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Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups: Catcher

You'll notice that there are fewer catchers on this list than last week's edition. I decided to pare down the list to six overall and sent the other four catchers back home, just like on shows like "The Bachelor/Bachelorette." No, I didn't give any of them a rose and I don't think any of them recorded tearful confessions. I hope not, at least, since that would just be awkward. We did lose one from the previous list because of injury: Robinson Chirinos, who fractured his right forearm and is on the 60-day DL. All I can say there is... oops. That's baseball.

Here are three catchers who would be good for one-catcher leagues. Then there are three catchers who would be fits for two-catcher leagues.This time the metric will be catchers who aren't owned by 50% of Fleaflicker fantasy players. Got that? Great. Have a rose. What? I just have them laying around.

Editor’s Note: to read about even more waiver wire options, be sure to check out our famous waiver wire pickups list which is a running list that is updated daily. Prefer using your phone? Our free waiver wire app is available for download in the Apple & Android Stores.

 

Week 2 Waiver Wire Catchers

Travis d'Arnaud (NYM) 38%  - Wait? Really? Only 38% of Fleaflicker owners have picked up d'Arnaud? Yeah, he's gotten off to a miserable start with an anemic .108 batting average going into Wednesday's game, but it's still really early in the season. He's going to come around. People are getting way too impatient early on. Then again, I'm a Mets fan and I'm telling myself this all the time just to calm down after this bad beginning for the team. Things will be better.

Wilson Ramos  (WAS) 16%  - Ramos has stormed out of the gate, hitting .381 so far this season. This could be the Ramos that Nationals fans have been hoping would return. He hasn't hit any homers and has driven in three runs. That's still a very good beginning. Not even a quarter of Fleaflicker players have snatched him up, but if he's still got a high batting average by the end of the month, he could be going, going, gone very fast. Grab Ramos now and don't suffer any regrets later.

Miguel Montero (CHC) 16% -  He's off to a fairly decent start, hitting .278 going into Wednesday's game action and he has a homer. Montero has no real competition either, with Kyle Schwarber out for the season and David Ross backing him up. Yes, he may have Willson Contreras breathing down his neck sooner than later, but fantasy owners should be looking to take advantage of any edge among the thin catching ranks.

Francisco Cervelli  (PIT) 36% - He's not making Bronx Bomber fans wish that he was there in Brian McCann's place, but Cervelli is blazing at the plate, hitting .400 before Wednesday's game. He wound up hitting .295 in 2015. It's like a Yankees reunion party since he has Christ Stewart backing him up for a second consecutive year. A fairly decent amount of FleaFicker owners have wised up to how helpful Cervelli could be in either a one-catcher or two-catcher league.

Yadier Molina (STL) 33% - Yadi isn't Catcher No. 1 material any more, at least in fantasy. He's been productive in terms of average and RBIs, but he hasn't hit any homers. His power numbers have steadily declined over the past several seasons and it looks like this trend will continue. Yadi has had thumb problems and surgery, but there's no telling if he'll be able to bounce totally back. He'd be a steady catcher No. 2.

J.T. Realmuto (MIA) 26% The Fleaflicker owners haven't been dashing to scoop up the Running Catcher yet. Realmuto has begun the 2016 campaign hitting .280 and driving in a couple of runs. He'll wind up with double digits in steals, so go pick him up as your catcher No. 2 at least.

 

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