End of Season Rankings: Catcher

The 2012 fantasy baseball season has come to a close, so it is time to look back at the season past and determine which players were the most valuable at each position. This week focuses on catchers.

The players were ranked based on their 2012 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. To keep things manageable and avoid skewing the numbers, players were only considered if they amassed 350 plate appearances over the course of the year. The replacement level was also adjusted to account for players eligible at multiple positions. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and traditional 5×5 roto fantasy leagues.

One important thing to note is the premium (or lack thereof) placed on the position a player occupies in your lineup. For example, while a first baseman may be able to accumulate superior overall numbers, the availability of such production lower in the rankings severely dampers the amount the player was worth.

These rankings are meant to reflect a player’s value should he have occupied this spot in your lineup for the entire year. So, a player who missed time due to injury but put up great numbers during his time on the field would be worth less.

With all this in mind, here are your rankings.

Rnk	Name	Pos	AB	HR	R	RBI	SB	BA	$$$
1	Buster Posey	C	530	24	78	103	1	0.336	23
2	Yadier Molina	C	505	22	65	76	12	0.315	18
3	Joe Mauer	C	545	10	81	85	8	0.319	17
4	A.J. Pierzynski	C	479	27	68	77	0	0.278	13
5	Wilin Rosario	C	396	28	67	71	4	0.270	12
6	Carlos Ruiz	C	372	16	56	68	4	0.325	12
7	Miguel Montero	C	486	15	65	88	0	0.286	11
8	Matt Wieters	C	526	23	67	83	3	0.249	10
9	Carlos Santana	C	507	18	72	76	3	0.252	8
10	Ryan Doumit	C	484	18	56	75	0	0.275	7
11	Jordan Pacheco	C	475	5	51	54	7	0.309	5
12	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	405	25	55	59	0	0.222	1
13	Mike Napoli	C	352	24	53	56	1	0.227	1
14	Jesus Montero	C	515	15	46	62	0	0.260	1
15	Brian McCann	C	439	20	44	67	3	0.230	1
16	John Jaso	C	294	10	41	50	5	0.276	0
17	A.J. Ellis	C	423	13	44	52	0	0.270	0
18	Russell Martin	C	422	21	50	53	6	0.211	-1
19	J.P. Arencibia	C	347	18	45	56	1	0.233	-2
20	Alex Avila	C	367	9	42	48	2	0.243	-5
21	Kurt Suzuki	C	408	6	36	43	2	0.235	-8
22	Geovany Soto	C	324	11	45	39	1	0.198	-10
23	Ryan Hanigan	C	317	2	25	24	0	0.274	-11
24	John Buck	C	343	12	29	41	0	0.192	-13
25	Rod Barajas	C	321	11	29	31	0	0.206	-13
26	Josh Thole	C	321	1	24	21	0	0.234	-16