Took English classes while in school in Panama...His mother, Dona, is a former teacher...Chose uniform No. 4 to wear in the 2019 Arizona Fall League after growing up a fan of catcher Yadier Molina...Signed by Damaso Espino...Resides in Panama City, Panama.
2025
NL Ranks: HBP (15, T-6th), GIDP (20, second)...Slashed .284/.373/.464 (110-388) with 19 home runs in 107 games. Led the Cardinals in on-base pct., slugging, and OPS (.837), while establishing single-season career highs in a majority of statistical categories...Produced the first three-homer game by a Cardinals catcher on April 2 vs. the Angels, including two bombs into Big Mac Land. Set the Cardinals record for total bases (12) by a Redbirds backstop...At age 24-305, became the fifth-youngest catcher in MLB history with a three-homer game behind Mickey Cochrane (22.045 on May 21, 1925), Gary Carter (23.012 on April 20, 1977), Dale Murphy (23.067 on May 18, 1979) and Bobby Estalella (23.012 on Sept. 4, 1997). Became the second-youngest Cardinal overall (Albert Pujols, age 24-186 in 2004) with a three-homer game and the youngest St. Louis backstop with a multi-homer effort since Ted Simmons (age 24.279 on May 15, 1974 vs. New York Mets)…Homered and drove in three the following game (April 4 at Boston), becoming the eighth Cardinal (15th instance) since 1901 with 4+ home runs over a two-game span, but the only player to do so prior to turning 25. Joined Ken O'Dea (9 RBI in 1942) as the only two catchers in franchise history with nine RBI over a two-game span...Herrera (.439-5-25-21) was the first Cardinal since Stan Musial (.400-8-24-21) in 1954 to bat .400+ with 5+ HR, 20+ hits and 20+ RBI in first 16 games to begin a season...Was limited to 14 games defensively behind the plate due to injuries to his left knee (April 7-May 8) and left hamstring (June 20-July 12). Last appeared at catcher on June 19. Also underwent a right elbow arthroscopic procedure following the season...Appeared at designated hitter in 89 games, surpassing Albert Pujols (69 in 2022) for the most single-season all-time among Cardinals, and at age 25, his 89 games were the most by any Major Leaguer at age 25 or younger since 24-year-old Astros Yordan Alvarez (98 games at DH in 2021). Became the first Cardinal to homer in three games in a row while at DH...Ranked eighth in MLB with a .348 batting average (32-for-92) with runners in scoring position, and slashed .335/.418/.582 (61-for-182) with a 1.000 OPS and 12 homers in St. Louis victories...Team-leading 12 of his 19 homers were go-ahead or game-tying blasts. Cracked six go-ahead home runs in the sixth inning or later (tied for second in MLB) and went yard six times overall in the eighth inning (tied-for-fifth in MLB)...Tormented left-handed pitching by slashing .330/.455/.660 (32-for-97) with team-leading nine home runs. Among MLB players with 120+ plate appearances vs. lefties, ranked second in OPS (1.115) to Aaron Judge (1.279)...His eight homers after Sept. 1, ranked tied for fifth in MLB and were most by a Cardinal since Tyler O’Neill (11), Paul Goldschmidt (nine) and Nolan Arenado (eight) in September 2021. Became the first Cardinal with 8+ home runs in any calendar month since Arenado (nine), Goldschmidt (nine) and Albert Pujols (eight) in Aug. 2022.
2024
Made the Major League Opening Day roster for the first time in his career. Played in a career-high 72 games, starting 52 at catcher. Posted a .301 BA, the highest of any full season in his professional career...Led all of Major League Baseball with a .450 BA (18-for-40) in Close & Late Situations (min. 40 AB); highest in a single-season by any Cardinals player since 1974 with 40 or more situational at-bats...Recorded an RBI in each of his first two games, both via sacrifice fly. Became the first player in MLB history to collect two sac flies in his first five plate appearances to begin a season without recording a hit...Became the youngest Cardinals catchers to bat cleanup (No. 4) in a home opener dating back to 1900, then hit his first Major League home run off Ryan Weathers (4/4)...Was the first Cardinals catcher to homer in a Cardinals home opener since Yadier Molina in 2008 vs. COL. Was the second-youngest Cardinals catcher (23-for-308) to homer while batting cleanup since Ted Simmons (23.307) on June 12, 1973...First three career home runs were all solo shots before blasting a three-run home run off Nick Sandlin vs. Cleveland (9/21)...Hit a career-high two doubles at Houston (6/4)...Ran off a career-high nine-game hit streak (5/6-18). Finished the season on an eight-game hit streak, 4th-longest active in the National League. Reached base safely in his final 20 starts of the season, second-longest active behind Justin Turner (24) to conclude the season...Batted .298 (19-for-65) in the month of May, second on the Cardinals behind Masyn Winn (.309)...Batted .318 in 31 games after Willson Contreras injury (5/7- 6/18) ranking seventh in the N.L. in batting over that stretch, then landed on the Injured List...Was 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts.
2023
Named 2023 Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year...Was selected to the International League Postseason All-Star Team...Began the season at Memphis (AAA) but was recalled on July 5 following an injury to catcher Andrew Knizner...Made 2023 debut for St. Louis at CWS (7/7) and was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI, establishing a single-game high...Threw out 2-of-7 attempted base stealers in the Majors and was flawless in 82 chances behind the plate...Established a career-high with three runs scored vs. CIN (9/30), joining Willson Contreras as Cardinals catchers with three runs scored in a game...Established Minor League season-highs with 27 doubles and 11 stolen bases...The 11 thefts matched his career totals from his previous five seasons...His .451 on-base percentage would have ranked second among qualifying Triple-A players but was 30 plate appearances short of qualifying...His .951 OBP ranked seventh in the International League...Ranked among Cardinals Minor League leaders in batting (.297, fifth), on-base percentage (.500, first), slugging (.451, 4th), OPS (.951, 2nd), walks (75, 4th) and doubles (27, fifth)...Became the first Cardinals Minor Leaguer to register an on-base percentage of .450 and slugging percentage of .500 in the same season since Gene Roof in 1981 (min. 375 PA) also with the Cardinals Triple-A affiliate...Reached base safely in 91.6% of his games played with a plate appearance at Memphis...Ran off an 11-game hitting streak (.452, 19-42) from 5/11-30; as part of a 19-game on-base streak (5/11-6/10), fourth-longest among Redbirds.
2022
Began the season in Memphis (AAA) and was selected to St. Louis on 5/23 after playing in 20 games, batting .310 with 2 HR and 13 RBI. Would play in 65 games in the minors and 11 in St. Louis. ..Made his Major League debut at catcher as a defensive replacement vs. Toronto 5/24. Became the 8th Cardinals player to make his MLB debut in 2022. ..Recorded his first at-bat on 6/19 at Boston and was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts. Joined Nick Stavinoha (6/22/08) as the only Cardinals to make their first start at Fenway Park. ..Collected his first RBI on a sacrifice fly game-winning RBI vs. CHI (6/25), coming off the bench. The first Cardinal to record his first RBI on a sac fly since Lars Nootbaar (6/22/21 at DET) and first Cardinals catcher since Glenn Brummer in 1981. ..Recorded his first MLB hit in a start the following day (6/26) with a single off Alec Mills in the 2nd inning. Had a single later in the game for a multi-hit effort. ..Ran off an 11-game hitting streak (16-40, .400) in Memphis from 5/7-6/5 as part of hit in 18 of 19 games span. ..Posted a multi-home run game vs Norfolk (9/9) both off Chris Vallimont; his third career multi-home run game. ..Batted .311 (19-61) with runners in scoring position.
2021
Played the majority of the season with Springfield (AA), where he debuted as the 3rd-youngest player in the Double-A Central on Opening Day behind only Bobby Witt Jr. (KC) and C.J. Abrams (SD)...Combined to bat .229/.342/.403 (84-367) with 13 doubles and a career high 17 home runs in 99 games between Springfield and Memphis (AAA)... Caught 72 games and appeared in 27 games as a designated hitter... Threw out 25.8% (25 CS/97 SB ATT) of attempted basestealers... Hit 17 home runs while playing catcher, T6th-most among all minor league catchers... His seven sacrifice flies shared the organizational lead (Evan Mendoza) and tied for the Double-A Central lead... Also ranked among league leaders in walks (60, 4th) and RBI (63, 6th)... Led Springfield in plate appearances (437) and walks, and co-led in games played (98) with Delvin Perez... Opened the campaign hitting .288/.418/.438 (23-98) in his first 23 games for Springfield... Hit .186/.313/.352 over his next 65 games from 6/4-8/31... Capped off his season batting .362/.393/.638 with a 1.030 OPS in his final 10 games after 9/1... Promoted to Memphis on 9/20... Appeared in the final game of the regular season (10/3) for the Redbirds, going 0-for-4 at catcher vs. Charlotte...Threw out his only attempted basestealer during a strikeout, caught stealing double play while Jordan Hicks was on the mound.
2020
Practiced at the Alternate Training Site during the COVID19 protocols, but was not listed on the Taxi Squad or Cardinals travel party...Listed as the No. 4 prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America and MLB.com...Played in 16 games for Los Mochis in the Mexican Winter League batting .184 (9-49) with a double and nine RBI while posting a .310 on-base percentage...Added to the Cardinals 40-man roster in November.
