July 2024 Catcher Rankings

Here are the July rest-of-season rankings. Players are listed based on how I perceive their 5x5 value going forward. In two weeks, I’ll present my way-too-early 2025 rankings in this same format.

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Catcher ROS Rankings

July	Catchers	Team	2024	May	June
1	Adley Rutschman	Orioles	1	1	1
2	William Contreras	Brewers	2	2	2
3	Will Smith	Dodgers	3	3	3
4	Salvador Perez	Royals	5	4	4
5	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	4	5	5
6	Logan O’Hoppe	Angels	7	8	7
7	Yainer Diaz	Astros	6	7	9
8	Willson Contreras	Cardinals	9	6	12
9	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	12	11	11
10	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	14	27	24
11	David Fry	Guardians	28	26	6
12	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	23	13	8
13	Mitch Garver	Mariners	10	10	13
14	Connor Wong	Red Sox	26	22	22
15	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	8	9	10
16	Patrick Bailey	Giants	32	23	20
17	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	17	12	15
18	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	20	19	14
19	Ben Rice	Yankees	59	NR	NR
20	Jonah Heim	Rangers	13	16	18
21	Sean Murphy	Braves	16	18	21
22	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	193 OF	111 OF	147 OF
23	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	11	14	17
24	Danny Jansen	Blue Jays	22	25	19
25	Bo Naylor	Guardians	15	20	25
26	Ivan Herrera	Cardinals	31	17	16
27	Luis Campusano	Padres	19	21	23
28	Elias Diaz	Rockies	29	29	26
29	Austin Wells	Yankees	27	15	27
30	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	18	24	30
31	Gary Sanchez	Brewers	24	28	29
32	Travis d’Arnaud	Braves	34	30	31
33	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	35	31	32
34	Joey Bart	Pirates	52	32	33
35	Ben Rortvedt	Rays	55	33	40
36	Jake Rogers	Tigers	21	34	35
37	Freddy Fermin	Royals	30	38	39
38	Jacob Stallings	Rockies	54	39	38
39	Korey Lee	White Sox	53	42	36
40	Jose Trevino	Yankees	46	48	37
41	Carson Kelly	Tigers	75	37	41
42	Kyle Higashioka	Padres	51	NR	NR
43	Victor Caratini	Astros	37	41	34
44	Nick Fortes	Marlins	33	40	42
45	Henry Davis	Pirates	96 OF	36	28
46	Yasmani Grandal	Pirates	58	NR	45
47	Matt Thaiss	Angels	42	43	43
48	Yan Gomes		39	50	47
49	Drew Romo	Rockies	61	NR	NR
50	Christian Vazquez	Twins	40	NR	NR

Dropping off: Christian Bethancourt (44th), Sam Huff (46th), Rene Pinto (48th), Andrew Knizner (49th), Riley Adams (50th)

• Ben Rice debuts at No. 19. There’s a legitimate chance that he’ll establish himself at first base over these next few weeks and wind up as a top-10 fantasy catcher the rest of the way. There’s also a legitimate chance that J.D. Davis will overtake him in New York or the Yankees could trade for a first baseman. Rice has been pretty impressive thus far, though; he has 11 hard-hit balls, six walks and just five strikeouts over 40 plate appearances.

• I initially thought about putting the newly catcher-eligible Hunter Goodman in the top 20 here, but then, even with Elias Díaz still on the IL, the Rockies held him out of the lineup for three straight games before playing him Sunday. Now that Díaz is back, I assume Goodman will resume getting some time in right field over the pointless Jake Cave, but making assumptions with the Rockies is always dangerous. Still, Díaz is probably going to be traded in the coming weeks, which will free up more playing time. It will be interesting to see if the Rockies decide to give Goodman a long look behind the plate at that point or if maybe they’ll go to top prospect Drew Romo, who is hitting .300/.339/.500 in Triple-A. They also could, in theory, call up Romo and still give Goodman fairly regular playing time between first base, right field and DH.

• I’m pretty skeptical about what kind of role Iván Herrera will have for the Cardinals once he comes off the IL after dealing with lower back tightness; Willson Contreras is back now and the Cardinals clearly prefer Pedro Pagés’ glovework to that of Herrera. Still, Herrera has the second-best xwOBA among semi-regular catchers this year (he’s neck-and-neck with David Fry and Patrick Bailey behind Salvador Perez), and he’s one of the very few backstops capable of stealing a base (four in 54 games). If he were a starting catcher and healthy, I’d probably have him in the top 10 here. I don’t think the Cardinals are currently interested in carving out a starting role for him between catcher and DH, but they might be better off if they did.