Why is Josh Donaldson the bringer of rain?

Josh Donaldson gave himself the Bringer of Rain nickname, but he earned the right to be called this because of the countless seeds he has hit over the years.

Donaldson’s most dominant time of his career came from 2013 to 2017 with the Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays. In this stretch, Josh Donaldson made three All-Star teams, won two Silver Sluggers, and claimed an American League MVP.

Donaldson is a great hitter. Even while battling chronic calf injuries in the last few years of his career, he used to maintain a high level of offensive production. In 135 games and 543 at-bats in 2021, he had a .247/.352/.475 slash line and 124 wRC+.

Despite his age and injury history, he still walked 13.6 per cent of the time and struck out only 21 per cent of the time in 2021.