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Catchers are always a tricky draft selection, and one name that will come up a lot in this year’s draft preparation is Stephen Vogt. From the 2014 season to the 2015 season, nearly all of Vogt’s counting stats doubled. His RBI total increased from 35 to 71, his runs scored total went from 26 to 58, and his home run total jumped up to 18 from 9. In these two seasons, Vogt was able to do all of this with a drop from in batting average (.279 to .261) and an increased K% (13.6% to 19.0%). This is likely compounded by the number of games he played due to the departure of Derek Norris and John Jaso (136 in 2015 compared to just 84 in 2014) but regardless, the growth is hard to ignore.
Coming into the 2016, it is difficult to place Stephen Vogt. A good catcher is hard to come by, and after Buster Posey, Salvador Perez, and Kyle Schwarber are gone the field is quite open. View Vogt as a sure-fire top ten option with the potential to sneak into the top five.
