Catcher Rankings: RotoGraphs Consensus

Consensus Ranks: OF, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, and RP and SP.

Tiered Ranks: C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, NL OF, AL SP, NL SP, Holds.

After all the positions with all the disagreement, we hit one of the most difficult positions to fill… and we all agree. I mean, look at Alex Avila, who will most probably regress off of his numbers from last year — number eight right across the board. Apparently, I ‘love’ Mr. K, J.P. Arencibia, and showed that love by ranking him a full two spots ahead of everyone else. Even Jonathan Lucroy, who appears halfway down the list hand has very moderate upside, shows up around the same place on everyone’s list.

So which catcher inspired the most disagreement? Maybe it’s Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who finally paired a nice batting average on balls in play with his low-contact approach last year. Will he fend off Ryan Lavarnway (who didn’t quite play enough catcher to be a catcher this year) another season? We can’t seem to agree on John Buck, but maybe that’s because some of us choose to focus on how far away the new park’s walls are, and some of us choose to focus on how much shorter the walls are in that new left field. Some of us think Devin Mesoraco is going to take that job and run, some of us think that Ryan Hanigan will charm his veteran-loving manager into most of the playing time. Oh, and finally (mercifully), the Mets writer on staff liked the Mets player a little more than the rest of the rankers. Phew.

Catch yourself a catcher.

Player Name	Eno Sarris	Mike Podhorzer	Jeff Zimmerman	Zach Sanders	Staff Consensus	FantasyPros All Experts
Mike Napoli	3	1	1	1	1	view
Carlos Santana	1	2	2	2	2	view
Brian McCann	2	5	4	3	3	view
Joe Mauer	6	4	3	4	4	view
Matt Wieters	4	3	6	5	5	view
Buster Posey	5	6	5	7	6	view
Miguel Montero	7	7	7	6	7	view
Alex Avila	8	8	8	8	8	view
Yadier Molina	10	9	9	9	9	view
J.P. Arencibia	9	11	11	11	10	view
Geovany Soto	11	17	14	10	11	view
Wilson Ramos	13	15	12	13	12	view
Russell Martin	12	12	15	16	13	view
Ryan Doumit	17	10	17	12	14	view
Kurt Suzuki	16	13	13	14	14	view
Salvador Perez	18	14	10	17	15	view
Jonathan LuCroy	14	19	16	15	16	view
Ramon Hernandez	15	20	21	19	17	view
Carlos Ruiz	20	21	18	20	18	view
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	25	16	25	18	19	view
A.J. Pierzynski	24	18	19	24	20	view
Chris Iannetta	21	23	22	22	21	view
John Buck	19	30	23	21	22	view
Devin Mesoraco	27	24	20	23	23	view
Josh Thole	22	29	24	25	24	view
Miguel Olivo	23	22	28	–	25	view
Nick Hundley	28	25	26	26	26	view
Ryan Hanigan	26	26	27	–	27	view
Rod Barajas	–	27	29	28	28	view
Yorvit Torrealba	29	28	32	–	29	view
Jason Castro	–	31	33	27	30	view
John Jaso	30	–	30	–	31	view

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