Ivan

Herrera

DHAge : 26Bats : R

#48

Iván Herrera

#48DHSt. Louis Cardinals

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 100 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-24

Born in : Panama City, Panama

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	St. Louis Cardinals	161	605	146	19	69	.241	.735
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	107	388	110	19	66	.284	.837
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	72	229	69	5	27	.301	.800
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	13	37	11	0	4	.297	.760
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	11	18	2	0	1	.111	.301
Career totals		364	1277	338	43	167	.265	.772

ContractSt. Louis Cardinals payroll →

Type: Pre-Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.8 M$
AAV: 0.80 M$

2026
0.80 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Arb 1
2028
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Arb 2
2029
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Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

109

wOBA

.329

xwOBA

.336

OPS

.735

AVG

.241

OBP

.353

RBI

717

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.4

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-17)

20242.1 WAR · 4.9 per full season
20252.6 WAR · 3.5 per full season
20261.4 WAR · 1.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

-7 · 26 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 78
POW: Power; 75
EYE: Eye; 82
SPD: Speed; 67
FLD: Fielding; —
DUR: Durability; 67
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.4

#155 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

43 / 100

#152 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

52 / 100

Surplus $12.9M · salary $0.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense65

Power38

Discipline77

Speed21

Defense22

WAR, in runs

Batting+7.8

Baserunning-2.7

Fielding-3.8

Positional-7.9

Replacement+21.8

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

89.4 mi/h

54th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.3 mi/h

68th percentile

Barrels

6.1 %

34th percentile

Hard-hit

40.6 %

49th percentile

xBA

.249

53th percentile

Bat speed

73.6 mi/h

72th percentile

Sprint speed

26.1 pi/s

20th percentile

Outs above average

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Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	STL	1.4	43	77	89.4	112.3	6.1	40.6	.249
2025	STL	2.6	85	85	91.2	113.0	11.0	47.7	.275
2024	STL	2.1	81	82	89.3	112.4	9.0	42.1	.291

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ MIL	3	0	0	0	1	1	.241
Sep 26	@ MIL	4	0	0	0	0	1	.243
Sep 25	@ MIL	4	1	1	1	0	3	.244
Sep 24	@ PIT	4	1	0	0	0	2	.244
Sep 23	@ PIT	3	0	0	0	1	0	.244
Sep 22	@ PIT	4	0	0	0	0	4	.245
Sep 20	vs WSH	4	2	2	2	0	1	.247
Sep 19	vs WSH	5	3	0	0	0	1	.245
Sep 18	vs WSH	4	1	0	1	0	1	.242
Sep 16	vs SF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.242