302 with five home  runs and 55 RBIs over 57 games. At the end of the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Professional career. Donovan signed with St. Louis and made his professional debut with the State College Spikes of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, playing only four games. He spent a majority of 2019 with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League and played in one game with the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, batting .268 with eight home  runs and 53 RBIs over 114 games for the season. He did not play for a minor league team during the 2020 season due to the season being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He started 2021 with Peoria (now members of the High-A Central before being promoted to the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Central in early June and to Memphis (now members of the Triple-A East) in mid-August. Over 108 games between the three teams, he slashed .304/.399/.455 with 12 home runs and 66 RBIs. Donovan was selected to play in the Arizona Fall  League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season where he was named to the Fall Stars Game. He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021. Donovan returned to Memphis to begin the 2022 season. On April 25, 2022, Donovan was promoted to the major leagues. He made his MLB debut that night against the New York Mets as a pinch runner and scored on a single by Tyler O'Neill. The next night, Donovan made his first major league start and went 0-for-2 and was hit by a pitch in a 0–3  loss to the Mets. On April 28, 2022, Donovan notched his first career hit on a pitch-hit single against fellow rookie Tyler Holton of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Personal life. Donovan was born in Würzburg, Germany, when his father was stationed overseas, and represented the Germany national baseball team in the 2021 World Baseball Classic.