Thursday's Catcher Value Rankings
Here are theScore's catcher value rankings for Thursday, June 9 (all stats from Wednesday's games are excluded):
Value Rankings
C | 1B/DH | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP
Top Options
| NAME | OPPONENT | VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Martin (TOR) | vs. BAL | 9 |
| Nick Hundley (COL) | vs. PIT | 9 |
| Jonathan Lucroy (MIL) | vs. NYM | 8 |
| Evan Gattis (HOU) | at TEX | 8 |
| J.T. Realmuto (MIA) | at MIN | 8 |
Priced outside the top-10 catchers, Martin has enjoyed the longest sustained success of his otherwise poor sophomore year in Toronto. The hometown hero is slashing .273/.352/.485 with two homers over his last 10 games and gets to face the unimpressive combination of Orioles SP Tyler Wilson with one of the weaker outfield defenses in the game.
Mid-Tier Targets
| NAME | OPPONENT | VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson Ramos (WAS) | at CWS | 7 |
| Matt Wieters (BAL) | at TOR | 6 |
| Yadier Molina (STL) | at CIN | 6 |
| Steve Clevenger (SEA) | vs. CLE | 5 |
| Brian McCann (NYY) | vs. LAA | 5 |
| Francisco Cervelli (PIT) | at COL | 4 |
| Bobby Wilson (TEX) | vs. HOU | 4 |
Wieters is having a solid season, but Blue Jays SP Marcus Stroman has the second-highest groundball rate -- 59.8 percent -- in the majors and the power stats for Baltimore's backstop really haven't been there this year. Wieters has just 12 extra-base hits on the season, so the chances of him reaching his ceiling aren't very high on Thursday.
Cervelli gets the Coors Field price jump, making him one of the more expensive options on the slate. Though he's hit just .194 over his past 10 games, he's still proved valuable with a .342 OBP. He only has 17 homers in 1,490 plate appearances in his career, and no long-bombs this season, so he'll need to get on base three-plus times to return value at his current price.
Nothing to See Here
| NAME | OPPONENT | VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Dioner Navarro (CWS) | vs. WAS | 3 |
| Kevin Plawecki (NYM) | at MIL | 3 |
| Tucker Barnhart (CIN) | vs. STL | 2 |
| Carlos Perez (LAA) | at NYY | 2 |
| Kurt Suzuki (MIN) | vs. MIA | 2 |
| Yan Gomes (CLE) | at SEA | 1 |
Gomes left Tuesday's game with a testicular contusion, and while that shouldn't keep him out of the lineup for too long, he will probably be moving a little more gingerly than usual. It's not like he was on a tear to begin with; Gomes was hitting just .188 with a .235 OBP in the 10 games leading up to his injury.
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