MILWAUKEE — Scrolling through videos on social media platform Instagram, Ivan Herrera saw a short clip of a catcher “in some random league” standing casually by home plate as if not remotely involved in the play. That is until, at that last moment, he snags a throw and applies the tag to a runner bamboozled by the catcher’s nonchalance.
Herrera got an idea.
“It was funny at the moment, but then I was like, ‘Man, if I do it, maybe it works,’” the Cardinals’ rookie catcher said. “And it worked in the past, in the minor leagues, and now it works in the big leagues.