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2007 Catcher Rankings

This morning begins the Fake Teams rankings by position. I used a system based on the player's 2006 performance and the relevent fantasy categories - AVG/HR/RBI/R/SB for 5x5 and AVG/HR/RBI/SB for 4x4. This assumes that last year's numbers are indicative of what will occur this year, and, in general, the rankings appear to pass the sniff test.

There are players that do not appear to be as highly ranked as one would think they should be i.e Jason Varitek. This will occur if the player in question had a poor year or hardly played. I took the liberty of adding Colorado and Arizona rookies Chris Iannetta and Miguel Montero to the lists. Both are ranked very conservatively.

Mixed AL-only NL-only
1 MCCANN BRIAN ATL MARTINEZ VICTOR CLE MCCANN BRIAN ATL
2 MARTINEZ VICTOR CLE MAUER JOE MIN BARRETT MICHAEL CHC
3 MAUER JOE MIN POSADA JORGE NYY ESTRADA JOHNNY ARZ
4 POSADA JORGE NYY RODRIGUEZ IVAN DET MARTIN RUSSELL LA
5 RODRIGUEZ IVAN DET HERNANDEZ RAMON BAL MOLINA BENGIE SF
6 HERNANDEZ RAMON BAL JOHJIMA KENJI SEA OLIVO MIGUEL FLA
7 JOHJIMA KENJI SEA PIERZYNSKI A.J. CWS PAULINO RONNY PIT
8 PIERZYNSKI A.J. CWS PIAZZA MIKE OAK LO DUCA PAUL NYM
9 BARRETT MICHAEL CHC KENDALL JASON OAK BARD JOSH SD
10 PIAZZA MIKE OAK ZAUN GREGG TOR ROSS DAVID CIN
11 ESTRADA JOHNNY ARZ LAIRD GERALD TEX BARAJAS ROD PHI
12 MOLINA BENGIE SF NAPOLI MIKE ANA CHRIS IANNETTA COL
13 MARTIN RUSSELL LA VARITEK JASON BOS MIGUEL MONTERO AZ
14 LO DUCA PAUL NYM BUCK JOHN KC ALFONZO ELIEZER SF
15 OLIVO MIGUEL FLA LOPEZ JAVY FA COSTE CHRIS PHI
16 PAULINO RONNY PIT HALL TOBY CWS LIEBERTHAL MIKE LA
17 BARD JOSH SD NAVARRO DIONER TB SCHNEIDER BRIAN WAS
18 ROSS DAVID CIN REDMOND MIKE MIN VALENTIN JAVIER CIN
19 ZAUN GREGG TOR WILSON VANCE DET MILLER DAMIAN MLW
20 LAIRD GERALD TEX LARUE JASON KC SNYDER CHRIS ARZ
21 BARAJAS ROD PHI MOLINA JOSE ANA BLANCO HENRY CHC
22 COSTE CHRIS PHI MIRABELLI DOUG BOS TORREALBA YORVIT COL
23 VARITEK JASON BOS PAUL JOSH TB MOLINA YADIER STL
24 KENDALL JASON OAK MELHUSE ADAM OAK RIVERA MIKE MLW
25 CHRIS IANNETTA COL FASANO SAL FA AUSMUS BRAD HOU
26 MIGUEL MONTERO AZ SHOPPACH KELLY CLE GREENE TODD SF
27 ALFONZO ELIEZER SF JR HOUSE BAL BOWEN ROB SD
28 NAPOLI MIKE ANA FICK ROBERT WAS
29 BUCK JOHN KC BENNETT GARY STL
30 LIEBERTHAL MIKE LA HARPER BRANDON WAS
31 SCHNEIDER BRIAN WAS
32 VALENTIN JAVIER CIN
33 LOPEZ JAVY FA
34 SNYDER CHRIS ARZ
35 BLANCO HENRY CHC
36 MILLER DAMIAN MLW