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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	0.299	0.841	12	70	5	7.9%	89.2
2	88	Drake Baldwin	Braves	0.276	0.805	23	71	3	12.7%	91.6
3	85	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	0.270	0.872	14	54	1	11.5%	89.0
4	84	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	0.263	0.829	23	51	2	14.9%	91.8
5	83	Will Smith	Dodgers	0.240	0.718	7	28	0	13.0%	90.0
6	83	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.251	0.747	16	64	8	5.5%	89.3
7	82	Dillon Dingler	Tigers	0.246	0.763	26	85	0	9.9%	88.4
8	82	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	0.247	0.841	37	78	5	15.3%	90.2
9	81	Liam Hicks	Rays	0.288	0.815	18	79	3	4.0%	84.8
10	81	Carter Jensen	Royals	0.229	0.761	23	69	2	11.6%	91.4
11	80	Adley Rutschman	Red Sox	0.237	0.739	12	56	0	7.3%	88.7
12	79	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	0.249	0.756	15	52	0	12.3%	91.1
13	79	William Contreras	Brewers	0.271	0.751	15	77	1	8.2%	90.3
14	77	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	0.276	0.764	9	36	1	3.8%	88.6
15	76	Carson Kelly	Cubs	0.259	0.724	10	54	0	5.7%	87.3
16	76	Gary Sánchez	Brewers	0.210	0.787	11	35	0	8.5%	88.0
17	75	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	0.183	0.673	21	59	2	15.0%	89.8
18	75	Dalton Rushing	Dodgers	0.249	0.798	12	36	0	12.1%	89.5
19	75	Luis Campusano	Padres	0.284	0.851	7	27	0	10.0%	87.9
20	75	Rafael Flores Jr.	Pirates	0.243	0.831	8	19	0	15.3%	91.0
21	72	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	0.232	0.720	15	37	0	15.7%	90.3
22	72	Yainer Diaz	Astros	0.270	0.730	11	35	0	6.3%	88.9
23	71	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	0.283	0.777	10	47	2	4.8%	88.2
24	71	Samuel Basallo	Orioles	0.227	0.711	17	51	0	12.6%	90.2
25	69	Luis Torrens	Mets	0.240	0.702	8	37	1	5.5%	88.5
26	68	Joey Bart	White Sox	0.214	0.662	4	13	0	7.7%	85.8
27	67	Joe Mack	Marlins	0.238	0.701	13	46	0	8.4%	88.5
28	67	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	0.278	0.822	2	10	0	6.9%	94.5
29	66	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	0.234	0.703	5	23	0	6.6%	87.6
30	66	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	0.215	0.633	10	46	3	5.3%	89.7
31	66	Victor Caratini	Twins	0.223	0.640	7	40	0	6.4%	89.5
32	65	Kyle Teel	White Sox	0.195	0.648	4	18	0	13.3%	84.2
33	65	Harry Ford	Nationals	0.193	0.682	3	10	2	11.7%	84.1
34	65	Brandon Valenzuela	Blue Jays	0.215	0.662	8	21	1	6.9%	88.1
35	63	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.228	0.656	19	71	1	10.3%	89.0
36	63	Agustín Ramírez	Marlins	0.219	0.633	3	18	4	3.7%	89.2
37	63	James McCann	Diamondbacks	0.290	0.764	5	24	0	8.8%	89.8
38	63	Brett Sullivan	Rockies	0.235	0.700	7	31	1	4.3%	86.7
39	62	Hunter Feduccia	Dodgers	0.232	0.644	3	17	0	8.2%	89.7
40	61	Connor Wong	Red Sox	0.234	0.659	4	24	3	4.6%	85.7
41	61	Austin Wells	Yankees	0.182	0.581	10	28	3	6.6%	89.2
42	60	Kyle Higashioka	Round Rock Express	0.218	0.676	7	18	0	8.5%	88.2
43	60	Jimmy Crooks	Memphis Redbirds	0.179	0.591	5	14	0	11.6%	91.7
44	60	Moisés Ballesteros	Angels	0.220	0.625	8	31	1	8.8%	90.6
45	60	Daniel Susac	Giants	0.243	0.664	3	22	2	5.3%	86.3
46	59	Sean Murphy	Braves	0.203	0.628	3	8	0	6.4%	86.5
47	58	Patrick Bailey	Guardians	0.209	0.607	8	34	3	6.8%	90.4
48	58	Jesus Rodriguez	Giants	0.235	0.728	2	8	1	2.3%	86.5
49	57	Bo Naylor	Brewers	0.148	0.441	2	8	0	12.3%	89.4
50	56	Mitch Garver	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.175	0.596	4	15	1	9.1%	90.6
51	56	Nick Fortes	Rays	0.265	0.671	4	31	0	2.1%	85.1
52	56	César Salazar	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.056	0.283	0	1	0	0.0%	88.6
53	55	Jonah Heim	Athletics	0.208	0.649	13	42	0	6.6%	87.9
54	55	Henry Davis	Pirates	0.169	0.570	9	35	3	8.7%	90.2
55	55	Braxton Fulford	Albuquerque Isotopes	0.174	0.528	1	7	4	7.5%	86.9
56	55	Danny Jansen	Rangers	0.178	0.617	6	20	1	7.3%	87.3
57	55	Jhonny Pereda	Mariners	0.280	0.691	2	6	0	3.1%	90.1
58	55	Aramis Garcia	Reno Aces	0.158	0.474	1	2	0	7.7%	86.1
59	53	Jake Rogers	White Sox	0.169	0.576	4	14	1	9.7%	88.4
60	53	Logan O'Hoppe	Rangers	0.216	0.572	4	24	0	9.1%	86.9
61	53	Travis d'Arnaud	Angels	0.185	0.551	1	3	0	11.6%	87.6
62	53	Freddy Fermin	Padres	0.192	0.567	4	17	1	4.1%	87.6
63	53	Drew Millas	Nationals	0.185	0.539	2	11	0	3.2%	83.6
64	53	P.J. Higgins	Louisville Bats	0.231	0.545	0	4	0	0.0%	83.6
65	52	Austin Hedges	Guardians	0.253	0.689	5	23	1	4.4%	85.8
66	52	Edgar Quero	White Sox	0.207	0.542	3	19	1	2.7%	90.8
67	52	Elias Díaz	Rangers	0.230	0.661	7	30	0	9.3%	87.9
68	51	J.C. Escarra	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.188	0.510	0	7	0	4.5%	89.1
69	51	Alex Jackson	Twins	0.309	0.759	1	5	0	2.3%	86.8
70	50	Pedro Pagés	Cardinals	0.212	0.576	4	11	2	4.5%	86.7
71	50	Adrian Del Castillo	Diamondbacks	0.196	0.562	5	24	1	6.3%	88.2
72	49	Reese McGuire	White Sox	0.172	0.445	0	3	0	0.0%	74.3
73	49	Yohel Pozo	Orioles	0.250	0.593	1	7	0	2.3%	86.7
74	49	Carlos Narváez	Orioles	0.166	0.480	3	10	2	6.4%	90.9
75	48	Christian Vázquez	Astros	0.212	0.601	7	25	1	2.1%	86.0
76	47	Austin Wynns	Iowa Cubs	0.146	0.378	1	1	0	3.3%	84.9
77	47	Garrett Stubbs	Phillies	0.167	0.387	0	3	0	0.0%	85.1
78	47	Drew Romo	Charlotte Knights	0.141	0.527	7	16	1	6.0%	84.3
79	46	Luke Maile	Royals	0.143	0.468	1	5	0	4.3%	83.9
80	46	Sam Huff	Norfolk Tides	0.121	0.329	0	1	0	14.3%	91.2
81	46	Rafael Marchán	Phillies	0.102	0.311	2	6	0	2.7%	83.2
82	46	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.301	0.897	6	18	0	17.9%	89.3
83	45	Austin Barnes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
84	45	Tyler Heineman	Angels	0.179	0.455	1	9	1	0.7%	81.8
85	45	Martin Maldonado	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
86	45	Willie MacIver	Mariners	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
87	45	Tucker Barnhart	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
88	45	Maverick Handley	Gwinnett Stripers	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
89	45	Jacob Stallings	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
90	44	Jose Trevino	Reds	0.222	0.582	5	17	0	2.8%	86.0
91	44	Ali Sánchez	Yankees	0.235	0.573	1	7	0	2.1%	82.6
92	44	Ben Rortvedt	Oklahoma City Comets	0.185	0.370	0	1	0	0.0%	85.5
93	44	Andrew Knizner	Giants	0.146	0.490	1	1	0	6.5%	86.6
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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