Who are the top 10 catchers in Fantasy Baseball for 2019?
Let’s continue our fantasy baseball 2019 preview and go position by position. We are going to start by taking a look at catcher. Around baseball, no less fantasy baseball, offensive production behind the plate is hard to come by. Considering the amount of pitchers every staff has, plus the emphasis there is on framing and game calling behind the plate, there’s a lot of focus behind the dish rather than when they get up to bat.
Many teams are starting to use platoons behind the dish instead of having that one player who may catch 120 games. A perfect example is the Washington Nationals, who this year signed Kurt Suzuki and traded for Yan Gomes. Suzuki’s former team, the Atlanta Braves, brought back Brian McCann to pair with Tyler Flowers. Free agents Yasmani Grandal and Wilson Ramos changed teams in free agency.
You still have those elite names that you can get at the position. As Yadier Molina slows down, other names are starting to emerge.
Those kinds of things you have to keep in mind as you put together your fantasy baseball team. Is it better to spend big on a catcher and wait on that third outfielder. Would you rather have Gary Sanchez or another top bat at a deeper position? Those are some of the challenges and things you have to think about on draft day.
With that being said, as we break the players down, we’ll show the numbers they put up last season, as well as their steamer projections for 2019 to give you an idea of what numbers that player could put up in 2019.
Let’s begin at number 10 with a catcher who will get a chance to be starter for the first time in his young career after breaking into the majors last season.