Jose Herrera #8

Married to Yennifer…has four kids: Mathias, Sophia, Alex and Noor...Signed with Arizona as a free agent on July 2, 2013....Ranked seventh on MLB Pipeline's Top 30 international prospects in 2013 and 10th by Baseball America...Listed as a Top 25 organizational prospect by Baseball America in 2015 (No. 15), 2016 (25) and 2017 (24)...Tabbed by Baseball America as the Arizona League's No. 15 prospect following the 2014 season and No. 19 after 2015...Has played three seasons with Zulia of the Venezuelan Winter League in 2017-18, '21-22 and '22-23.

2023

Hit .208 (21-for-101) with five doubles, seven RBI and 13 walks in 41 games (36 starts) over two stints in his second season with Arizona...Made his second consecutive Opening Day roster...Recorded multi-hit efforts in back-to-back games on April 4 and 9 for the first time in the Majors. Posted a career-best six multi-hit games, two more than in 2022...Made first two pitching appearances May 19 @ Pirates and Aug. 29 @ Dodgers...Batted .257 (26-for-101)/.364 OBP with four doubles, one triple, two homers, 14 RBI and 15 walks over 28 games with Triple-A Reno...POSTSEASON: Played in two games as a defensive replacement and went 0-for-3 with a walk…was behind the plate during the series-clinching outs in the NL Wild Card Series vs. Brewers and NL Division Series vs. Dodgers.

2022

Appeared in 47 games (42 starts) for Arizona and batted .189 (21-for-111) with two doubles, five RBI and nine walks...Made his first Opening Day roster…made his debut on April 9 vs. Padres...Batted .341 (31-for-91) with three doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI over 26 games with Triple-A Reno...Collected his first Major League hit on April 22 vs. Mets...Was rated as Best Defensive Catcher for Arizona by Baseball America for the third straight season (2020-22)...On the injured list from May 19-23.

2021

Batted .258 (79-for-306) with 11 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 57 RBI in 94 games with Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno... Reached base safely in 25 straight games from May 29-July 8... Named Double-A Central's Hitter of the Week for June 14-20 after batting .450/1.100 OPS with two doubles, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI... Hit .356 (26-for-73) with three doubles, one home run and 12 RBI in 24 games with Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League.

2020

Did not play due to no Minor League season.

2019

Combined to hit .252 AVG/.383 OBP with 19 doubles, 5 home runs, 43 RBI and 66 walks in 90 games with Single-A Kane County and Single-A Adv. Visalia...Threw out 9-of-18 of attempted basestealers with the Rawhide...On injured list with a strained right hamstring from May 31-June 14.