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Top 30 Catcher Rankings for 2016

Ray updates his top 30 catchers for 2016, and after the first 10, the position gets pretty thin.

Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports

The fantasy baseball writers here at Fake Teams will begin our annual Consensus Position Rankings later this month, and I will let you know the schedule once it is finalized, but until then, here are my updated catcher rankings for 2016.

I will be updating my position rankings all week beginning with catcher today, first base tomorrow, and so on. In addition to my rankings, I will be offering mixed league auction values in the "$ Value" column. You may see that some players have auction values higher than the values of players ranked ahead of them. This is the case, as some players will have more "helium" heading into drafts than others, and that helium may push their draft day auction value higher than one would expect.

Keep in mind, that every league is different, so the auction values below may not make sense for your particular league. I am using a 12 team, mixed league as my basis for the values. Those of you in keeper leagues may see the auction values of certain players be higher or lower than what is presented below. These should only be used as a baseline for your auctions.

Feel free to ask questions about the rankings or the auction values in the comments below.

Top 30 Catcher Rankings for 2016

Rank

$ Value

Name

Team

1

$28

Buster Posey

Giants

2

$19

Brian McCann

Yankees

3

$21

Kyle Schwarber

Cubs

4

$14

Jonathan Lucroy

Brewers

5

$14

Salvador Perez

Royals

6

$13

Yasmani Grandal

Dodgers

7

$12

Russell Martin

Blue Jays

8

$11

Travis d'Arnaud

Mets

9

$10

Devin Mesoraco

Reds

10

$10

Welington Castillo

Diamondbacks

11

$10

Matt Wieters

Orioles

12

$9

Stephen Vogt

Athletics

13

$8

Derek Norris

Padres

14

$8

J.T. Realmuto

Marlins

15

$8

Miguel Montero

Cubs

16

$7

Blake Swihart

Red Sox

17

$7

Yan Gomes

Indians

18

$7

Wilson Ramos

Nationals

19

$5

Nick Hundley

Rockies

20

$6

Yadier Molina

Cardinals

21

$4

Francisco Cervelli

Pirates

22

$2

A.J. Pierzynski

Braves

23

$2

Jason Castro

Astros

24

$2

Caleb Joseph

Orioles

25

$1

J.R. Murphy

Twins

26

$1

Tom Murphy

Rockies

27

$1

Andrew Knapp

Phillies

28

$1

Chris Iannetta

Angels

29

$1

Dioner Navarro

Blue Jays

30

$1

Andrew Susac

Giants



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