Categories: 2015

Catchers are Like Adam Sandler Movies

In Fantasy Baseball, catchers are like Adam Sandler movies: “Happy Gilmore,” “Billy Madison” and “The Wedding Singer” are some of the most quoted movies of our generation.

Yet, it’s hard to believe “Little Nicky,” “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” and “Jack and Jill” came from the same mind? And then there are a whole bunch of movies in between that are fair-to-middlin’, depending on who you ask, like “The Waterboy,” “Grown Ups,” and “Big Daddy.”

In that same vein, Fantasy Catchers have some great ones, led by the two unquestioned leaders at the position entering 2015, in San Francisco’s Buster Posey and Milwaukee’s Jonathan LuCroy.

2015 Fantasy Catcher Rankings

These catcher rankings are for standard Rotisserie formats for 12-team leagues that reward home runs, RBI, runs scored, stolen bases and batting average.

Rk	Player	Notes
1	Buster Posey, SF	Coming off his 2nd-best season ever
2	Jonathan Lucroy, MIL	Led Cs in AB, R, H, doubles in ’14
3	Salvador Perez, KC	Stayed healthy again 2 yrs in a row
4	Yadier Molina, STL	Struggled in ’14 with injuries
5	Yan Gomes, CLE	Next in Tribe line of great Cs
6	Devin Mesoraco, CIN	New top slugger among Cs?
7	Wilin Rosario, COL	Better BA, worse power in 2nd half
8	Evan Gattis, ATL	Could lead position in HRs
9	Brian McCann, NYY	7 consec. years with 20 HRs
10	Travis d’Arnaud, NYM	Big 2nd-half has us smiling for ’15
11	Matt Wieters, BAL	Had Tommy John surgery in June
12	Miguel Montero, ARI	Inconsistent ’14 should scare many
13	Wilson Ramos, WAS	Averaging 84 gms played since ’12
14	Russell Martin, FA	Expected to re-sign with Bucs.
15	Derek Norris, OAK	Solid hitter available late, just 26 yo
16	Dioner Navarro, TOR	Back-to-back “pretty good” seasons
17	Mike Zunino, SEA	Hi K-rate (33%) but low BABIP (.248)
18	Yasmani Grandal, SD	Good power, walk rate, bad park
19	Jason Castro, HOU	450 ABs w/. 221 BA really hurts
20	Tyler Flowers, CHW	Led Cs in strikeouts (159)
21	A.J. Ellis, LAD	Big decline since breakout ’12
22	Alex Avila, DET	With another team in 2015?
23	Josmil Pinto, MIN	Promising hitter, stuck as a backup
24	Carlos Ruiz, PHI	More like a guy you just end up with
25	J. Saltalamacchia, MIA	Hitting in a tough park for hitters
26	Chris Iannetta, LAA	.329 BABIP up 45 pts from ’13
27	Welington Castillo, CHC	Improved on breakout ’13, still bad BA
28	Christian Vazquez, BOS	Not much power from the soph
29	C. Bethancourt, ATL	48 RBI in 343 Triple-A at-bats in ’13
30	John Jaso, OAK	Concussion ended ’13 early

I plan to update these 2015 Fantasy catcher rankings throughout the offseason, so please check back – and feel free to drop a comment below about who you think should be ranked higher or lower!

David Gonos

David Gonos spent 5 years as a CBSSports.com Senior Fantasy Writer and three more years writing with SI.com. Over the past 17 years, his work has been published on NFL.com, MLB.com, FanDuel, FoxSports.com and USA Today. Since 2001, he has been tracking down the Top 50-plus Free Fantasy Football Draft Tools online. You can contact David Gonos here.