Justin Mason’s 2022 Catcher Ranks: 11/22/21
2021 is over and we turn the page to 2022. Here are my current ranks for the catcher position for 2022, my second of the offseason. I will post updates as things change with signings, injuries, or news in Major League Baseball.
You can review my ranks for other positions here: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/category/rankings/
| Rank | Player | Team | POS | ADP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador Perez | KCR | C | 35.1 |
| 2 | Will Smith | LAD | C | 73.8 |
| 3 | J.T. Realmuto | PHI | C | 57.8 |
| 4 | Yasmani Grandal | CHW | C | 122 |
| 5 | Willson Contreras | CHC | C | 121.4 |
| 6 | Daulton Varsho | ARI | C/OF | 105.1 |
| 7 | Omar Narvaez | MIL | C | 270.9 |
| 8 | Travis d’Arnaud | ATL | C | 210.3 |
| 9 | Tyler Stephenson | CIN | C | 178.3 |
| 10 | Keibert Ruiz | WAS | C | 177.7 |
| 11 | Max Stassi | LAA | C | 324.3 |
| 12 | Sean Murphy | OAK | C | 251.3 |
| 13 | Christian Vazquez | BOS | C | 237.9 |
| 14 | Gary Sanchez | NYY | C | 272.6 |
| 15 | Yadier Molina | STL | C | 290.7 |
| 16 | Alejandro Kirk | TOR | C | 224.3 |
| 17 | Adley Rutschman | BAL | C | 208.2 |
| 18 | Mitch Garver | MIN | C | 237.3 |
| 19 | Joey Bart | SF | C | 282.4 |
| 20 | Mike Zunino | TBR | C | 263.5 |
| 21 | Eric Haase | DET | C | 259.9 |
| 22 | Luis Torrens | SEA | C | 379.5 |
| 23 | Carson Kelly | ARI | C | 289.2 |
| 24 | Tucker Barnhart | DET | C | 379.7 |
| 25 | Elias Diaz | COL | C | 315.7 |
| 26 | Danny Jansen | TOR | C | 351.5 |
| 27 | Austin Nola | SDP | C | 325.1 |
| 28 | Jorge Alfaro | MIA | C/OF | 385.5 |
| 29 | James McCann | NYM | C | 334.7 |
| 30 | Yan Gomes | FA | C | 355.3 |
| 31 | Francisco Mejia | TBR | C | 392 |
| 32 | Jacob Stallings | PIT | C | 377.6 |
| 33 | MJ Melendez | KC | C | 485.2 |
| 34 | Zack Collins | CHW | C | 657.7 |
| 35 | Dom Nunez | COL | C | 615.7 |
| 36 | Ryan Jeffers | MIN | C | 441 |
| 37 | Cal Raleigh | SEA | C | 575.4 |
| 38 | Manny Pina | ATL | C | 581.2 |
| 39 | William Contreras | ATL | C | 570.7 |
| 40 | Jonah Heim | TEX | C | 465.1 |
| 41 | Pedro Severino | FA | C | 481.6 |
| 42 | Webster Rivas | SDP | C | 492 |
| 43 | Stephen Vogt | ATL | C | 495.5 |
| 44 | Gabriel Moreno | TOR | C | 512.4 |
| 45 | Martin Maldonado | HOU | C | 538.2 |
| 46 | Jake Rogers | DET | C | 726.5 |
| 47 | Kyle Higashioka | NYY | C | 571.7 |
| 48 | Luis Campusano | SD | C | 574.5 |
| 49 | Tom Murphy | SEA | C | NA |
| 50 | Kevin Plawecki | BOS | C | 577.2 |
Positional eligibility and ADP are based on NFBC Draft Champions Leagues.
Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.
bold Posey ranking
He has slid down my personal rankings just a tad
He’s probably just pretending to retire so he can get himself cheap in his fantasy league. Great strategy.
Maybe he’ll just sit out 2022 to have an amazing 2023.
Manny Pina is updated to be with ATL, but Tucker Barnhart is now with DET, not CIN.
You seem higher on Navarez than others (I agree); what’s your reasoning for the 8 ranking? Also, once you adjust for Posey, will you move Bart significantly up? why or why not?
I’ll be passing on Keibert and Vazquez earlier in favor of Nola, Diaz, even Barnhart or McCann later. I see them as high floor, low ceiling options and I think I can pop that later.
I thought Buster Posey announced his retirement. Why is he ranked?
sleeper, obv.
Alfaro remains intriguing. He has some hitting skills and the feeling was that the chore of all the catcher responsibilities interfered with his ability to focus on hitting. If that’s even partially true, would he then get a decent amount of playing time? If that happens, then you have a catcher that could go 20/15 next year. That’s pretty valuable. Many ifs though.
Garver needs to be way higher. When he played in 2019 and 2021 he was really good. Yes he has injury history but I think he even picks up some DH ab’s this year unless Cruz is resigned.
Wow 10th! That’s good news even if it’s only fantasy!
Rutschman seems like a good deal at 17!