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Catcher 2025 Fantasy Rankings

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March 10, 2025
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Catcher Overview

Catcher is a much better fantasy position than it used to be, but it still has pretty big drop offs that fantasy managers need to be aware of. The position is filled with a plethora of interesting young players and older vets to pick from, but the deeper the league you are in, the tougher the position becomes.

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New year, new catcher ranks!

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Justin Mason’s Baseball Chat – March 10, 2025

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March 10, 2025

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Podapallooza 2025 Day 2 Live Stream

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March 9, 2025

Justin Mason is joined by some of the best fantasy analysts in the industry to raise money for Fantasy Cares.

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Podapallooza 2025 Day 1 Live Stream

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March 8, 2025

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Justin Mason’s Baseball Chat – March 3, 2025

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March 3, 2025

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12:09
Justin Mason: Starting a little late today because it is TGFBI Day! I will begin as soon as I have enough questions so get those in. In the meantime, please follow me on all my social media’s (twitter, tiktok, facebook, youtube, bluesky, and instagram) at JustinMasonFWFB! I am doing regular podcasts on the FWFB podcast as well as three episodes a week for the Sleeper and the Bust so definitely make sure you are subscribed there as well!
12:14
Todd Gak: Cristopher Sanchez is a top ___ pitcher in 2025.
12:14
Justin Mason: 30-35 SP on my ranks right now
12:15
Adenolith: Do you build your projections from scratch or do you start with a projection system and then manually adjust for playing time/injury context etc…?
12:16
Justin Mason: I do my projections from scratch. I look at the historical data and then adjust from there. I think this leads to less bias for me.
12:16
Greg: How would you rank Bryan Woo, Jared Jones, Bubba Chandler in a 12-team keep forever points league that more heavily weighs IP and Ks?

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1383 – News and AL LABR Recap

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March 2, 2025

3/2/25

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Justin Mason’s Baseball Chat – February 24th, 2025

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February 24, 2025

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1379 – EARTH Leagues Recap

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February 23, 2025

2/23/25

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

 

 

EARTH Draft Breakdowns

  • WHARF
  • BARF
    • Strategy coming in
    • How the team came together
    • Biggest reaches in first 23 rounds (by last 2 weeks ADP):
    • Biggest bargains in first 23 rounds (by last 2 weeks ADP):
BARF vs WHARF
Round Justin BARF WHARF W vs B Last 2 weeks ADP Justin Diff Jason WHARF BARF W vs B Last 2 weeks ADP
1 Juan Soto 8 7 1 8 0 Vlad Guerrero Jr 13 14 -1 14
2 Trea Turner 23 23 0 26 -3 Bryce Harper 18 28 -10 22
3 Matt Olson 38 39 -1 36 2 Dylan Cease 43 43 0 48
4 Emmanuel Clase 53 35 18 34 19 CJ Abrams 48 44 4 48
5 Pablo Lopez 68 55 13 67 1 Robert Suarez 73 104 -31 83
6 Bailey Ober 83 88 -5 80 3 Yoshi Yamamoto 78 61 17 60
7 Kyle Schwarber 98 70 28 80 18 Marcus Semien 103 92 11 102
8 Royce Lewis 113 141 -28 131 -18 Riley Greene 108 110 -2 106
9 J.T. Realmuto 128 152 -24 141 -13 Lane Thomas 133 185 -52 174
10 Steven Kwan 143 155 -12 147 -4 David Bednar 138 144 -6 136
11 Cristopher Sanchez 158 158 0 169 -11 Jeremy Pena 163 168 -5 168
12 Zack Eflin 173 185 -12 189 -16 Brandon Pfaadt 168 148 20 168
13 Maikel Garcia 188 211 -23 214 -26 Josh Jung 193 194 -1 216
14 Jose Berrios 203 232 -29 241 -38 Sean Murphy 198 214 -16 214
15 Colt Keith 218 257 -39 245 -27 Taj Bradley 223 205 18 198
16 Jeffrey Springs 233 273 -40 276 -43 Nick Lodolo 228 228 0 246
17 JJ Bleday 248 299 -51 275 -27 Nolan Jones 253 227 26 253
18 Liam Hendriks 263 222 41 243 20 Jo Adell 258 258 0 291
19 Jacob Young 278 287 -9 285 -7 Ranger Suarez 283 276 7 263
20 Aroldis Chapman 293 306 -13 280 13 Hunter Goodman 288 310 -22 372
21 Cody Bradford 308 290 18 340 -32 David Robertson 313 412 -99 429
22 Roman Anthony 323 277 46 301 22 Jhonkensy Noel 318 404 -86 388
23 Ke’Bryan Hayes 338 ND #VALUE! 335 3 Daulton Varsho 343 316 27 341
24 Jacob Wilson윌슨 353 ND #VALUE! 338 15 Jason Adam 348 369 -21 346
25 Pavin Smith 368 441 -73 380 -12 Jose Miranda 373 367 6 354
26 Max Meyer 383 363 20 426 -43 Austin Hays 378 416 -38 428
27 LaMonte Wade Jr 398 415 -17 439 -41 Richie Palacios 403 ND #VALUE! 521
28 Freddy Fermin 413 345 68 376 37 Ryne Nelson 408 370 38 377
29 Mike Tauchman 428 ND #VALUE! 492 -64 Andrew Kittredge 433 ND #VALUE! 579
30 Trevor Rogers 443 ND #VALUE! 720 -277 Chase Meidroth 438 ND #VALUE! 618
SOURCE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12DJf8ct-8ZxYHhezK1xXWb3gUNUrQeupJCb0AhqsH2M/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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Justin Mason’s Baseball Chat – February 21st, 2025

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February 21, 2025

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1375 – Targets After Pick 300

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February 16, 2025

2/16/25

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