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2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Archives: Catchers


Justin K. Moreau
Turn back the clock just a little bit. About a year, to be exact. This is our archived page of the top-ranked Catchers in fantasy baseball in 2015. Believe it or not, you can use the stats below to help solidify your draft picks in 2016, or you can use them to convince yourself not to draft "that guy after all. You can't be too careful, and you don't want history to repeat itself... unless you ended up with the steal of the draft at the Catcher position last year. There were a lot of surprises at Catcher in 2015 as you'll see, below.
RankPlayerRHRRBIAVG
1Posey, B7222890.311
2Lucroy, J7313690.301
3Gomes, Y6121740.278
4Mesoraco, D5425800.273
5Martin, R4511670.290
6Perez, S5717700.260
7Navarro, D4012690.274
8Gattis, E4122520.263
9McCann, B5723750.232
10Rosario, W4613540.267
11Norris, D4610550.270
12Montero, M4013720.243
13Suzuki, K373610.288
14Ramos, W3211470.267
15Molina, Y407380.282
16Jaso, J429400.264
17Flowers, T4215500.241
18d'Arnaud, T4813410.242
19Zunino, M5122600.199
20Grandal, Y4715490.225
21Vogt, S269350.279
22Castro, J4314560.222
23McKenry, M238220.315
24Iannetta, C417430.252
25Rivera, R2711440.252
Buster Posey: 5th ranked fantasy catcher
Buster Posey proved to be the top fantasy catcher in 2014 and there's no reason to think he won't do it again in 2015.
You know how we do things here at Fantasy Baseball Brass and that we take things a step further with our fantasy baseball rankings. We don't just give you stats and walk away - we give you insight into the stats that actually make a difference to your team's success. For instance, when we ranked the top fantasy Catchers for the 2015 season, we pretty much ignored the stolen bases category.

We're here to help you on draft day, and the best way to do that is to give you insight into the categories that are going to help you win. We're not saying that stolen bases don't matter, but let's face it: you're not going to look at a Catcher's stolen bases on draft day, so neither did we. Stolen bases from a catcher are gravy - blind, stupid luck, even. When you think about it, there are 26 weeks in the season. Jonathan Lucroy, Russell Martin and Carlos Ruiz led all catchers with 4 stolen bases apiece in 2014. That's 1 every 6 weeks or so - not significant enough to help your team with any possibility of prediction. Therefore, we present to you for starters) the top 25 fantasy Catchers based on their 4x4 fantasy stats, stolen bases excluded. Of course, look around the page for more stats that matter, too.


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Top 10 Catchers:
Runs Scored

RankPlayerR
1Lucroy, J73
2Posey, B72
3Gomes, Y61
4McCann, B57
4Perez, S57
6Mesoraco, D54
7Zunino, M51
8d'Arnaud, T48
9Grandal, Y47
10Rosario, W46
10Norris, D46

Top 10 Catchers:
Home Runs

RankPlayerHR
1Mesoraco, D25
2McCann, B23
3Posey, B22
3Gattis, E22
3Zunino, M22
6Gomes, Y21
7Perez, S17
8Flowers, T15
8Grandal, Y15
10Castro, J14

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Top 10 Catchers:
Runs Batted In (RBI)

RankPlayerRBI
1Posey, B89
2Mesoraco, D80
3McCann, B75
4Gomes, Y74
5Montero, M72
6Perez, S70
7Lucroy, J69
7Navarro, D69
9Martin, R67
10Suzuki, K61

Top 10 Catchers: Batting Average

RankPlayerAVG
1Posey, B0.311
2Lucroy, J0.301
3Martin, R0.290
4Suzuki, K0.288
5Molina, Y0.282
6Gomes, Y0.278
7Navarro, D0.274
8Mesoraco, D0.273
9Norris, D0.270
10Rosario, W0.267
10Ramos, W0.267

More Fantasy Catcher Stats That Matter on Draft Day

Below are some more stats that can help you predict a player's fantasy value. While these aren't standard 5x5 fantasy stat categories, they can be extremely helpful in predicting what a player might do in 2015. For instance, Russell Martin finished third among all fantasy catchers with a .290 batting average, yet he only finished 13th among catchers with 166 total bases. While total bases isn't a standard fantasy stat, his lack of total bases tells you that he slaps a lot of singles around and he isn't in scoring position as much as you might like, so he's not likely to score a lot of runs. It also tells you that his RBI total of 67 last season was probably an anomaly.

In 2014, 20 total batters had between 65-70 RBI. Among those 20 players, the average Total Bases for them was 217. Russell Martin was the worst among those 20 batters with just 163. This tells us that, in the real game of baseball, he's pretty clutch. In fantasy terms, he's not likely to have as many RBI this season. However... let's say that Russell Martin went to a team that was suddenly stacked on offense - even more than the Pittsburgh Pirates were last season. Might his RBI remain? Might his Total Bases skyrocket in a more hitter-friendly park and an even more ridiculous lineup around him? Might he score more runs simply playing station-to-station baseball with a plethora of power hitters around him? He might... he just might.

Check out the stats below and use them as fantasy stat indicators that the other guys in your draft won't know about.

Games Played and At Bats

RankPlayerGAB
1Lucroy, J153585
2Perez, S150578
3Posey, B147547
4McCann, B140495
5Navarro, D139481
6Montero, M136489
7Gomes, Y135485
8Suzuki, K131452
8Zunino, M131438
10Grandal, Y128377

RankPlayerGAB
11Norris, D127385
11Flowers, T127407
13Castro, J126465
14Avila, A124390
15Pena, B115348
16Mesoraco, D114384
16Saltalamacchia, J114373
18Martin, R111379
19Ruiz, C110381
20Molina, Y110404
20Castillo, W110380

Total Bases

RankPlayerTB
1Lucroy, J272
2Posey, B268
3Perez, S233
4Gomes, Y229
5Mesoraco, D205
6McCann, B201
7Navarro, D190
8Gattis, E182
9Montero, M181
10Zunino, M177
11Suzuki, K173
12Castro, J170
13Rosario, W166
14Martin, R163
15Flowers, T161
16d'Arnaud, T160
17Molina, Y156
18Norris, D155
19Grandal, Y151
20Castillo, W148

OPS (On-Base + Slugging)

RankPlayerOPS
1Mesoraco, D0.893
2Posey, B0.854
3Lucroy, J0.837
4Martin, R0.832
5Gattis, E0.810
6Gomes, Y0.785
7Jaso, J0.767
8Iannetta, C0.765
9Norris, D0.763
10Rosario, W0.739
11Grandal, Y0.728
12Suzuki, K0.727
13Molina, Y0.719
14d'Arnaud, T0.718
15Ruiz, C0.717
16Navarro, D0.712
17Chirinos, R0.705
18Montero, M0.699
19Ramos, W0.698
20Flowers, T0.693

Total Hits

RankPlayerH
1Lucroy, J176
2Posey, B170
3Perez, S150
4Gomes, Y135
5Navarro, D132
6Suzuki, K130
7Montero, M119
8McCann, B115
9Molina, Y114
10Martin, R110
11Mesoraco, D105
12Norris, D104
13Castro, J103
14Rosario, W102
15Flowers, T98
16Gattis, E97
17Ruiz, C96
18d'Arnaud, T93
19Ramos, W91
20Castillo, W90

Walks to Strikeouts Ratio

RankPlayerBBSOBB:SO
1Lucroy, J66710.930
2Ruiz, C46600.767
3Martin, R59780.756
4Suzuki, K34460.739
5Posey, B47690.681
6Norris, D54860.628
7Iannetta, C54910.593
8Montero, M56970.577
9Molina, Y28550.509
10Grandal, Y581150.504
11d'Arnaud, T32640.500
12Pena, B20420.476
13Jaso, J28600.467
14Navarro, D32760.421
15McCann, B32770.416
16Avila, A611510.404
17Mesoraco, D411030.398
18Saltalamacchia, J551430.385
19Rosario, W23700.329
20Ramos, W17570.298
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