August Catcher Rankings

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Welcome to the post-trade deadline edition of the player rankings. As always, players are ranked for the rest of the season based on 5x5 mixed-league value.

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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C

Catcher Rankings

Dropping off: Tyler Stephenson (ninth), Mitch Garver (33rd), Mike Zunino (36th), Gabriel Moreno (45th), Stephen Vogt (48th)

• It ended up being a quiet trade deadline at the catcher spot, as Christian Vazquez was the only starting catcher to be moved. Vazquez is a big offensive upgrade for the Astros, but since Dusty Baker loves Martin Maldonado's defense, Vazquez is expected to play quite a bit less than usual initially. That's why he fell from 13th to 23rd here. For August alone, he'd be even lower, but I imagine he'll start to win out over Maldonado towards the end of the season.

• With Vazquez gone, Kevin Plawecki steps in as Boston's starting catcher. He's batting just .170/.263/.240 this year, but he came in at .305/.364/.414 in 262 plate appearances in his first two seasons in Boston and he's actually doing a little better in the exit velocity department this year than in the previous two seasons. He could prove semi-useful as a second catcher in two-catcher mixed leagues.

• There isn't much else in significant role changes here. Since the Mets didn't acquire a catcher, perhaps Francisco Álvarez will get a chance at some point, but probably not within the next couple of weeks. Tyler Stephenson's unfortunate broken collarbone makes Michael Papierski the Reds' primary catcher, but it seems like he'll be a liability on offense. Eric Haase did move up from No. 29 to No. 14. It looks like he'll get more DH time going forward due to Miguel Cabrera's knee troubles.