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Wilin Rosario-Colorado Rockies
He is one of the better offensive catchers in the game today but unfortunately is not that durable with never having played more than 130 games in a season and is one of the worst fielding catchers in baseball with being one of the more error prone catchers and leading the league in passed balls.
10. Russell Martin-Toronto Blue Jays-One of the best fielding catchers in the game today who came in 2nd this year with throwing out over 35% of the runners who tried to steal on him. He is known as a high power low average hitter, but he turned that around this past season when he hit .290 with only 11 homeruns, and because of that he was handsomely rewarded by the Toronto Blue Jays this past offseason.
9. Matt Wieters-Orioles- Missed most of last season with Tommy John surgery, is one of the best fielding catchers in the game when healthy was 3rd in the league in fielding percentage in 2013. Another low average high power hitter who has hit 20 homeruns in each of his last 3 full seasons, but only above .250 in one of them.
8. Yan Gomes-Indians-Won the American League Silver Slugger Award for catchers this past season while hitting 21 homeruns and .278. Had the best range factor for catchers this past season but allowed the 4th most stolen bases with 66.
7. Evan Gattis-Braves-Hit over 20 homeruns in his 1st 2 seasons and finished 4th in Range Factor for Catcher. He also can play the outfield when necessary.
6. Brian McCann-Yankees-Is a 7 time all star and has hit 20 homeruns in 8 of the last 9 seasons. His batting average plummeted to .232 this season however. He is a solid fielding catcher and has lead the league in fielding percentage for a catcher in 2 of the past 3 seasons.
5. Devin Mesoraco-Reds-He finally got the chance to get a starting job this year due to Ryan Hanigan's departure, and he ended up getting his first all star appearance and leading the league in homeruns by a catcher even with going on the DL. He was even 4th in the league in at bats per homerun, and was 2nd in the league for fielding percentage by a catcher.
4. Jonathan Lucroy-Brewers-Jonathan Lucroy has always been a solid hitter but in 2014 he put it all together when he hit 13 homeruns and hit .301. He also lead the league and doubles and offensive wins above replacement(WAR). He was an all star for the 1st time in his career and he finished 4th in the NL MVP race. He was also 3rd in the league in fielding percentage.
3. Salvador Perez-Royals-Salvador Perez is emerging as one of the top catchers in the league. He hit 17 homeruns and hit 60 RBI's. He has also been an all-star the past 2 seasons and has won Gold Gloves as well. He was also one of the key players in the Royals postseason run when he hit the walkoff single which sent them into the Division Series. He is also becoming one of the more heralded catchers in handling a pitching staff.
2. Yadier Molina-Cardinals-Yadier Molina had a slightly down season by his standards but that was just because he was injured for a chunk of the season. He still was able to hit 7 homeruns and hit .280 and was able to continue his streak of all star games with 6 and Gold Gloves with 7. He is also the best catcher in the league and handling a pitching staff and one of the best fielding catchers in the league by far.
1. Buster Posey-Giants-Buster is easily the best catcher in the game having lead his team to WS titles in 3 of the past 5 years. After a down season last year he came back hitting 22 homeruns and hitting .311 which was 4th in the league. He also finished 4th in the MVP race and won his 2nd Silver Slugger Award. He also played a 1st base sometimes which may be a position he should be moved to soon to save his legs.
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