Ivan Herrera

Ivan Herrera

25-Year-Old CatcherC
St. Louis Cardinals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Herrera's reputation as an offensive-minded catcher held true in 2024. Among Cardinals hitters to accrue at least 250 plate appearances, Herrera led the club with his .369 xwOBA. However, while he graded out fine as a framer and blocker of balls in the dirt, Herrera was so inept at throwing out opposing base stealers (he caught just four of them in 59 tries) that he was leap-frogged on the depth chart by the defensively-superior Pedro Pages during the stretches Willson Contreras was hurt. Contreras will move off catcher full-time in 2025, leaving Herrera and Pages to split starts behind the dish. Herrera's offensive upside makes him a fine fantasy sleeper, but he'll need to show some level of improvement with his throwing if he wants to outpace Pages in playing time. Read Past Outlooks
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#218
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$Signed a one-year, $770,300 contract with the Cardinals in March of 2025.
Getting most of reps at DH
CSt. Louis Cardinals
June 1, 2025
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said recently that he plans to continue playing Herrera "mostly at the DH," Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
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Herrera is starting at designated hitter again Sunday versus the Rangers, marking the 17th time in 20 starts since being activated from the 10-day injured list May 9 that he's been at DH. The 25-year-old will be mixed in at catcher 1-to-2 times per week, but the bulk of the starts behind the dish will continue going to Pedro Pages for the time being. Herrera has slowed down at the plate recently, going 4-for-30 across his last nine contests.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
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#9
1
3
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5
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
6
6
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+67%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+25%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+18%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .857 129 20 6 19 3 .284 .380 .477
Since 2023vs Right .834 285 40 4 38 3 .317 .389 .444
2025vs Left 1.344 37 7 4 10 0 .357 .486 .857
2025vs Right .806 75 10 1 16 1 .313 .373 .433
2024vs Left .685 84 13 2 9 3 .257 .333 .351
2024vs Right .855 174 24 3 18 2 .323 .391 .465
2023vs Left .661 8 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286
2023vs Right .783 36 6 0 4 0 .300 .417 .367
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+6%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+13%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+165%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .868 185 34 7 31 4 .307 .384 .485
Since 2023Away .818 229 26 3 26 2 .308 .389 .429
2025Home 1.051 47 10 3 15 1 .350 .426 .625
2025Away .909 65 7 2 11 0 .309 .400 .509
2024Home .748 120 20 4 14 3 .270 .325 .423
2024Away .845 138 17 1 13 2 .331 .413 .432
2023Home 1.250 18 4 0 2 0 .500 .667 .583
2023Away .471 26 2 0 2 0 .200 .231 .240
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Stat Review
How does Ivan Herrera compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.62
 
BB Rate
11.6%
 
K Rate
18.8%
 
BABIP
.366
 
ISO
.232
 
AVG
.326
 
OBP
.411
 
SLG
.558
 
OPS
.969
 
wOBA
.417
 
Exit Velocity
90.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
40.8%
 
Barrels/PA
7.1%
 
Expected BA
.289
 
Expected SLG
.528
 
Sprint Speed
23.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
52.6%
 
Line Drive %
19.7%
 
Fly Ball %
27.6%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Herrera took a big step forward last season at Triple-A Memphis, sporting a .291/.451/.500 batting line with 10 home runs and 11 stolen bases. He was also very productive during his brief time in the majors, slashing .297/.409/.351 with a 61.5 percent hard-hit rate in 13 contests. Herrera's strike-zone discipline has long been a strength, and he took it to another level in 2023 at Memphis with a 20 percent walk rate and 20.5 percent strikeout rate. His power hasn't fully unlocked to this point, due in large part to a bloated groundball rate, but given that he's still just 23 that part of his game might still grow. With Andrew Knizner non-tendered, Herrera is in line to serve as Willson Contreras' understudy in 2024. It's a role which garnered 63 starts and 241 plate appearances for Knizner last season, and a similar workload for Herrera seems likely. That's not enough playing time for Herrera to be very fantasy relevant, but he would have some upside if pushed into more responsibilities.
Herrera's developmental schedule was stalled over the winter once St. Louis inked Willson Contreras to a long-term deal in late November. Herrera is likely scheduled to get back to Triple-A unless he beats out Andrew Knizner in the spring. Herrera has much more upside than Knizner, but the addition of Contreras allows the Cardinals to give Herrera some more seasoning in Memphis because he should be getting more than 1-2 games a week than he would get in St. Louis as long as Contreras is healthy. Simply put, Herrera's immediate future is a bit less exciting as long as he remains in St. Louis as long as Contreras is healthy.
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Stays hot with four RBI
CSt. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 2025
Herrera went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 10-4 win over the Royals.
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Four hits in doubleheader
CSt. Louis Cardinals
May 14, 2025
Herrera went 4-for-8 with a double and two runs scored as the Cardinals split Wednesday's doubleheader versus the Phillies.
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Getting breather Saturday
CSt. Louis Cardinals
May 10, 2025
Herrera isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Washington.
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Serving as DH in first game back
CSt. Louis Cardinals
May 9, 2025
Herrera is starting at designated hitter and batting sixth in Friday's game against the Nationals.
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Activated from injured list
CSt. Louis Cardinals
May 9, 2025
The Cardinals reinstated Herrera (knee) from the 10-day injured list Friday.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Garnering trade interest
CSt. Louis Cardinals
July 30, 2024
The Cardinals have received trade interest in Herrera, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Woo writes that Herrera "isn't necessarily on the block," but St. Louis will entertain offers. Because of Herrera's defensive ability, Pedro Pages is the preferred backup behind Willson Contreras, and with Contreras under contract through 2027, it's not a surprise to hear Herrera might be on the way out. The 24-year-old has slashed .279/.340/.378 with the Cardinals and .256/.418/.535 at Triple-A Memphis in 2024.
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