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Best Catchers in MLB 2026

Drake Baldwin is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Drake Baldwin, Ryan Jeffers, Gabriel Moreno, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB catcher ranked by Legends Deck card rating — built from real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant through the same calibrated pipeline for every player. Ratings refresh nightly.

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#	OVR	Player	Team	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	88	Drake Baldwin	Braves	0.254	0.782	15	46	1	15.3%	91.4
2	87	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	0.292	0.942	7	28	1	14.8%	91.2
3	86	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	0.301	0.821	6	32	4	7.1%	89.4
4	86	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.249	0.771	11	40	5	5.8%	89.2
5	85	Dillon Dingler	Tigers	0.262	0.831	19	60	0	11.6%	89.7
6	84	Will Smith	Dodgers	0.249	0.720	6	23	0	13.4%	90.0
7	83	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	0.257	0.807	21	46	2	14.7%	91.8
8	83	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	0.254	0.862	27	51	5	16.6%	91.2
9	81	Adley Rutschman	Orioles	0.253	0.763	8	47	0	7.3%	89.4
10	80	William Contreras	Brewers	0.282	0.742	9	53	1	7.1%	90.1
11	79	Liam Hicks	Marlins	0.290	0.822	13	58	2	3.6%	85.4
12	79	Gary Sánchez	Brewers	0.220	0.816	8	25	0	9.0%	88.6
13	78	Carson Kelly	Cubs	0.273	0.763	6	32	0	6.7%	88.4
14	77	Samuel Basallo	Orioles	0.248	0.773	16	46	0	13.1%	91.5
15	77	Carter Jensen	Royals	0.236	0.724	13	49	1	9.4%	90.8
16	75	Dalton Rushing	Dodgers	0.254	0.812	10	30	0	11.6%	89.1
17	74	Brandon Valenzuela	Blue Jays	0.241	0.729	7	20	1	7.6%	88.0
18	74	Joe Mack	Marlins	0.245	0.727	7	23	0	8.5%	88.7
19	73	Connor Wong	Red Sox	0.288	0.772	1	15	3	4.5%	85.9
20	73	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	0.238	0.680	6	24	0	9.9%	90.5
21	73	Victor Caratini	Twins	0.240	0.704	7	35	0	7.8%	89.7
22	72	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	0.259	0.773	11	24	0	15.3%	90.0
23	71	Agustín Ramírez	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	0.230	0.663	2	14	3	4.7%	89.2
24	69	Moisés Ballesteros	Iowa Cubs	0.231	0.688	6	23	1	9.1%	90.1
25	68	Yainer Diaz	Astros	0.248	0.688	6	23	0	5.7%	87.7
26	68	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	0.229	0.704	3	13	0	6.3%	86.6
27	68	Luis Campusano	Padres	0.300	0.966	4	11	0	10.0%	87.7
28	67	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	0.169	0.581	9	29	2	11.0%	88.2
29	67	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	0.208	0.634	7	33	3	5.1%	89.2
30	66	Joey Bart	Braves	0.216	0.646	4	12	0	9.7%	86.7
31	66	Daniel Susac	Sacramento River Cats	0.262	0.640	0	14	1	5.0%	86.4
32	65	Kyle Teel	White Sox	0.204	0.628	2	13	0	12.5%	85.2
33	64	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	63	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	0.275	0.767	7	35	2	5.7%	89.3
35	63	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	0.202	0.588	2	9	0	2.6%	85.8
36	63	Rafael Flores Jr.	Pirates	0.400	1.300	1	2	0	22.2%	89.2
37	60	Kyle Higashioka	Rangers	0.220	0.670	7	17	0	8.8%	88.0
38	60	Braxton Fulford	Rockies	0.193	0.589	1	7	4	9.4%	86.5
39	60	Hunter Feduccia	Rays	0.233	0.644	2	11	0	8.4%	90.5
40	59	Jonah Heim	Athletics	0.232	0.740	9	29	0	6.9%	87.1
41	59	Luis Torrens	Mets	0.216	0.593	2	18	0	4.1%	87.6
42	59	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.500	1.645	2	3	0	28.6%	92.7
43	58	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.209	0.593	11	37	0	9.4%	89.3
44	58	Brett Sullivan	Rockies	0.221	0.650	4	15	0	2.9%	87.0
45	57	Austin Wells	Yankees	0.155	0.505	6	13	1	6.7%	89.2
46	57	Jimmy Crooks	Cardinals	0.164	0.566	2	8	0	8.3%	91.3
47	57	Jesus Rodriguez	Giants	0.238	0.709	2	8	1	2.7%	86.8
48	56	Mitch Garver	Mariners	0.183	0.627	4	14	0	7.4%	90.2
49	56	Jhonny Pereda	Tacoma Rainiers	0.270	0.689	2	4	0	3.8%	89.8
50	56	César Salazar	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.056	0.283	0	1	0	0.0%	88.6
51	56	Aramis Garcia	Reno Aces	0.158	0.474	1	2	0	7.7%	86.1
52	55	Jake Rogers	Tigers	0.176	0.602	3	9	1	8.6%	88.5
53	55	Henry Davis	Pirates	0.166	0.611	8	27	2	10.2%	89.5
54	55	Travis d'Arnaud	Angels	0.200	0.614	1	3	0	14.3%	87.7
55	55	Danny Jansen	Rangers	0.171	0.586	3	12	1	6.0%	87.7

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every catcher using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, that means the key inputs are exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning — the same fixed pipeline for every player.

Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Catchers in MLB 2026.

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