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The start of positional weeks here at Fake Teams is always a joy, even though we begin with catchers. It means the Hot Stove is LIT, and that pitchers and catchers will report soon enough. In less than a month, even.
You know the drill, gamers. We’ll devote a solid week to each position leading up to the season, with each week full of targets, avoids, sleepers, prospects, and more. Here’s the schedule:
2021 Positional Weeks
| Position | Week |
|---|---|
| Position | Week |
| Catcher | Jan 25 - Jan 29 |
| First Base | Feb 1 - Feb 5 |
| Second Base | Feb 8 - Feb 12 |
| Third Base | Feb 15 - Feb 19 |
| Shortstop | Feb 22 - Feb 26 |
| Outfield | Mar 1 - Mar 5 |
| Starters | Mar 8 to Mar 12 |
| RPs/Draft Guide | Mar 15 - Mar 19 |
Every week will begin with our consensus rankings, so here’s our most refreshed pass at catcher rankings. Be sure and beat up on us in the comments if we hosed your favorite player. Related, if your favorite player is a catcher, maybe you should reconsider...
Top 30 Catchers for 2021
| RANK | PLAYER NAME | TEAM | JOE | HEATH | MARK | GARRETT | ANDRES | Avg Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | PLAYER NAME | TEAM | JOE | HEATH | MARK | GARRETT | ANDRES | Avg Rank |
| 1 | J.T. Realmuto | FA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 2 | Salvador Perez | KC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.60 |
| 3 | Will Smith | LAD | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3.60 |
| 4 | Willson Contreras | CHC | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4.80 |
| 5 | Yasmani Grandal | CWS | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 6 | Travis d'Arnaud | ATL | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7.00 |
| 7 | Sean Murphy | OAK | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Austin Nola | SD | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8.40 |
| 9 | Gary Sanchez | NYY | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8.60 |
| 10 | Christian Vazquez | BOS | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9.80 |
| 11 | Daulton Varsho | ARZ | 2 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 10.40 |
| 12 | James McCann | CWS | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11.20 |
| 13 | Mitch Garver | MIN | 19 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13.00 |
| 14 | Carson Kelly | ARZ | 15 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 15.00 |
| 15 | Jorge Alfaro | MIA | 18 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16.00 |
| 16 | Danny Jansen | TOR | 13 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 16.60 |
| 17 | Buster Posey | SF | 16 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18.20 |
| 18 | Pedro Severino | BAL | 24 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 18.40 |
| 19 | Max Stassi | LAA | 30 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 21.20 |
| 20 | Sam Huff | TEX | 17 | 25 | 28 | 16 | 24 | 22.00 |
| 21 | Alejandro Kirk | TOR | 21 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 23.80 |
| 22 | Tom Murphy | SEA | 47 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 25.40 |
| 23 | Yadier Molina | FA | 44 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 27.00 |
| 24 | Wilson Ramos | FA | 27 | 28 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 27.00 |
| 25 | Ryan Jeffers | MIN | 14 | 23 | 36 | 36 | NR | 27.25 |
| 26 | Omar Narvaez | MLW | 33 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 29 | 28.20 |
| 27 | Yan Gomes | WAS | 23 | 35 | 32 | 23 | NR | 28.25 |
| 28 | Jacob Stallings | PIT | 21 | 26 | 30 | 37 | NR | 28.50 |
| 29 | Tyler Stephenson | CIN | 34 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 29.00 |
| 30 | Joey Bart | SF | 48 | 37 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 30.00 |