Catcher isn't the sexiest position in fantasy baseball, but it's where we'll start our position preview series for 2023. And hey, catchers are important. Without them, we're looking at a passed ball on every pitch.
will see the obvious parallel between tight ends and catchers. The standard Yahoo fantasy format requires just one fill of each, which means you have the choice of going with a vanity pick, a second-tier option with first-tier upside or bargain options. As with tight ends, we accept that catchers play an attrition position, the most physically demanding defensive assignment in baseball.
I’m probably going to shop in the second collection of the catcher pool — a second-tier player who could jump a level — but as always, it comes down to league personality and dynamics. And any draft plan I ever construct is written in pencil. We want to be flexible on draft day and adjust to new opportunities that present themselves., the obvious No. 1 catcher on most boards. He's coming off a career season, posting his best OPS+ and stealing an absurd 21 bases on 22 attempts.
I should mention that Realmuto’s ADP is far more affordable in early Yahoo drafts . That’s an easier check to write.Daulton Varsho was primarily an outfielder for Arizona last year, and the Blue Jays acquired him and handed him the left-field job. A catcher-eligible player without the burdens of catching much — it’s a glorious thing. Varsho enters his age-26 season — a plausible time for a career year — and his Yahoo ADP is three rounds cheaper than his NFBC tag.
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