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Best Catchers in MLB 2026

Gabriel Moreno is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Gabriel Moreno, Drake Baldwin, Ryan Jeffers, 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	89	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	0.301	0.845	13	73	5	7.7%	89.1
2	88	Drake Baldwin	Braves	0.276	0.800	23	75	3	12.6%	91.5
3	85	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	0.266	0.856	14	54	1	11.2%	89.0
4	84	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	0.266	0.830	23	54	2	14.7%	91.9
5	83	Will Smith	Dodgers	0.240	0.720	7	29	0	12.4%	89.8
6	82	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	0.242	0.831	38	81	5	14.8%	90.1
7	82	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.244	0.734	16	64	8	5.4%	89.3
8	82	Carter Jensen	Royals	0.232	0.771	24	72	2	12.2%	91.4
9	81	Dillon Dingler	Tigers	0.244	0.760	27	87	0	10.0%	88.4
10	81	Liam Hicks	Rays	0.286	0.810	18	79	3	3.9%	84.8
11	80	William Contreras	Brewers	0.273	0.763	17	86	1	8.7%	90.4
12	80	Adley Rutschman	Red Sox	0.239	0.741	12	57	0	7.1%	88.8
13	79	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	0.249	0.756	15	53	0	12.7%	91.2
14	78	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	0.276	0.776	10	39	1	4.2%	88.5
15	76	Carson Kelly	Cubs	0.260	0.725	10	56	0	5.6%	87.1
16	75	Dalton Rushing	Dodgers	0.249	0.798	12	36	0	12.1%	89.5
17	75	Gary Sánchez	Brewers	0.206	0.774	11	35	0	8.3%	88.1
18	74	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	0.180	0.660	21	60	2	14.3%	89.9
19	74	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.320	0.938	6	18	0	16.9%	89.2
20	73	Yainer Diaz	Astros	0.276	0.738	11	37	0	6.0%	89.0
21	73	Luis Campusano	Padres	0.275	0.824	7	28	0	9.2%	87.5
22	73	Rafael Flores Jr.	Pirates	0.250	0.806	8	19	0	13.8%	90.7
23	72	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	0.231	0.714	15	37	0	15.4%	90.5
24	72	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	0.289	0.790	10	47	2	5.0%	88.0
25	71	Luis Torrens	Mets	0.245	0.724	9	40	1	5.9%	88.6
26	71	Samuel Basallo	Orioles	0.225	0.705	17	51	0	12.3%	90.4
27	71	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	0.292	0.867	3	13	0	7.9%	94.8
28	69	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	0.223	0.654	11	49	3	5.8%	89.8
29	68	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	0.240	0.728	6	25	0	7.1%	87.7
30	68	Joey Bart	White Sox	0.214	0.662	4	13	0	7.7%	85.8
31	68	Harry Ford	Nationals	0.186	0.667	3	10	3	11.1%	84.4
32	67	Kyle Teel	White Sox	0.200	0.664	4	18	0	12.2%	83.6
33	67	Agustín Ramírez	Marlins	0.225	0.666	4	21	4	4.3%	89.6
34	66	Victor Caratini	Twins	0.219	0.633	7	41	0	6.7%	89.6
35	65	Brandon Valenzuela	Blue Jays	0.216	0.659	8	21	2	6.8%	88.2
36	65	Joe Mack	Marlins	0.235	0.688	13	46	0	8.2%	88.6
37	63	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.229	0.655	19	72	1	10.1%	89.1
38	63	Hunter Feduccia	Dodgers	0.234	0.647	3	18	0	8.1%	89.6
39	62	Austin Wells	Yankees	0.179	0.586	11	29	3	6.8%	89.3
40	62	Brett Sullivan	Rockies	0.231	0.690	7	31	1	4.2%	86.6
41	61	Connor Wong	Red Sox	0.234	0.659	4	24	3	4.6%	85.7
42	61	James McCann	Diamondbacks	0.282	0.743	5	24	0	8.5%	89.3
43	61	Moisés Ballesteros	Angels	0.219	0.635	9	34	1	9.0%	90.5
44	60	Sean Murphy	Braves	0.210	0.643	3	8	0	9.6%	86.7
45	60	Kyle Higashioka	Round Rock Express	0.218	0.676	7	18	0	8.5%	88.2
46	60	Jimmy Crooks	Memphis Redbirds	0.179	0.591	5	14	0	11.6%	91.7
47	60	Daniel Susac	Giants	0.243	0.664	3	22	2	5.3%	86.3
48	58	Patrick Bailey	Guardians	0.208	0.604	8	34	3	6.7%	90.4
49	58	Nick Fortes	Rays	0.264	0.682	5	33	0	2.1%	85.3
50	58	Jhonny Pereda	Mariners	0.298	0.736	2	8	0	3.0%	90.1
51	58	Jesus Rodriguez	Giants	0.235	0.728	2	8	1	2.3%	86.5
52	57	Bo Naylor	Brewers	0.148	0.441	2	8	0	12.3%	89.4
53	57	Danny Jansen	Rangers	0.188	0.634	6	21	1	6.8%	87.6
54	56	Mitch Garver	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.175	0.596	4	15	1	9.1%	90.6
55	56	César Salazar	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.056	0.283	0	1	0	0.0%	88.6
56	55	Jonah Heim	Athletics	0.209	0.646	13	42	0	6.4%	87.8
57	55	Braxton Fulford	Albuquerque Isotopes	0.174	0.528	1	7	4	7.5%	86.9
58	55	Aramis Garcia	Reno Aces	0.158	0.474	1	2	0	7.7%	86.1
59	54	Henry Davis	Pirates	0.164	0.559	9	35	3	8.4%	90.2
60	54	Freddy Fermin	Padres	0.195	0.578	4	19	1	4.0%	87.7
61	53	Jake Rogers	White Sox	0.167	0.577	4	14	1	9.6%	88.2
62	53	Austin Hedges	Guardians	0.255	0.701	5	23	1	4.2%	86.0
63	53	Logan O'Hoppe	Round Rock Express	0.219	0.578	4	24	0	9.1%	86.8
64	53	Elias Díaz	Rangers	0.236	0.668	7	31	0	9.0%	88.3
65	53	Travis d'Arnaud	Angels	0.185	0.551	1	3	0	11.6%	87.6
66	53	Drew Millas	Nationals	0.185	0.539	2	11	0	3.2%	83.6
67	53	P.J. Higgins	Louisville Bats	0.231	0.545	0	4	0	0.0%	83.6
68	52	Edgar Quero	White Sox	0.203	0.541	3	19	1	2.7%	90.7
69	51	J.C. Escarra	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.188	0.510	0	7	0	4.5%	89.1
70	51	Alex Jackson	Twins	0.309	0.759	1	5	0	2.3%	86.8
71	50	Pedro Pagés	Cardinals	0.212	0.576	4	11	2	4.5%	86.7
72	50	Adrian Del Castillo	Reno Aces	0.196	0.562	5	24	1	6.3%	88.2
73	49	Reese McGuire	White Sox	0.172	0.445	0	3	0	0.0%	74.3
74	49	Yohel Pozo	Orioles	0.260	0.609	1	7	0	2.2%	86.7
75	49	Carlos Narváez	Orioles	0.165	0.476	3	10	2	6.4%	90.9
76	48	Christian Vázquez	Astros	0.208	0.589	7	25	1	2.1%	85.9
77	47	Luke Maile	Royals	0.162	0.514	1	5	0	4.0%	84.6
78	47	Austin Wynns	Iowa Cubs	0.146	0.378	1	1	0	3.3%	84.9
79	47	Garrett Stubbs	Phillies	0.167	0.387	0	3	0	0.0%	85.1
80	47	Drew Romo	Charlotte Knights	0.141	0.527	7	16	1	6.0%	84.3
81	46	Sam Huff	Norfolk Tides	0.121	0.329	0	1	0	14.3%	91.2
82	46	Rafael Marchán	Phillies	0.099	0.302	2	6	0	2.6%	82.9
83	45	Austin Barnes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
84	45	Martin Maldonado	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
85	45	Willie MacIver	Mariners	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
86	45	Tucker Barnhart	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
87	45	Maverick Handley	Gwinnett Stripers	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
88	45	Jacob Stallings	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	44	Tyler Heineman	Angels	0.177	0.450	1	9	1	0.7%	81.9
90	44	Ali Sánchez	Yankees	0.246	0.593	1	7	0	2.0%	83.0
91	44	Ben Rortvedt	Oklahoma City Comets	0.185	0.370	0	1	0	0.0%	85.5
92	44	Andrew Knizner	Giants	0.174	0.610	2	3	0	8.6%	86.3
93	43	Jose Trevino	Reds	0.216	0.565	5	17	0	2.7%	85.8
94	43	Hayden Senger	Syracuse Mets	0.133	0.466	1	2	0	0.0%	82.3

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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