It’s Fantasy Baseball draft season! While some of us degenerates were drafting back in October and November, now is the time when fantasy baseball drafts really kick into high gear. We here at FantraxHQ have been pumping out a ton of great content all offseason long and are diving head-first into our 2023 Fantrax Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. A big part of any draft kit are the rankings, and we’re starting our staff consensus rankings for 2023 with our Top 30 catcher rankings.
Below you’ll find the consensus rankings that seven of our MLB writers were involved in. The writers involved are Eric Cross, Matt Heckman, Lauren Auerbach, David Mendelson, Mike Carter, Taylor Tarter, Ryan Kirksey, and Dave Funnell Each writer provided anywhere from 35-50 catchers so we could create our consensus top 30.
The catcher landscape has been on the rise over the last few years, and 2023 will be no different with several young names set to make an impact.
Hopefully, these rankings will help assist you in all your fantasy drafts this season, and make sure to check out our 2023 Draft Kit for more great content leading up to opening day!
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Catcher Rankings for 2023
Meet the Analysts: EC = Eric Cross | MH = Matt Heckman | LA = Lauren Auerbach | DM = David Mendelson | MC = Mike Carter | TT = Taylor Tarter | RK = Ryan Kirksey | DF = Dave Funnell
| Rank | Player | EC | MH | LA | DM | MC | TT | RK | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.T. Realmuto | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Will Smith | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Daulton Varsho | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Adley Rutschman | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Alejandro Kirk | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Willson Contreras | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| 8 | Sean Murphy | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| 9 | MJ Melendez | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | William Contreras | 7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | Danny Jansen | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 14 |
| 12 | Tyler Stephenson | 11 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Cal Raleigh | 13 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 15 |
| 14 | Gabriel Moreno | 17 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 | Keibert Ruiz | 21 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 13 |
| 16 | Travis d'Arnaud | 16 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| 17 | Jonah Heim | 18 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 18 |
| 18 | Logan O'Hoppe | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 16 |
| 19 | Christian Vazquez | 19 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 34 | 18 | 17 |
| 20 | Yasmani Grandal | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Eric Haase | 26 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 19 |
| 22 | Bo Naylor | 28 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 24 |
| 23 | Jose Trevino | 24 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 34 |
| 24 | Nick Fortes | 27 | 34 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 23 | NR |
| 25 | Elias Diaz | 31 | 28 | 29 | 25 | NR | 27 | NR | 21 |
| 26 | Francisco Alvarez | 14 | 24 | 22 | 34 | 29 | 42 | 27 | 27 |
| 27 | Joey Bart | 29 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 33 |
| 28 | Austin Nola | 35 | 26 | 35 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 29 |
| 29 | Christian Bethancourt | 32 | 36 | 28 | 28 | NR | 24 | 29 | 30 |
| 30 | Endy Rodriguez | 36 | 22 | 27 | 30 | NR | 36 | 34 | NR |
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