August Catcher Rankings

Welcome to the post-trade deadline edition of the rankings. As always, players are ranked for the rest of the season based on how I see them performing for the rest of the season.

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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C

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Catcher Rankings

Aug	Catchers	Team	2023	July
1	Will Smith	Dodgers	2	1
2	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	3	3
3	Adley Rutschman	Orioles	7	4
4	Daulton Varsho	Blue Jays	1	2
5	Salvador Perez	Royals	5	5
6	Sean Murphy	Braves	12	6
7	William Contreras	Brewers	9	7
8	Willson Contreras	Cardinals	11	10
9	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	10	9
10	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	27	14
11	MJ Melendez	Royals	6	12
12	Mitch Garver	Rangers	7 DH	15
13	Bo Naylor	Guardians	37	18
14	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	13	16
15	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	4	11
16	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	8	13
17	Henry Davis	Pirates	NR	20
18	Elias Diaz	Rockies	31	17
19	Endy Rodriguez	Pirates	25	40
20	Danny Jansen	Blue Jays	14	21
21	Yainer Diaz	Astros	13 DH	19
22	Connor Wong	Red Sox	26	26
23	Yan Gomes	Cubs	36	28
24	Gary Sanchez	Padres	35	29
25	Jonah Heim	Rangers	18	8
26	Christian Bethancourt	Rays	17	23
27	Blake Sabol	Giants	24	24
28	Travis d’Arnaud	Braves	21	27
29	Kyle Higashioka	Yankees	39	45
30	Freddy Fermin	Royals	NR	43
31	Patrick Bailey	Giants	NR	30
32	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	9 DH	25
33	Luis Campusano	Padres	28	47
34	Yasmani Grandal	White Sox	22	31
35	Jake Rogers	Tigers	41	35
36	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	34	41
37	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	16	22
38	Sam Huff	Rangers	45	49
39	Matt Thaiss	Angels	46	38
40	Tyler Soderstrom	Athletics	n/a	n/a
41	Christian Vazquez	Twins	23	34
42	David Fry	Guardians	n/a	NR
43	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	NR	44
44	Nick Fortes	Marlins	19	33
45	Eric Haase	Tigers	29	37
46	Reese McGuire	Red Sox	40	48
47	Victor Caratini	Brewers	44	46
48	Jorge Alfaro	Red Sox	32	32
49	Tom Murphy	Mariners	47	NR
50	Francisco Mejia	Rays	43	39

Dropping off: Jose Trevino (36th), Carlos Pérez (42nd), Omar Narváez (50th)

• The only catcher movement at the trade deadline saw the forever unranked Austin Hedges go from Pittsburgh to Texas as a partial replacement for the ailing Jonah Heim . It made complete sense for both sides, as the Pirates want to start giving Henry Davis some time behind the plate in addition to his outfield duties.
• The other effect of the trade deadline is that both Gary Sánchez and Luis Campusano are a little lower than they would have been if the Padres hadn’t brought in Ji-Man Choi and Garrett Cooper to help out at DH and first base. The Padres often included both catchers in the lineup recently, but that’ll certainly happen less now.
• It’s possible Heim will make it back from his wrist injury, but Mitch Garver is my No. 11 catcher for the short term (No. 12 for the rest of the season). It’s a nice bonus that Garver is still seeing some time at DH while not catching, though that’ll probably happen less frequently now that Corey Seager has come off the injured list.