With pitchers and catchers set to report in a month, it is time to start the rankings. First up, everyone’s favorite, catcher. Lets face it, the position blows. Your game plan for this position will vary wildly depending on your league size and settings.
My approach to a league with 15 teams or less and has 1 catcher spot would be to punt the position and take my catcher the second to last round (in case anyone else is punting, it will give you a better selection). If the league is a 15 team, 2 catcher league, I would have 1 of 3 plans:
- Roster 2 top 7 catchers to force a positional advantage
- Roster 2 catchers in the 6-12 range
- Roster a top 3 catcher and back him up with another in the top 6-12
The Catcher List
| Rank | Player | Notes |
| 1 | J.T. Realmuto | |
| 2 | Salvador Perez | Will get counting stats being higher in the lineup. Drop down to 8 in OBP league |
| 3 | Yasmani Grandal | He is 32 and was a compiler in his big 2019 season. Looking at 23 HR, .235 average and 130 games played. |
| 4 | Willson Contreras | There is more power than he has shown so far |
| 5 | Travis d’Arnaud | Healthy now? |
| 6 | Will Smith | Dodgeritus will cap him at 120 games |
| 7 | Sean Murphy | Will not hurt your average |
| 8 | Austin Nola | Will not hurt your average |
| 9 | James McCann | |
| 10 | Christian Vazquez | |
| 11 | Gary Sanchez | Per Rich Wilson, he is the Yankees backup plan if they do not sign someone |
| 12 | Mitch Garver | Should bounce back and not hurt your average |
| 13 | Max Stassi | |
| 14 | Daulton Varsho | He will probably not have catcher eligibility in 2022 |
| 15 | Pedro Severino | |
| 16 | Buster Posey | |
| 17 | Alejandro Kirk | Will not hurt your average |
| 18 | Jorge Alfaro | |
| 19 | Carson Kelly | |
| 20 | Omar Narvaez | |
| 21 | Tom Murphy | |
| 22 | Martin Maldonado | |
| 23 | Tyler Stephenson | |
| 24 | Yadier Molina | |
| 25 | Sam Huff | |
| 26 | Ryan Jeffers | |
| 27 | Jose Trevino | |
| 28 | Chance Sisco | |
| 29 | Francisco Mejia | |
| 30 | Roberto Perez | |
| 31 | Danny Jansen | |
| 32 | Luis Torrens | |
| 33 | Wilson Ramos | |
| 34 | Austin Romine | |
| 35 | Jacob Stallings | |
| 36 | Elias Diaz | He will not be worse than Wolters has been at the dish |
| 37 | Yan Gomes | |
| 38 | Victor Caratini | |
| 39 | Kurt Suzuki | |
| 40 | Tucker Barnhart | |
| 41 | Joey Bart | |
| 42 | Kyle Higashioka | |
| 43 | Adley Rutschman | |
| 44 | Andrew Knapp | |
| 45 | Mike Zunino | |
| 46 | Andrew Knizner | |
| 47 | Keibert Ruiz | |
| 48 | Jason Castro | |
| 49 | Jacob Nottingham | |
| 50 | Kevin Plawecki | |
| 52 | Curt Casali | |
| 53 | Robinson Chirinos | |
| 55 | Willians Astudillo | |
| 56 | William Contreras | |
| 57 | Alex Avila |