Michael Simione’s Catcher Rankings

February 8, 2022

Rank	Player	Team	Position	ADP	Notes
1	Salvador Perez	KC	C	41.08	PA’s are king and Salvador Perez can bring plenty of those.
2	Will Smith	LAD	C	66.44	High floor and has the possibility to become the number one catcher.
3	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	52.86	Bit of a down year from injury, the stolen bases make him a valuable asset.
4	Willson Contreras	CHC	C	123.44	Sacrificing average for power. Brings some speed. Realmuto without the average.
5	Yasmani Grandal	CWS	C	109.28	The second half surgence shows the ceiling of Grandal and it’s really high.
6	Daulton Varsho	ARZ	C, OF	96.69	The Varsho love has catapulted him into being drafted as the catcher number four. For me, I need a larger sample of production.
7	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C, 1B	155.08	Fantastic at making contact and should put plenty of balls into play. Should see plenty of PA’s in Cincy.
8	Keibert Ruiz	WAS	C	157.42	Will be the featured catcher in Washington. Should be above average in BA with some pop.
9	Mitch Garver	MIN	C	202.75	Injuries have held him back and PA is slightly a concern. His 131 wRC+ in 243 PA’s last season is impressive.
10	Christian Vazquez	BOS	C	229.42	Can get you some steals with a decent average but has virtually no power. The season long 77 wRC+ is just horrible.
11	Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	238.92	A ton of potential w/ great plate discipline but PA’s are a big concern.
12	Sean Murphy	OAK	C	242.69	Seems to be more power to unlock here and while the batting average is low he did have a decent in-zone contact rate.
13	Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	192.69	I know everyone loves him but I just can’t buy in until we know he is 100% starting up in the bigs.
14	Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	C	226.61	Has solid contact skills and a solid EV/FB but he just cannot stay on the field.
15	Elias Diaz	COL	C	256.25	Plays in Coors and shows power potential with a high Max EV and decent Barrel%.
16	Gary Sanchez	NYY	C	271.92	Insane power but it comes with a lowly average at least he should see a good amount of playing time.
17	Mike Zunino	TB	C	276.25	Insane power but it comes with a lowly average and not a lot of playing time.
18	Max Stassi	LAA	C	300.14	The high strikeout rate is worrisome but the high Barrel% shows we can see 16-18 home runs.
19	Omar Narvaez	MLW	C	276.36	Just solid all around and will do a little bit of everything for you.
20	Carson Kelly	ARZ	C	290.89	Varsho will be used in the field and maybe even DH leaving playing time for Kelly who had a solid EV/FB last season.
21	Yadier Molina	STL	C	294.92	Molina’s best years are behind him but he still makes solid contact and will chip in some steals.
22	Jacob Stallings	MIA	C	345.47	Stallings is good at what he does – making contact.
23	Danny Jansen	TOR	C	303.36	Jansen had a 1.165 OPS and 204 wRC+ in the second half. Small sample but still.
24	Eric Haase	DET	C, OF	322.78	Haase could play in the OF at times giving him plenty of playing opportunities. As long as he performs as good as last season he is a great option.
25	Joey Bart	SF	C	308.17	With Posey retiring Bart should get the starting gig.
26	James McCann	NYM	C	319.11	McCann will be the starter and will put up just mediocre numbers as always.
27	Austin Nola	SD	C	331.61	Decent power, decent average, but he just cannot stay healthy.
28	Yan Gomes	CHC	C	355.19	If Willson Contreras is traded his stock should rise as he provides a decent average with decent power.
29	Luis Torrens	SEA	C	378.61	A catcher with decent playing time and some pop at this point in the draft makes him a good late-round target.
30	Jorge Alfaro	SD	C, OF	392.53	A good option if you are in need of some speed.
31	Tucker Barnhart	DET	C	372.22	Will see playing time but won’t provide much.
32	Jonah Heim	TEX	C	416.25	A bit of a sleeper as he could provide you with double-digit home runs.
33	MJ Melendez	KC	C	383.14	After ripping up the minors a lot of people are hoping he gets the call.
34	Francisco Mejia	TB	C	396.36	Will split time with Zunino.
35	Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	445.08	Bit of a disappointment last season. Should see some PA’s but he is mainly a good backup to have if you took Garver.
36	Manny Pina	ATL	C	528.81	Decent underlying numbers w/ a .250 ISO and 10.5 Barrel%. Could see playing time with the injury prone d’Arnaud ahead of him.
37	Tom Murphy	SEA	C	485.97	It starts getting really ugly here but Murphy can give you some pop.
38	Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	544.17	He impressed in AAA and if he does so again he could get another shot.
39	Pedro Severino	MLW	C	469.53	Maybe going to a new team can help Severino?
40	Roberto Perez	PIT	C	509.78	Known more for his defense than offense.
41	Martin Maldonado	HOU	C	535.78	Plate apperances but not much more than that here.
42	Victor Caratini	SD	C	553.5	Not much to discuss here.
43	Jose Trevino	TEX	C	554.75	Not much to discuss here.
44	Luis Campusano	SD	C	557.03	Not much to discuss here.
45	Austin Hedges	CLE	C	573.89	Not much to discuss here.
46	Dom Nunez	COL	C	585.83	Not much to discuss here.
47	Kyle Higashioka	NYY	C	585.94	Not much to discuss here.
48	Kevin Plawecki	BOS	C	587.97	Not much to discuss here.
49	Curt Casali	SF	C	617.39	Not much to discuss here.
50	Gabriel Moreno	TOR	C	457.31	Not much to discuss here.

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weekendatbidens

3 years ago

Raleigh has volume FB with heavy pull while swinging 60% of the time. Swing and Miss is real but called strikes aren’t happening, if it is in the zone he’s swinging. This is very much like Sal Perez. Sharpening two aspects will make him very rosterable. Cutting down K% and establishing BABIP are big steps that I think are realistic going into 2nd season.