Up this week are the June rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300 for 5x5 leagues.
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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C
Catcher Rankings
June | Catchers | Team | 2022 | May |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Will Smith | Dodgers | 2 | 1 |
2 | Daulton Varsho | Diamondbacks | 4 | 4 |
3 | J.T. Realmuto | Phillies | 3 | 3 |
4 | Salvador Perez | Royals | 1 | 2 |
5 | Alejandro Kirk | Blue Jays | 5 | 5 |
6 | Willson Contreras | Cubs | 6 | 6 |
7 | Mitch Garver | Rangers | 7 | 7 |
8 | Tyler Stephenson | Reds | 9 | 9 |
9 | Yasmani Grandal | White Sox | 8 | 8 |
10 | Danny Jansen | Blue Jays | 22 | 18 |
11 | Adley Rutschman | Orioles | 15 | 14 |
12 | Christian Vazquez | Red Sox | 11 | 16 |
13 | Sean Murphy | Athletics | 13 | 10 |
14 | Travis d’Arnaud | Braves | 14 | 12 |
15 | MJ Melendez | Royals | 30 | 30 |
16 | Keibert Ruiz | Nationals | 17 | 19 |
17 | Gary Sanchez | Twins | 10 | 13 |
18 | Elias Diaz | Rockies | 12 | 11 |
19 | Jonah Heim | Rangers | 40 | 26 |
20 | William Contreras | Braves | 48 | 42 |
21 | Austin Nola | Padres | 16 | 15 |
22 | Joey Bart | Giants | 26 | 17 |
23 | Omar Narvaez | Brewers | 24 | 25 |
24 | Mike Zunino | Rays | 19 | 24 |
25 | Ryan Jeffers | Twins | 31 | 28 |
26 | Kyle Higashioka | Yankees | 25 | 27 |
27 | Max Stassi | Angels | 36 | 29 |
28 | Francisco Mejia | Rays | 28 | 23 |
29 | Sam Huff | Rangers | 33 | 37 |
30 | Christian Bethancourt | Athletics | NR | NR |
31 | Carson Kelly | Diamondbacks | 18 | 21 |
32 | Tom Murphy | Mariners | 52 | 20 |
33 | Yadier Molina | Cardinals | 29 | 32 |
34 | Eric Haase | Tigers | 21 | 22 |
35 | Cal Raleigh | Mariners | 27 | 40 |
36 | James McCann | Mets | 35 | 35 |
37 | Curt Casali | Giants | 62 | NR |
38 | Yan Gomes | Cubs | 20 | 31 |
39 | Luis Campusano | Padres | 39 | 39 |
40 | Andrew Knizner | Cardinals | 37 | 34 |
41 | Jacob Stallings | Marlins | 42 | 41 |
42 | Jorge Alfaro | Padres | 23 | 33 |
43 | Luis Torrens | Mariners | 34 | 36 |
44 | Shea Langeliers | Athletics | 60 | 44 |
45 | Tyler Heineman | Pirates | NR | NR |
46 | Riley Adams | Nationals | 45 | 46 |
47 | Zack Collins | Blue Jays | 46 | 38 |
48 | Kevin Plawecki | Red Sox | 41 | 43 |
49 | Victor Caratini | Brewers | 44 | 45 |
50 | Connor Wong | Red Sox | 38 | 47 |
Dropping off: Austin Allen (48th), Dom Nunez (49th), Brett Sullivan (50th)
- With a .306/.366/.468 line, four homers and 24 RBI in 34 games, Tyler Stephenson has been a top-three catcher to date. Statcast, though, thinks he’s overachieved, giving him an expected average of .251 and a .397 slugging percentage based on his middling exit velocity numbers. Maybe it’s a trend for Stephenson, as he also outperformed his expected stats last year. Playing in Cincinnati certainly helps, though while Stephenson’s career OPS is 150 points higher at home (.895 to .745), his homer totals are even. The guess here is that Stephenson will be more solid than spectacular the rest of the way, though that still puts him comfortably in the top 10 at his position.
- While he’s not going to budge Salvador Perez, MJ Melendez is showing enough to make me think he’ll remain in the Royals’ plans for the rest of the season. He’s not striking out all that much (19 in 85 PA), and his 50% hard-hit rate is excellent. At this point, he should be hitting ahead of Perez in the Royals’ lineup.
- William Contreras is a bit tougher of a call, in part because he plays for a better team that might not be very forgiving when he goes into his first slump. Contreras has torn the cover off the ball, homering seven times in 16 starts, even though more than half of his balls in play have been grounders. It’s gotten him regular playing time of late, but the Braves don’t seem all that comfortable using him in the outfield and they probably won’t DH him with much frequency if he cools off. I’m placing him 20th in the rankings.