David Odúbel Herrera (pronounced oh-DOO-bull er-RAIR-uh; born December 29, 1991), nicknamed "El Torito", is a Venezuelan professional baseball center fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). After he spent 2008 to 2014 in the Texas Rangers farm system, the Phillies selected him in the Rule 5 draft in December 2014. Herrera made his big league debut in 2015 as the team’s opening day center fielder.\n', '

Herrera was born in Zulia, Venezuela, and grew up in Venezuela. He was known for being "strong and powerful when he was a kid." Consequently, his father gave him the nickname "El Torito" – Spanish for "the little bull".\n', '

Herrera was signed by the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in 2008 at age 16. He began his professional career in the Dominican Summer League, making 34 errors in 51 games at shortstop for an .863 fielding percentage in 2009, and slowly progressed through the farm system, albeit behind several other top prospects. In 2012, he made 51 errors playing 110 games in the field between second base and shortstop, for the Class A-Advanced Myrtle Beach Pelicans.\n', '

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