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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.

Rank	Player	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1	Posey, B	72	22	89	0.311
2	Lucroy, J	73	13	69	0.301
3	Gomes, Y	61	21	74	0.278
4	Mesoraco, D	54	25	80	0.273
5	Martin, R	45	11	67	0.290
6	Perez, S	57	17	70	0.260
7	Navarro, D	40	12	69	0.274
8	Gattis, E	41	22	52	0.263
9	McCann, B	57	23	75	0.232
10	Rosario, W	46	13	54	0.267
11	Norris, D	46	10	55	0.270
12	Montero, M	40	13	72	0.243
13	Suzuki, K	37	3	61	0.288
14	Ramos, W	32	11	47	0.267
15	Molina, Y	40	7	38	0.282
16	Jaso, J	42	9	40	0.264
17	Flowers, T	42	15	50	0.241
18	d'Arnaud, T	48	13	41	0.242
19	Zunino, M	51	22	60	0.199
20	Grandal, Y	47	15	49	0.225
21	Vogt, S	26	9	35	0.279
22	Castro, J	43	14	56	0.222
23	McKenry, M	23	8	22	0.315
24	Iannetta, C	41	7	43	0.252
25	Rivera, R	27	11	44	0.252

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

Rank	Player	R
1	Lucroy, J	73
2	Posey, B	72
3	Gomes, Y	61
4	McCann, B	57
4	Perez, S	57
6	Mesoraco, D	54
7	Zunino, M	51
8	d'Arnaud, T	48
9	Grandal, Y	47
10	Rosario, W	46
10	Norris, D	46

Top 10 Catchers:
Home Runs

Rank	Player	HR
1	Mesoraco, D	25
2	McCann, B	23
3	Posey, B	22
3	Gattis, E	22
3	Zunino, M	22
6	Gomes, Y	21
7	Perez, S	17
8	Flowers, T	15
8	Grandal, Y	15
10	Castro, J	14

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Top 10 Catchers:
Runs Batted In (RBI)

Rank	Player	RBI
1	Posey, B	89
2	Mesoraco, D	80
3	McCann, B	75
4	Gomes, Y	74
5	Montero, M	72
6	Perez, S	70
7	Lucroy, J	69
7	Navarro, D	69
9	Martin, R	67
10	Suzuki, K	61

Top 10 Catchers: Batting Average

Rank	Player	AVG
1	Posey, B	0.311
2	Lucroy, J	0.301
3	Martin, R	0.290
4	Suzuki, K	0.288
5	Molina, Y	0.282
6	Gomes, Y	0.278
7	Navarro, D	0.274
8	Mesoraco, D	0.273
9	Norris, D	0.270
10	Rosario, W	0.267
10	Ramos, W	0.267

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

Rank	Player	G	AB
1	Lucroy, J	153	585
2	Perez, S	150	578
3	Posey, B	147	547
4	McCann, B	140	495
5	Navarro, D	139	481
6	Montero, M	136	489
7	Gomes, Y	135	485
8	Suzuki, K	131	452
8	Zunino, M	131	438
10	Grandal, Y	128	377

Rank	Player	G	AB
11	Norris, D	127	385
11	Flowers, T	127	407
13	Castro, J	126	465
14	Avila, A	124	390
15	Pena, B	115	348
16	Mesoraco, D	114	384
16	Saltalamacchia, J	114	373
18	Martin, R	111	379
19	Ruiz, C	110	381
20	Molina, Y	110	404
20	Castillo, W	110	380

Total Bases

Rank	Player	TB
1	Lucroy, J	272
2	Posey, B	268
3	Perez, S	233
4	Gomes, Y	229
5	Mesoraco, D	205
6	McCann, B	201
7	Navarro, D	190
8	Gattis, E	182
9	Montero, M	181
10	Zunino, M	177
11	Suzuki, K	173
12	Castro, J	170
13	Rosario, W	166
14	Martin, R	163
15	Flowers, T	161
16	d'Arnaud, T	160
17	Molina, Y	156
18	Norris, D	155
19	Grandal, Y	151
20	Castillo, W	148

OPS (On-Base + Slugging)

Rank	Player	OPS
1	Mesoraco, D	0.893
2	Posey, B	0.854
3	Lucroy, J	0.837
4	Martin, R	0.832
5	Gattis, E	0.810
6	Gomes, Y	0.785
7	Jaso, J	0.767
8	Iannetta, C	0.765
9	Norris, D	0.763
10	Rosario, W	0.739
11	Grandal, Y	0.728
12	Suzuki, K	0.727
13	Molina, Y	0.719
14	d'Arnaud, T	0.718
15	Ruiz, C	0.717
16	Navarro, D	0.712
17	Chirinos, R	0.705
18	Montero, M	0.699
19	Ramos, W	0.698
20	Flowers, T	0.693

Total Hits

Rank	Player	H
1	Lucroy, J	176
2	Posey, B	170
3	Perez, S	150
4	Gomes, Y	135
5	Navarro, D	132
6	Suzuki, K	130
7	Montero, M	119
8	McCann, B	115
9	Molina, Y	114
10	Martin, R	110
11	Mesoraco, D	105
12	Norris, D	104
13	Castro, J	103
14	Rosario, W	102
15	Flowers, T	98
16	Gattis, E	97
17	Ruiz, C	96
18	d'Arnaud, T	93
19	Ramos, W	91
20	Castillo, W	90

Walks to Strikeouts Ratio

Rank	Player	BB	SO	BB:SO
1	Lucroy, J	66	71	0.930
2	Ruiz, C	46	60	0.767
3	Martin, R	59	78	0.756
4	Suzuki, K	34	46	0.739
5	Posey, B	47	69	0.681
6	Norris, D	54	86	0.628
7	Iannetta, C	54	91	0.593
8	Montero, M	56	97	0.577
9	Molina, Y	28	55	0.509
10	Grandal, Y	58	115	0.504
11	d'Arnaud, T	32	64	0.500
12	Pena, B	20	42	0.476
13	Jaso, J	28	60	0.467
14	Navarro, D	32	76	0.421
15	McCann, B	32	77	0.416
16	Avila, A	61	151	0.404
17	Mesoraco, D	41	103	0.398
18	Saltalamacchia, J	55	143	0.385
19	Rosario, W	23	70	0.329
20	Ramos, W	17	57	0.298