Jose Herrera

Jose Herrera

27-Year-Old CatcherC
Arizona Diamondbacks
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Herrera unexpectedly won the backup catcher job in 2023 thanks to Carson Kelly starting the year on the IL with a forearm injury. It was the second consecutive season he suited up on Opening Day. Once Kelly returned in June, Herrera was on the Triple-A to MLB shuttle for rest of the season. He finished with 124 plate appearances, and his .557 OPS never threatened to usurp the starting gig from Gabriel Moreno. Herrera enters spring training as the top backup, but will have competition after the Diamondbacks signed Tucker Barnhart and gave him an invite to camp. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season
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#361
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Diamondbacks in March of 2024.
Goes deep in win
CArizona Diamondbacks
September 22, 2024
Herrera went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Brewers.
ANALYSIS
Herrera turned on an Aaron Civale curveball and sent it over the right field fence for his first home run of the season. He had been getting steady at-bats earlier this month, but that's no longer the case since Gabriel Moreno was activated off the injured list a week ago. Herrera is batting .226/.277/.312 over 39 games in 2024.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
17
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
14
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+25%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+42%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .560 87 13 0 4 1 .227 .280 .280
Since 2022vs Right .529 271 22 1 21 0 .201 .277 .252
2024vs Left .523 38 6 0 4 0 .212 .250 .273
2024vs Right .654 76 5 1 9 0 .234 .310 .344
2023vs Left .577 27 5 0 0 1 .190 .292 .286
2023vs Right .547 93 10 0 7 0 .213 .297 .250
2022vs Left .604 22 2 0 0 0 .286 .318 .286
2022vs Right .424 102 7 0 5 0 .167 .235 .189
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+40%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+56%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+56%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .561 193 19 0 12 1 .232 .299 .262
Since 2022Away .508 165 16 1 13 0 .177 .253 .255
2024Home .695 63 6 0 7 0 .291 .350 .345
2024Away .498 51 5 1 6 0 .143 .213 .286
2023Home .437 61 7 0 2 1 .182 .237 .200
2023Away .683 59 8 0 5 0 .239 .357 .326
2022Home .549 69 6 0 3 0 .224 .308 .241
2022Away .352 55 3 0 2 0 .151 .182 .170
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Stat Review
How does Jose 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
0.33
 
BB Rate
7.9%
 
K Rate
23.7%
 
BABIP
.300
 
ISO
.093
 
AVG
.227
 
OBP
.290
 
SLG
.320
 
OPS
.609
 
wOBA
.273
 
Exit Velocity
84.5 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
21.8%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.214
 
Expected SLG
.271
 
Sprint Speed
22.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
47.1%
 
Line Drive %
24.3%
 
Fly Ball %
28.6%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
Herrera won the backup catcher job behind Carson Kelly for the Diamondbacks going into last season, but the team wound up using Daulton Varsho more than expected at the position. That meant Herrera often operated as the third catcher when he wasn't back at Triple-A Reno, and he managed a lowly .457 OPS at the plate when he did get his chances. Varsho has since been traded to the Blue Jays, but now Herrera has Gabriel Moreno to contend with. He's unlikely to see much action in the majors in 2023 and even if he did it's not a profile for fantasy managers to get excited about.
Herrera is expected to make his MLB debut in 2022, beating out Juan Graterol for the backup job to starter Carson Kelly. Daulton Varsho is also around, but he's needed for center field. Herrera slashed .248/.346/.705 over seven minor-league seasons (393 games).
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Back in action
CArizona Diamondbacks
September 8, 2024
Herrera went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 11-5 loss to Houston.
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In Saturday's lineup
CArizona Diamondbacks
September 7, 2024
Herrera (head) will start at catcher and bat ninth Saturday versus Houston.
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Passes tests after game
CArizona Diamondbacks
Head
September 7, 2024
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said following Friday night's game that Herrera (head) "got through his testing just fine," MLB.com reports.
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Exits early Friday
CArizona Diamondbacks
Head
September 6, 2024
Herrera exited Friday's game against Houston after being hit on the top of his mask by a backswing, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Losing work to Del Castillo
CArizona Diamondbacks
August 12, 2024
Herrera is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rockies.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Role not yet determined
CArizona Diamondbacks
March 26, 2023
Herrera is not locked in as Arizona's primary backup catcher, per Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic.
ANALYSIS
Herrera and P.J. Higgins are competing for playing time behind starter Gabriel Moreno. Higgins has been reassigned to minor league camp, but the Diamondbacks are apparently still determining roles.
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