Austin Barnes or Ivan Herrera

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News & Notes
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Austin Barnes or Ivan Herrera Player Statistics
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	558	‐

Runs	91	‐

Hits	139	‐

Singles	98	‐

Doubles	24	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	8	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	70	‐

Strikeouts	121	‐

Batting Average	.249	‐

On Base Pct	.360	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	‐

Austin Barnes or Ivan Herrera Player Projections
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	466	39

Runs	66	4

Hits	126	8

Singles	86	7

Doubles	21	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	66	3

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	54	4

Strikeouts	105	10

Batting Average	.271	.210

On Base Pct	.348	.278

Slugging Pct	.436	.270

On-base Plus Slugging	.783	.548

Austin Barnes or Ivan Herrera Player Notes
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Ivan Herrera went 3-for-5 in win over the Rockies with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Sep 7th	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Ivan Herrera went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Sep 6th	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Ivan Herrera went 2-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 5th
	Ivan Herrera went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a double, two RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 31st
	Ivan Herrera went 3-for-4 with a run scored, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th
Notes
	Ivan Herrera followed up his 2024 breakout with another step forward in 2025, logging 452 plate appearances and posting a .284/.373/.464 line with 19 home runs and a 140 Rbat+. His gains were backed by skills growth: a career-best 18.6% strikeout rate, 9.5% walk rate and 91.2 mph average exit velocity, along with a jump to a .180 ISO. While his BABIP dipped to .315, his rOBA (.372) and hard-hit rate (48.2%) supported the production, reinforcing that the bat is driving the value rather than batted-ball luck. The 2026 projections maintain him as an above-average offensive catcher with mid-to-high teens power and strong on-base skills, though a full repeat of last year's efficiency likely regresses slightly. Even with modest pull and fly-ball rates, Herrera's improving contact quality and stable plate discipline give him one of the higher offensive floors at the position. He only had 14 appearances at catcher in 2025, so check your league's position eligibility or prepare to have him only as a DH for a while into 2026. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Austin Barnes or Ivan Herrera Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ivan Herrera C,DH - STL			Austin Barnes C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#294
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#139
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#391
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#257
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#165
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#137
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL