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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, Gabriel Moreno, 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	90	Drake Baldwin	Braves	0.276	0.843	18	54	2	15.1%	91.5
2	87	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	0.304	0.826	6	33	4	7.4%	89.4
3	87	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	0.288	0.941	8	31	1	14.0%	90.8
4	86	Dillon Dingler	Tigers	0.260	0.826	19	60	0	11.4%	89.8
5	84	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	0.260	0.821	22	50	2	14.9%	91.8
6	84	Will Smith	Dodgers	0.249	0.720	6	23	0	13.4%	90.0
7	84	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.247	0.756	11	41	5	5.6%	89.0
8	83	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	0.257	0.887	30	56	5	16.5%	91.1
9	81	William Contreras	Brewers	0.280	0.751	10	57	1	7.2%	90.2
10	81	Adley Rutschman	Orioles	0.251	0.764	8	47	0	7.1%	89.4
11	79	Liam Hicks	Marlins	0.286	0.808	13	58	2	3.6%	85.3
12	79	Gary Sánchez	Brewers	0.224	0.822	8	25	0	9.0%	88.6
13	78	Carter Jensen	Royals	0.246	0.750	13	51	1	9.1%	90.6
14	77	Carson Kelly	Cubs	0.269	0.751	6	33	0	6.6%	88.2
15	76	Samuel Basallo	Orioles	0.241	0.755	16	46	0	13.0%	91.4
16	75	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	0.256	0.766	11	24	0	16.2%	90.2
17	74	Dalton Rushing	Dodgers	0.247	0.803	10	30	0	11.5%	89.0
18	74	Brandon Valenzuela	Blue Jays	0.237	0.730	8	21	1	8.4%	88.1
19	73	Connor Wong	Red Sox	0.276	0.746	1	15	3	4.4%	85.6
20	73	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	0.247	0.721	8	27	0	9.9%	90.5
21	73	Victor Caratini	Twins	0.240	0.698	7	35	0	7.7%	89.8
22	71	Agustín Ramírez	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	0.230	0.663	2	14	3	4.7%	89.2
23	70	Joe Mack	Marlins	0.239	0.704	7	24	0	8.2%	88.5
24	69	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	0.214	0.644	7	33	3	5.0%	89.3
25	69	Moisés Ballesteros	Iowa Cubs	0.231	0.688	6	23	1	9.1%	90.1
26	68	Luis Campusano	Padres	0.297	0.956	4	12	0	9.6%	88.0
27	67	Joey Bart	Braves	0.211	0.647	4	12	0	9.4%	86.1
28	66	Rafael Flores Jr.	Pirates	0.333	1.167	1	2	0	20.0%	89.3
29	65	Yainer Diaz	Astros	0.241	0.665	6	23	0	5.6%	87.9
30	65	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	0.230	0.706	3	15	0	6.1%	86.8
31	65	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	0.163	0.565	9	29	2	10.7%	88.0
32	64	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	0.279	0.777	7	35	2	5.6%	89.3
33	64	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	0.202	0.599	2	9	0	2.5%	86.2
34	64	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	63	Jimmy Crooks	Cardinals	0.185	0.647	3	9	0	10.0%	92.3
36	62	Kyle Teel	White Sox	0.194	0.598	2	14	0	11.4%	84.0
37	61	Kyle Higashioka	Rangers	0.218	0.673	7	18	0	8.7%	88.1
38	60	Braxton Fulford	Rockies	0.193	0.589	1	7	4	9.4%	86.5
39	60	Hunter Feduccia	Rays	0.230	0.643	2	11	0	8.2%	90.6
40	60	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.417	1.379	2	3	0	25.0%	89.5
41	59	Jonah Heim	Athletics	0.231	0.725	9	30	0	6.7%	87.2
42	59	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.212	0.607	12	39	0	9.6%	89.1
43	59	Daniel Susac	Giants	0.252	0.617	0	14	1	4.9%	86.4
44	59	Brett Sullivan	Rockies	0.222	0.662	4	15	0	2.9%	86.9
45	58	Luis Torrens	Mets	0.223	0.612	2	19	0	4.1%	87.6
46	57	Austin Wells	Yankees	0.152	0.502	6	13	1	6.6%	89.3
47	57	Jesus Rodriguez	Giants	0.238	0.709	2	8	1	2.7%	86.8
48	56	Mitch Garver	Mariners	0.184	0.627	4	14	0	7.4%	90.2
49	56	Travis d'Arnaud	Salt Lake Bees	0.200	0.614	1	3	0	14.3%	87.7
50	56	Jhonny Pereda	Tacoma Rainiers	0.270	0.689	2	4	0	3.8%	89.8
51	56	César Salazar	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.056	0.283	0	1	0	0.0%	88.6
52	56	Aramis Garcia	Reno Aces	0.158	0.474	1	2	0	7.7%	86.1
53	55	Logan O'Hoppe	Angels	0.217	0.591	4	23	0	10.6%	87.2
54	55	Danny Jansen	Rangers	0.171	0.586	3	12	1	6.0%	87.7
55	55	Adrian Del Castillo	Diamondbacks	0.195	0.581	5	23	0	6.8%	89.2
56	55	Carlos Narváez	Red Sox	0.200	0.560	3	9	1	7.4%	91.4

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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