Fantasy Baseball Ranking: Catcher Level in the 2025 Draft

We are starting for the Shuffle UP series (my layered ranking version) for the new Fantasy Baseball Draft season. The dollar value you will see below is inherently unscientific, but reflects how I view the catcher’s talent pool. You like to use these layers.

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If you play the game in a single catcher this year, it could be a sweat-free, low-stress position. If your league needs more than one back-up, it's when things get a little complicated.

It's a fantasy position, and defensive skills are crucial for surveillance as it will increase or damage playing time than anywhere else.

Let's sort the options and set up a 2025 plan for you.

Contreras is the perfect answer for Catcher, a large number of players who can legally contribute in all five categories depending on how true the nine stolen bases were a year ago. He also entered his Gold (27-year-old season) and worked in a savage friendly park. He's happy to offer DH Contreras when the winemaker needs to rest from a strict defense, so he could be 600 bats again.

Rutzman was surprised in the last two months of decline, while his cuts significantly lowered his first two seasons. It's likely a piece of shit, and Baltimore's new dimension should help him when he's right-handed. The drop to .272 last year BABIP may explain part of Rutzman's disappointing season. I'm still happy to bet on the depth of the lineup here.

What Perez did in his 34-year-old season was too good to achieve - he hit the walk, cut the strikeout and scored the game in 158 games, although many of them were after Vinnie Pasquantino's injury DH mission. Age makes a few dollars from Perez's target salary, but for the most part he's been extremely durable throughout his career and the Kansas City lineup has taken a step forward. His running column isn't as strong as you'd expect, but Perez should return to another positive three-category season.

Raleigh is a great power source and a great defensive catcher, so his volume is safe and his fantasy floor is solid. The surprising six steals could appear or go - he has no interest in the area until 2024. Seattle was a bad attack, so it was no surprise that Raleigh hit his OPS 158 on the way. If Raleigh is one of your early draft picks, you have to manage the team’s average hit.

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If you are a believer in the contract player of the year, you can focus on Realmuto, who needs to showcase what is entering his 34-year-old season. His OPS+ has almost surpassed the league average over the past two seasons, while his slip rate has hit a new eight-year low. We also have to doubt whether his steals have disappeared forever - after three consecutive years of active running, Realmuto is only 4-2 on the base when he did play 99 games last year. I might let market behavior determine the real case-I might need a one-round discount before I have the courage to choose him.

Stephenson has good command of the strike zone, the problem is that his playing profile is closer to average. But with his career-best 19 home runs, Cincinnati is a great place to get hit, and the career year could be in the 28-year-old season. The Reds have also established a deep lineup that may become the top ten offense.

Alvarez has a lot of concerns with his pure offensive reputation and his defense. Surprise - His defense is actually passable, but his offense is not a pleasure. Despite his moderate improvement in plate discipline last year, he has a moderate hit stat and has hit 0.403. It's still just the 23-year-old season, so the story is far from written. But this is not someone I can contact with.

Bart's breakthrough season was only 80 games, but the 0.265/.337/.462 Slash caught our attention. Maybe it was a back room back sleeper situation that finally put things together, as Bart was rated for four years until it finally became a reality in the Grand Slam. If the Pirates lose their way, his Pirates have a high depth in Bart, but I believe the batsmen I saw in the second half of 2024.

Moreno's approach is different from most of his peers, and others usually work for the seats, and the average is poor, but Moreno's career average is .280, but no strength . His extra defense will put him on the field, and last year's .353 OBP provides him with a theoretical case. I'm curious if his 25-year-old season will pop up.

Bailey won the job with a great defense, but after a strong first half he went bankrupt after a break.170/.217/.216. San Francisco Park has a way of turning beaten fly balls into a routine (although Bailey’s average over the past year has indeed been much higher). Bailey may sneak into C2 relevance throughout his first season, but he can't be seen as a confirmation for taking on the job either.