Take your upside picks at other positions beside catcher, and just try to get 15-25 HRs out of your catcher spot and you’ll be fine.

@GT, I think you missed the point a bit. My whole point is that this year, if you wait on catcher, you have better options than NICK HUNDLEY waiting for you. Plus, as others have chimed in, you CAN get lucky with a top 5 catcher off waivers. I got Napoli for a song last year, someone in everyone’s league picked up Avila, etc etc etc. This year is a deep crop. I read a sporting news article tonight that called the fantasy catcher position in a state of “Renaissance,” and I agree.

@swagger, you mentioned a few names that didn’t appear in my piece that I also like late in drafts. As I said in my post, I am not so much interested in saying the names you should target or not target, I just meant to say that you can wait and still get help at the position.

@longbawls, here here!

@steveB, exactly my point- in a shallower class last year people still did fine waiting on a catcher, and this year the class is much deeper.

@rags and ned, I hear ya guys, I am in a 12 team 2 catcher NL only, where almost everyone is kept. We have McCann and David Ross for a combined 31 dollars. David Ross in 2 catcher formats is a pretty solid 2nd catcher that gets no love because of his “backup” status.

@tony- good points, McCann hits 24 HRs, Arrencibia hits 22 HRs. The only thing separating them is average, and I said in my piece that I don’t value average very high because it is such a random stat and difficult to predict.

Don’t get me wrong, McCann WILL hit for higher average than Arrencibia, but that doesn’t mean I am compelled enough to draft him 10 rounds higher… If I am going to draft a premium player at a position, then I had better see glaring COUNTING STAT DIFFERENCES between the top tier and the bottom tier, and this year at catcher I don’t see that. I see a big wash of guys that could all hit between 15-25 HRs… Consider the dropoff in counting stat at catcher versus, let’s say, outfield… big difference.

With no offence intended to the writers here, I still think catchers are bullcrap. Last year Grey suggested I go with one guy in the $7-$10 range and a $1 guy. I ended up with Wieters ($11) and a carousel of Rays. Worked out just fine, so I’ll probably flip Wieters and go with a similar strategy.

I defly dont reach on catcher, but to each his own.

@GT: What feels so great about owning Mccann? The overvaluedness of his name? The past 3 years he’s average 21-24 HR’s and 75 ish RBI’s… and a .270 ish average. That’s very bleh for where you have to take him. Don’t get enamored with a name and position “scarcity”, so many do, it will be your downfall….

Miguel Montero, Arencibia and Martin are other guys who might have been available as FA in recent seasons and who gave you good production. I’d argue that “proven” guys command an extra-high premium for the exact reason you point out: because the position’s pretty thin. But that just makes a bird in the hand worth three or maybe four in the bush, even if the bird you have has avian flu.