Should I draft Ivan Herrera or Jorge Mateo?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ivan Herrera or Jorge Mateo.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

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Ivan Herrera

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STL · C,DH

BAL · SS,2B

Injury Alert

Ivan Herrera · Back (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.09	-0.05
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	85.00	116.00
AB	168	237
R	22	35
H	38	55
2B	8	11
3B	0	2
HR	3	6
RBI	21	24
SB	2	19
K	44	64
BB	29	14
AVG	.226	.232
OBP	.343	.280
SLG	.327	.371
OPS	.671	.651

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	86.0	96.0
AB	172	157
R	24	27
H	48	38
2B	6	13
3B	1	2
HR	3	5
RBI	19	18
SB	4	12
K	41	40
BB	15	9
AVG	.279	.242
OBP	.340	.282
SLG	.378	.446
OPS	.718	.728

Recent News
	Cardinals Catcher Ivan Herrera's Impact and Challenges Analyzed \| Defensive Struggles and Offensive Brilliance Published June 26th, 2024 via BVM Sports Wednesday SOC: Ivan Herrera is a Catcher Published June 26th, 2024 via Viva El Birdos Cardinals' Ivan Herrera: Hoping to swing bat Wednesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ivan Herrera Dealing With Back Injury, Sitting On Thursday Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Ivan Herrera Hits 10-Day Injured List Published June 22nd, 2024 Cards put C Ivan Herrera (back) on IL Published June 22nd, 2024 via Deadspin Nick Raposo reaches majors as Ivan Herrera hits IL, Willson Contreras rehabs: Cardinals Extra Published June 22nd, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals place C Ivan Herrera on IL with back tightness Published June 22nd, 2024 via ESPN	Jon Gray strikes out Jorge Mateo swinging \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Beginning to lose playing time Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Not starting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Homers in Friday's loss Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Mateo's two-run home run (5) \| 06/21/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Absent from lineup Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Swipes bag in loss Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Mateo's barehanded throw \| 06/18/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 18th, 2024 via MLB.com

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