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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, Dillon Dingler, 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	0.303	0.843	10	64	5	8.0%	89.4
2	89	Drake Baldwin	Braves	0.268	0.794	21	63	3	13.0%	91.8
3	85	Dillon Dingler	Tigers	0.253	0.802	26	82	0	10.3%	88.6
4	85	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	0.281	0.873	10	42	1	11.1%	88.9
5	84	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	0.263	0.829	23	51	2	14.9%	91.8
6	83	Will Smith	Dodgers	0.249	0.720	6	23	0	13.4%	90.0
7	83	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	0.251	0.861	34	69	5	16.7%	90.6
8	82	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.242	0.737	14	53	7	5.7%	89.2
9	81	Liam Hicks	Rays	0.284	0.817	17	72	3	4.1%	84.8
10	79	Adley Rutschman	Red Sox	0.236	0.726	9	51	0	7.1%	88.8
11	79	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	0.283	0.788	7	29	0	3.6%	87.9
12	78	William Contreras	Brewers	0.267	0.727	12	65	1	8.0%	90.2
13	77	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	0.246	0.738	12	43	0	12.5%	91.1
14	77	Carson Kelly	Cubs	0.262	0.722	8	45	0	5.6%	87.2
15	77	Gary Sánchez	Brewers	0.215	0.793	10	31	0	8.5%	88.5
16	75	Dalton Rushing	Dodgers	0.253	0.810	12	36	0	12.2%	89.6
17	75	Carter Jensen	Royals	0.219	0.703	17	57	1	10.3%	90.8
18	74	Samuel Basallo	Orioles	0.236	0.747	17	48	0	13.3%	91.1
19	73	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	0.235	0.727	13	30	0	15.7%	90.1
20	73	Rafael Flores Jr.	Pirates	0.266	0.950	6	14	0	19.0%	90.1
21	70	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	0.283	0.767	8	43	2	4.8%	88.2
22	70	Luis Torrens	Mets	0.239	0.713	8	33	1	6.0%	88.2
23	70	Luis Campusano	Padres	0.293	0.879	5	23	0	9.6%	88.3
24	70	Joe Mack	Marlins	0.236	0.712	12	38	0	9.1%	88.3
25	69	Connor Wong	Red Sox	0.257	0.729	4	23	3	5.4%	87.0
26	69	Joey Bart	White Sox	0.214	0.662	4	13	0	7.7%	85.8
27	69	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	0.167	0.618	17	51	2	13.3%	89.4
28	69	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	0.225	0.657	9	44	3	4.3%	89.9
29	69	Agustín Ramírez	Marlins	0.237	0.677	2	17	4	3.5%	89.4
30	69	Brandon Valenzuela	Blue Jays	0.230	0.696	8	21	1	7.4%	88.4
31	66	Victor Caratini	Twins	0.222	0.640	7	38	0	6.6%	89.4
32	65	Yainer Diaz	Astros	0.253	0.672	8	29	0	5.4%	87.9
33	64	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	0.232	0.703	5	22	0	7.1%	87.8
34	64	Harry Ford	Nationals	0.200	0.713	2	7	1	10.8%	83.4
35	64	Jesus Rodriguez	Sacramento River Cats	0.235	0.728	2	8	1	2.3%	86.5
36	64	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	63	Hunter Feduccia	Dodgers	0.234	0.657	3	14	0	8.5%	90.3
38	63	James McCann	Diamondbacks	0.288	0.760	4	21	0	7.8%	88.9
39	62	Austin Wells	Yankees	0.179	0.571	8	19	2	6.5%	89.1
40	62	Kyle Teel	White Sox	0.190	0.588	2	14	0	11.1%	84.4
41	62	Brett Sullivan	Rockies	0.228	0.694	7	28	1	4.7%	86.9
42	61	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.222	0.643	17	58	1	9.8%	88.8
43	61	Kyle Higashioka	Rangers	0.218	0.676	7	18	0	8.5%	88.2
44	61	Moisés Ballesteros	Angels	0.214	0.613	6	27	1	9.1%	90.8
45	60	Daniel Susac	Giants	0.243	0.664	3	22	2	5.3%	86.3
46	58	Braxton Fulford	Rockies	0.174	0.528	1	7	4	7.5%	86.9
47	57	Nick Fortes	Rays	0.263	0.670	4	29	0	2.2%	85.2
48	57	Jimmy Crooks	Cardinals	0.175	0.560	4	12	0	9.9%	91.6
49	56	Mitch Garver	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.175	0.596	4	15	1	9.1%	90.6
50	56	Bo Naylor	Nashville Sounds	0.143	0.438	2	7	0	11.1%	89.6
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	Jonah Heim	Athletics	0.205	0.646	11	40	0	6.7%	87.7
54	55	Austin Hedges	Guardians	0.270	0.735	5	21	1	4.8%	86.6
55	54	Jake Rogers	White Sox	0.174	0.602	4	13	1	10.8%	88.4
56	54	Patrick Bailey	Guardians	0.194	0.567	7	30	3	7.0%	90.6
57	54	Henry Davis	Pirates	0.168	0.560	8	32	2	8.6%	90.1
58	54	Freddy Fermin	Padres	0.201	0.588	4	16	0	3.8%	87.2
59	53	Logan O'Hoppe	Rangers	0.212	0.569	4	23	0	9.7%	87.0
60	53	Danny Jansen	Rangers	0.159	0.548	3	12	1	5.6%	86.9
61	53	Jhonny Pereda	Mariners	0.270	0.667	2	4	0	3.4%	89.4
62	53	Drew Millas	Nationals	0.185	0.539	2	11	0	3.2%	83.6
63	53	P.J. Higgins	Louisville Bats	0.231	0.545	0	4	0	0.0%	83.6
64	52	Travis d'Arnaud	Angels	0.164	0.506	1	3	0	12.8%	87.4
65	51	Edgar Quero	Charlotte Knights	0.208	0.541	3	19	1	2.7%	90.7
66	51	J.C. Escarra	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.188	0.510	0	7	0	4.5%	89.1
67	50	Sean Murphy	Braves	0.143	0.310	0	1	0	0.0%	82.5
68	50	Elias Díaz	Rangers	0.228	0.640	6	22	0	7.6%	87.3
69	50	Pedro Pagés	Cardinals	0.214	0.580	4	11	2	4.7%	86.7
70	50	Adrian Del Castillo	Reno Aces	0.199	0.571	5	24	1	6.5%	88.4
71	49	Reese McGuire	White Sox	0.172	0.445	0	3	0	0.0%	74.3
72	49	Yohel Pozo	Orioles	0.250	0.593	1	7	0	2.3%	86.7
73	49	Carlos Narváez	Orioles	0.165	0.477	3	10	1	7.1%	91.2
74	48	Tyler Heineman	Angels	0.179	0.457	1	9	1	0.8%	81.3
75	48	Christian Vázquez	Astros	0.217	0.618	7	25	1	2.3%	86.0
76	48	Garrett Stubbs	Phillies	0.159	0.383	0	3	0	0.0%	85.7
77	47	Austin Wynns	Round Rock Express	0.146	0.378	1	1	0	3.3%	84.9
78	47	Drew Romo	White Sox	0.147	0.538	7	16	1	6.5%	84.2
79	47	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.333	1.050	6	17	0	21.3%	90.2
80	46	Luke Maile	Royals	0.179	0.528	1	5	0	5.9%	81.7
81	46	Willie MacIver	Mariners	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
82	46	Sam Huff	Norfolk Tides	0.121	0.329	0	1	0	14.3%	91.2
83	46	Rafael Marchán	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	0.102	0.311	2	6	0	2.7%	83.2
84	45	Austin Barnes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
85	45	Martin Maldonado	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	Jose Trevino	Reds	0.229	0.603	4	12	0	2.2%	85.9
90	44	Hayden Senger	Syracuse Mets	0.133	0.466	1	2	0	0.0%	82.3
91	44	Ali Sánchez	Yankees	0.254	0.617	1	7	0	2.2%	82.9
92	44	Ben Rortvedt	Dodgers	0.150	0.300	0	1	0	0.0%	84.5
93	44	Alex Jackson	Twins	0.303	0.742	1	5	0	2.3%	87.4
94	43	Andrew Knizner	Giants	0.200	0.694	1	1	0	7.7%	91.5

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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