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Player Value Rankings -- Catchers

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Posted: Friday March 24, 2000 01:00 PM

By David Sabino, Sports Illustrated

We ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 to 425, and the pitchers from 1 to 400, based on our projections of their statistical production this season. The categories considered for position players were batting average, home runs, RBIs and stolen bases; for pitchers the categories were wins, saves, earned run average and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched). We took into account each player's career stats as well as his role on his current team, his prospects for improving or declining, his injury history and his current physical condition. Using these criteria, we determined each player's value ranking, or PVR.

Hitters: C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | DH
Pitchers: Starters | Relievers

Player Value Rankings -- Catchers
Rank	Player	PVR
1.	Ivan Rodriguez	9
2.	Mike Piazza	13
3.	Mike Lieberthal	52
4.	Javy Lopez	104
5.	Jorge Posada	122
6.	Jason Varitek	125
7.	Jason Kendall	139
8.	Eddie Taubensee	154
9.	Darrin Fletcher	156
10.	Brad Ausmus	187
11.	Charles Johnson	193
12.	Chris Widger	197
13.	Todd Hundley	199
14.	Robert Fick	205
15.	John Flaherty	214
16.	Ramon Hernandez	219
17.	Brent Mayne	223
18.	Sandy Alomar Jr.	224
19.	Kelly Stinnett	237
20.	Dan Wilson	238
21.	Ben Davis	239
22.	Brook Fordyce	243
23.	Scott Hatteberg	249
24.	Brian Johnson	259
25.	A.J. Hinch	266
26.	Javier Valentin	272
27.	Joe Girardi	284
28.	Henry Blanco	285
29.	Einar Diaz	286
30.	Mike DiFelice	288
31.	Damian Miller	292
32.	Doug Mirabelli	293
33.	Tom Lampkin	301
34.	Tony Eusebio	302
35.	Scott Servais	303
36.	Alberto Castillo	305
37.	Jeff Reed	308
38.	Eddie Perez	309
39.	Bengie Molina	312
40.	Bobby Estalella	319
41.	Greg Myers	324
42.	Mike Matheny	326
43.	Eli Marrero	327
44.	Matt Walbeck	332
45.	Tyler Houston	337
46.	Ramon Castro	339
47.	Sal Fasano	348
48.	Marcus Jensen	349
49.	Mark Johnson	354
50.	Jason LaRue	358
51.	Carlos A. Hernandez	360
52.	Chad Kreuter	363
53.	Todd Pratt	364
54.	Bill Haselman	370
55.	Tom Pagnozzi	394
56.	Gregg Zaun	396
57.	Mike Redmond	399
58.	Paul Bako	400
59.	Keith Osik	403
60.	Tom Prince	412

Issue date: March 27, 2000

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