2011 Player Rankings: Catchers

The 2011 baseball season is almost upon us, so we here at RotoGraphs put our collective heads together to come up with some aggregate positional rankings.  I’ll be taking the lead all year with the catchers, but as a group, here’s what we came up with for now:

Penthouse on Park Avenue

Joe Mauer

Brian McCann

Buster Posey

Victor Martinez

Despite last year’s power decline, we know the potential is there so Mauer gets the nod for the top spot.  Welcome to the big time, Buster!

Comfy Living

Carlos Santana

Geovany Soto

Mike Napoli

Jorge Posada

Matt Wieters

Happy to have any one of these guys on my roster.  Santana is on the rise, but this could be the last chance for Wieters in the fantasy trust department.

Small House in the ‘Burbs

Kurt Suzuki

Miguel Montero

Chris Iannetta

Russell Martin

Carlos Ruiz

John Buck

Yadier Molina

Stable group of guys who can just tow the line for your backstop position.  Martin could be a nice sleeper in hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium.

Shoebox Apartment

John Jaso

A.J. Pierzynski

Miguel Olivo

Ryan Doumit

J.P. Arencibia

Josh Thole

Rod Barajas

Ryan Hanigan

Jesus Montero

No major investment needs to be made here.  Some will rise, some will fall.  Arencibia’s power potential puts him at the top of the sleeper list.

Sharing a Room

Yorvit Torrealba

Jarrod Saltalamcchia

Jonathan Lucroy

Alex Avila

Nick Hundley

Chris Snyder

Maybe a pair of diamonds in the rough in Lucroy and Snyder, but I wouldn’t want to invest more than a buck on the rest of the lot.

Shanty-town

Jason Kendall

Jason Castro

Ramon Hernandez

Kelly Shoppach

Wilson Ramos

Ivan Rodriguez

You’ve got to be pretty desperate to be living with these guys on your roster.

We’ll all be chiming in throughout the week with more detailed thoughts on some of the backstops and the overall rankings will be updated on a monthly basis, so stay tuned for more!