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Updated Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings - 2023 Roto League Drafts: Adley Rutschman, MJ Melendez, Jonah Heim

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Updated 2023 fantasy baseball catcher rankings for roto 5x5 mixed leagues as of March 14, 2023. Use our catcher rankings, tiers and analysis to win your fantasy baseball drafts.

Draft season is upon us, and we'll be releasing updated rankings constantly! In this article below, you'll find our MLB team's updated fantasy baseball catcher rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues as of March 14. This is an exciting time of year for MLB and fantasy baseball fans, as the MLB season is getting closer, and a full year of fantasy baseball lies ahead. We're here to ensure you crush your drafts, win your leagues, and earn those bragging rights.

There are a handful of studs at catcher, but not everyone will have that luxury on draft day. Like tight ends in fantasy football, catchers can be a tough position to find a high number of quality options, especially in formats requiring managers to start two. We're here to help with our 2023 fantasy baseball catcher rankings. Let's see where key catchers like Adley Rutschman, MJ Melendez, Sean Murphy, Keibert Ruiz, Jonah Heim, and Mitch Garver rank, among others.

Our fantasy baseball catcher rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Ariel Cohen, Jon Anderson, JB Branson, Connelly Doan, and Ben Rosener. You can also find our other draft rankings for all league formats, continually updated throughout the preseason, in our main fantasy baseball Rankings Wizard tool. Also, make use of all our premium resources with our MLB Draft Kit. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must-have – download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top MLB news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources:

 

Fantasy Baseball Catcher News and Injuries

  • Nationals To Sign Keibert Ruiz To Eight-Year Extension
  • Guardians Option Bo Naylor To Triple-A
  • Henry Davis Assigned To Minor League Camp Tuesday
  • Sam Huff Returns On Monday
  • Israel Pineda Suffers Displacement In Right Pinky

 

Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings- 5x5 Mixed Roto Leagues

The staff rankings are for roto leagues and standard 5x5 categories. They are always updated on our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Nick Mariano was named the #1 overall most accurate industry expert ranker for the 2018 season, and Ariel Cohen was #1 overall for the 2019 season.

Last updated on Tuesday 3/14 at 8:00 am ET:

 C Tier C Ranking Player Name Pos Overall
1 1 J.T. Realmuto C 39
2 2 Daulton Varsho C/OF 56
2 3 Will Smith C 67
2 4 Salvador Perez C 73
3 5 Adley Rutschman C 87
3 6 Willson Contreras C 99
3 7 Alejandro Kirk C 112
4 8 MJ Melendez C/OF 123
4 9 Sean Murphy C 134
4 10 William Contreras C 137
4 11 Tyler Stephenson C 145
5 12 Cal Raleigh C 194
5 13 Danny Jansen C 209
5 14 Travis d'Arnaud C 223
5 15 Keibert Ruiz C 241
5 16 Jonah Heim C 275
6 17 Logan O'Hoppe C/DH 303
6 18 Gabriel Moreno C 304
6 19 Christian Vazquez C/1B 309
6 20 Eric Haase C/OF 310
6 21 Yasmani Grandal C 312
6 22 Elias Diaz C 347
6 23 Shea Langeliers C 354
6 24 Joey Bart C 366
6 25 Nick Fortes C 401
6 26 Jose Trevino C 403
6 27 Mitch Garver C 441
7 28 Austin Nola C 468
7 29 Carson Kelly C 488
7 30 Ryan Jeffers C 505
7 31 Mike Zunino C 517
7 32 Francisco Mejia C 530
7 33 Yan Gomes C 535
7 34 Gary Sanchez C 544
7 35 Reese McGuire C 557
7 36 Luis Campusano C 592
7 37 Omar Narvaez C 601
7 38 Endy Rodriguez C 608
7 39 Martin Maldonado C 619
8 40 Max Stassi C 629
8 41 James McCann C 642
8 42 Jacob Stallings C 655
8 43 Kyle Higashioka C 689
8 44 Jorge Alfaro C 690
8 45 Victor Caratini C 725

 



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