Ivan Herrera

Bats R Throws R5'11" 220 lbBorn 2000 Panama City, PanamaDebut 2022Team STL1x All-StarContract 1 y/$798,900 (26) 2026: $798,900

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 126.7FIELD+ 98.6 at CTotal 3.34 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	431	375	99	16	0	13	45	86	6	0.265	0.354	0.413	0.767	0.148	0.339	19.9	10.5	115.6	2.16
2027	520	448	114	20	1	15	53	100	6	0.255	0.351	0.403	0.754	0.149	0.334	19.2	10.3	114.7	2.56

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 121 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Carlton Fisk	1973	135.0	161.8	216
2	Willson Contreras	2017	124.6	93.5	544
3	John Romano	1960	129.2	132.4	580
4	John Orsino	1963	125.9	77.0	277
5	Jason Kendall	1999	123.2	128.1	678
6	Terry Steinbach	1987	123.9	109.6	398
7	Gary Sanchez	2018	120.8	118.4	446
8	Mike Piazza	1994	141.3	170.8	475
9	Gene Tenace	1972	124.1	141.8	636
10	Geovany Soto	2008	118.7	78.4	389

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			520		114	20	1	15		6	53	100	0.255	0.351	0.403	0.754	114.7
2026*	SLN	128	571	79	117	23	1	14		7	62	100	0.245	0.361	0.385	0.746	116.7
2025	STL	107	450	54	110	13	0	19	66	8	43	84	0.284	0.373	0.464	0.837	138.7
2024	STL	72	258	37	69	12	1	5	27	5	25	53	0.301	0.372	0.428	0.800	126.3
2023	STL	13	44	6	11	2	0	0	4	0	5	11	0.297	0.409	0.351	0.760	120.5
2022	STL	11	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	0.111	0.190	0.111	0.302	-7.5
Career		203	774	97	192	27	1	24	98	13	75	156	0.286	0.370	0.436	0.806	129.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	568	89.4	10.0	5.8	40.9	20.6	28.9	0.251	0.381	0.336	26.0
2025	452	91.2	10.1	11.1	47.7	23.3	25.1	0.271	0.487	0.368	26.3
2024	259	89.3	9.2	9.0	42.1	24.8	26.6	0.288	0.460	0.367	27.3
2023	44	91.3	12.2	7.7	61.5	24.7	25.4	0.258	0.374	0.340	26.7
2022	22	85.2	8.1	0.0	16.7	28.2	20.0	0.111	0.136	0.162	26.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	C	14	101	85	6	1	0	0.989	+0.3
2025	STL	OF	4	31	9	0	0	0	1.000
2024	STL	C	56	470	476	17	3	2	0.994	+1.1
2023	STL	C	13	92	76	6	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2022	STL	C	11	59	49	8	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	30	1 HR, 2 SB	0.433	1.033
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	112	5 HR, 3 SB	0.280	0.875
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	375	10 HR, 11 SB	0.297	0.951
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	278	6 HR, 5 SB	0.268	0.770
2021	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	437	17 HR, 2 SB	0.231	0.754
2019	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	65	1 HR, 0 SB	0.276	0.666
2019	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	291	8 HR, 1 SB	0.286	0.804
2018	Rk	GCL Cardinals	Bat	130	1 HR, 1 SB	0.348	0.923
2017	Rk	DSL Cardinals	Bat	201	1 HR, 2 SB	0.335	0.866

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.356	0.338	0.330	0.357
2025	0.465	0.345	0.369	0.386
2024	0.320	0.385	0.339	0.386
2023	0.312	0.361	0.553	0.213
2022	0.000	0.188	0.267	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.