Catcher 2008

Goodness, catching looks dim in 2008. You better get one of the top 5 while you can. If not, you'll be left with no point production from the catcher's spot.

1-Victor Martinez 3.14 (Indians) Martinez tops Russell Martin because he can play DH and 1b when he's not catching getting a few extra at-bats. .301/25/114 in 2007 in 562 at bats. That's solid for any position.

2-Russell Martin 2.90 (Dodgers) .293/19/87 in 540 at-bats in his 2nd season in the bigs. Martin stole 21 bases which is a big positive.

3-Joe Mauer (Twins) Injury limited him last year batting only .293 after winning the batting title in 2006. Only 7 homers is scary but he doesn't strikeout. I expect him to comeback big in 08. He's in front of McCann b/c of place in the batting order and runs.

4-Brian McCann (Braves) A big dip in batting average in 2007. .270/18/92 isn't too bad.

5-Jorge Posada (Yanks) After landing a big contract and a huge production year....who knows.

.338/20/90 and 91 runs.

6-Kenji Johjima (Ms) .287/14/61. He doesn't strikeout.

7-Jason Varitek (Red Sox) The Captain. He's still getting it done.

8-Geovany Soto (Cubs) PCL MVP and came up with the Cubbies and tore it up at .389. Take a chance on this young guy.

9-Carlos Ruiz (Phils) Another young guy to take a chance on. .259/6/54 with 42 runs isn't too bad in 374 at bats.

10-Ivan Rodriguez (Tigers) Well, you can quickly tell the roids are out of his system. .281/11/63 in over 500 ab bats. His .294 OBP just sucks. Who else is there at catcher though?

The rest............Bengie Molina (Giants), JR Towles (Astros), Ramon Hernandez (Os), Mike Napoli (Angels) Most everybody else is horrible. Good luck.