Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan is a Silver 78 OVR Third Baseman card for the Mariners, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He bats left-handed. He is also eligible at Second Baseman, Shortstop, and Left Fielder. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Brendan Donovan's standout tools are 95 Contact and 87 Vision. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Dead Red, Fighter, and Rally Monkey from a total of 6 quirks.

Brendan Donovan is eligible at 5 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Third Baseman (65.5), Shortstop (65.0), Second Baseman (64.8), Left Fielder (61.0), and Designated Hitter (60.1) on All-Star. Which slot is best depends on how you play — Third Baseman on All-Star, Third Baseman on Hall of Fame, and Designated Hitter on Legend. At Third Baseman the card scores 65.5 on All-Star, 73.3 on Hall of Fame, and 77.0 on Legend — it keeps 118% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Third Basemans the card ranks #97 on Legend and #114 on All-Star.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Brendan Donovan currently buys for about 159 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 20%. Its quick-sell value of 125 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Brendan Donovan earns an OpScore of 77 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1129 among all cards and #97 among Third Basemans.

Live Series cards like Brendan Donovan's are the ones Diamond Radar scores: it reads a player's real MLB production and predicts what the next roster update will do to the card — the predicted rating, the tier jump, and how likely the upgrade is. Ratings only move at a roster update, and not every Live Series card is scored in a given window. Across the season so far, 55% of the cards Radar flags go on to be upgraded, against a 26% background rate across all scored cards — 2.1× better than chance (n=1,061).