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Iván Herrera
Panamanian baseball player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iván Aaron Herrera (ee-VAHN; born June 1, 2000) is a Panamanian professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
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Herrera signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent on July 7, 2016.[1]
Herrera made his professional debut in 2017 with the Rookie League Dominican Summer League Cardinals, batting .335 with one home run and 27 RBI over 49 games.[2] In 2018, he spent a majority of the year with the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals while also playing in two games with the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Texas League at the end of the year. Over 30 appearances with both affiliates, Herrera hit .336 with one home run and 25 RBI.[3] Herrera began the 2019 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the Single-A Midwest League before being promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals of the High-A Florida State League in July; over 87 games between the two clubs, he slashed .284/.374/.405 with nine home runs and 47 RBI.[4] After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Glendale Desert Dogs, with whom he was named an All-Star.[5][6]
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Herrera was a non-roster invite to 2020 spring training.[7] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On November 20, 2020, the Cardinals added Herrera to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[9] Herrera spent the majority of the 2021 season with Springfield, slashing .231/.346/.408 with 17 home runs and 63 RBI over 98 games.[10] He played in one game for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds to end the season.[11]
Herrera began the 2022 season with Memphis.[12] On May 23, 2022, the Cardinals promoted Herrera to the major leagues for the first time.[13] He made his MLB debut the next day.[14] He collected his first career hit on June 26, knocking a single off of Chicago Cubs starter Alec Mills.[15] Herrera appeared in 11 games for St. Louis during his rookie campaign, going 2-for-18 (.111) with six RBI.[16] He spent the majority of the season with Memphis, hitting .268/.374/.396 with six home runs, 34 RBI, and five stolen bases.
Herrera was optioned to Memphis to begin the 2023 season.[17] He made 18 appearances for St. Louis on the year, hitting .297/.409/.351 either four RBI and five walks.[18] Herrera made 72 appearances for the Cardinals during the 2024 campaign, slashing .301/.372/.428 with career-highs in home runs (5), RBI (27), and stolen bases (5).[19] He was named to the All-Tournament team for the 2024 Caribbean Series, while playing winter league baseball for the Federales de Chiriquí of the Panamanian Professional Baseball League.[20]
On April 2, 2025, Herrera hit three home runs against the Los Angeles Angels and scored six RBI in the game. Herrera not only recorded his first multi-homer game of his career but also became the first catcher in Cardinals history to hit three homers in a game.[21]
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