The catcher position is my least favorite to handle and honestly, I usually end up just looking to accumulate some pop rather than invest much draft value there. The volatility and injury risk is just too high to sink a top-100 pick into the position, though we’ll have to see how the NL DH may impact some of the playing time for the better options in that league.
ADP Targets
Mitch Garver (195) is probably plan A, B and C.
ADP Fades
The top tier — Sal Perez (30), JT Realmuto(58), Will Smith (61) — they are all awesome, but not gonna end up on my squads.
2022 Catcher Rankings
| Rank | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | ||
| 1 | Salvador Perez | KC |
| 2 | J.T. Realmuto | PHI |
| 3 | Will Smith | LAD |
| Tier 2 | ||
| 4 | Tyler Stephenson | CIN |
| 5 | Yasmani Grandal | CWS |
| 6 | Willson Contreras | CHC |
| Tier 3 | ||
| 7 | Daulton Varsho | ARI |
| 8 | Travis d'Arnaud | ATL |
| 9 | Sean Murphy | OAK |
| 10 | Keibert Ruiz | WSH |
| 11 | Christian Vazquez | BOS |
| 12 | Omar Narvaez | MIL |
| 13 | Mitch Garver | TEX |
| 14 | Alejandro Kirk | TOR |
| 15 | Carson Kelly | ARI |
| 16 | Gary Sanchez | MIN |
| 17 | Adley Rutschman | BAL |
| 18 | Mike Zunino | TB |
| 19 | Yadier Molina | STL |
| 20 | Max Stassi | LAA |
| 21 | Elias Diaz | COL |
| 22 | James McCann | NYM |
| 23 | Joey Bart | SF |
| 24 | Tucker Barnhart | DET |
| 25 | Danny Jansen | TOR |
| 26 | Austin Nola | SD |
| Tier 4 | ||
| 27 | Jacob Stallings | MIA |
| 28 | Yan Gomes | CHC |
| 29 | Jonah Heim | TEX |
| 30 | Jorge Alfaro | SD |
| 31 | Francisco Mejia | TB |
| 32 | Kyle Higashioka | NYY |
| 33 | Eric Haase | DET |
| 34 | Ryan Jeffers | MIN |
| 35 | Luis Torrens | SEA |
| 36 | Roberto Perez | PIT |
| 37 | Victor Caratini | SD |
| 38 | Cal Raleigh | SEA |
| 39 | William Contreras | ATL |
| 40 | Pedro Severino | MIL |
| 41 | Zack Collins | CWS |
| 42 | Tom Murphy | SEA |
| 43 | Jose Trevino | TEX |
| 44 | Tomas Nido | NYM |
| 45 | Austin Barnes | LAD |
| 46 | Martin Maldonado | HOU |
| 47 | Kurt Suzuki | LAA |
| 48 | MJ Melendez | KC |
| 49 | Jason Castro | HOU |
| 50 | Manny Pina | ATL |