2026 Catcher Preview

Eno and DVR continue their 2026 position preview series at catcher -- digging into early average draft position (ADP) to look for potentially overvalued and undervalued players at the position for the upcoming season -- and wonder what comes next for Cal Raleigh following one of the best yearly performances in baseball history.

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Rundown

1:00 ADP Tier 1 -- Cal Raleigh

10:04 ADP Tier 2a -- Ben Rice, William Contreras, Shea Langeliers & Hunter Goodman

27:47 ADP Tier 2b -- Agustin Ramírez, Drake Baldwin, Salvador Perez, Will Smith & Yainer Diaz

44:27 ADP Tier 3 -- Adley Rutschman, Alejandro Kirk, Gabriel Moreno, Francisco Alvarez, Samuel Basallo, Kyle Teel & Carter Jensen

58:37 ADP Tier 4 -- J.T. Realmuto, Dillon Dingler, Austin Wells, Tyler Stephenson & Logan O'Hoppe

1:11:34 ADP Tier 5 -- Ryan Jeffers, Carlos Narváez, Bo Naylor & Carson Kelly

1:15:44 (Beyond Pick 300) -- Deeper League Options, Prospects & Sleepers (Edgar Quero, Keibert Ruiz, Harry Ford, Patrick Bailey, Freddy Fermin, Danny Jansen).

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