AL Top Catchers

Using Baseball Prospectus' Player Forecast Manager, here are the top 24 AL catchers. I have included just the dollar values calculated to take the focus from counting stats and put more on AVG.

If you question why a player is so low or so high, AVG is typically the reason.

PLAYER	TEAM	$$$
Mauer Joe	MIN	16.42
Wieters Matt	BAL	15.32
Napoli Michael	LAA	14.83
Clement Jeffrey	SEA	13.06
Martinez Victor	CLE	9.3
Inge Brandon	DET	8.83
Shoppach Kelly	CLE	7.82
Saltalamacchia Jarrod	TEX	7.52
Navarro Dioner	TBA	7.46
Laird Gerald	DET	6.99
Suzuki Kurt	OAK	6.59
Pierzynski A.J.	CHA	6.18
Johjima Kenji	SEA	5.3
Posada Jorge	NYA	4.95
Buck John	KCA	4.25
Barajas Rod	TOR	3.97
Varitek Jason	BOS	3.57
Olivo Miguel	KCA	3.4
Mathis Jeffrey	LAA	2.5
Barrett Michael	TOR	2.05
Bard Josh	BOS	2
Teagarden Taylor	TEX	1.59
Zaun Gregg	BAL	1.14
Molina Jose	NYA	1

Day 54 And Counting

AL Catcher Values:

$30+	None
$23-29	Victor Martinez
$15-22	Jorge Posada	Joe Mauer	Kenji Johjima
	Jerrod Saltalamacchia
$8-$14	Jason Varitek	Dioner Navarro	Ramon Hernandez	Gerald Laird
	AJ Peirzynski	Kurt Suzuki	Ivan Rodriguez
$1-7	Greg Zaun	Rod Barajas	Mark Redmond	Jeff Mathis
	Brandon Inge	Kelly Shoppach	Toby Hall	Miguel Olivo