The St. Louis Cardinals are sending another player to the 2026 MLB All-Star Game. After Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani withdrew from the Midsummer Classic because of knee irritation, Cardinals designated hitter and catcher Ivan Herrera was selected as his replacement, giving the 26-year-old the first All-Star honor of his MLB career.It's a well-deserved recognition for one of the National League's most productive offensive catchers, and it gives St. Louis another representative during what has been an encouraging first half of the season.Ivan Herrera finally gets the All-Star recognition he earnedHerrera's path to becoming an All-Star hasn't been the smoothest. Signed by the Cardinals as an international free agent out of Panama in 2016, Herrera steadily climbed through the or