Welcome to the position tiered rankings for 2015. The tiers are broken out into five tiers with five being the highest and one being the lowest. Five star players are players that will be taken in the first couple of rounds or will go for $30-plus. Four star players will have $20-plus. Three stars $10-plus, two stars $5-plus and the one star are players you want to avoid or players to stash on your bench.

The statistics for each player are my semi-final projections. The projections are going to change going forward, but if you follow me on Twitter @MattCommins I will tweet out when my projections are updated and posted on MattCommins.com. If I was a reader I would focus on the tiering of players and the overall idea of the projections. For example, if I project a player for 28 home runs that means I think he’ll hit for a lot of power.

Links the other position previews:

• Catcher
• First Base
• Second Base
• Third Base
• Shortstop
• Outfield
• Relief Pitcher/Closer
  
• Starting Pitcher

What you will find below are the fantasy tiers for catchers. The value of the catching position depends on whether you play with one or two catchers. If you play with one catcher I recommend waiting before drafting a player. I play in two catcher leagues and I always recommend trying to grab one of the four star or two of the three star catchers because after the three stars are gone it gets bad very quickly.

Four Star

Four-Star Value Pick: Evan Gattis

I love catcher eligible players who don’t have to play the position defensively. Before the trade to the Astros I was going to recommend staying away from Gattis, but since he got traded to the AL he’s going to spend the majority of time at DH. He’s going to swing and miss a lot, but when he makes contact he’s going to hit for a lot of power.

Three Star

Three-Star Value Pick: Yasmani Grandal

Yasmani Grandal’s career road statistics, in 385 plate appearances, is a 15.5% HR/FB rate and a .802 OPS. Moving to the Los Angeles’ ballpark doesn’t mean he’s going to be hitting in a hitters paradise, but moving out of Petco is an improvement. If he stays healthy and that’s a big if, I wouldn’t be surprised if he hits 20 home runs.

Two Star

Two-Star Value Pick: Stephen Vogt

If you sit in the right field bleachers you will hear this chant from the A’s fans “I believe in Stephen Vogt.” Last year in a super utility role he hit nine home runs in 287 plate appearances. He has no competition for playing time. His closest competition is Josh Phegley and he wasn’t good enough to beat Tyler Flowers for playing time. Vogt is going to get the majority of at-bats and makes a lot of contact.

One Star

One-Star Value Pick: Jason Castro

The acquisition of Hank Conger muddles my recommendation of Jason Castro because they’re going to split the playing time, but Castro is only one year removed from a .276 batting average and 18 home runs.