Best catching prospect NOT named Wieters?

[warner892001]

Top catching prospects in the minors/draftees...

Bryan Anderson (Stl - C)
Jesus Montero (NYY - C)
Buster Posey (SF - C)
Carlos Santana (Cle - C)
Jeff Clement (Sea - C)
Kyle Skipworth (Fla - C)
Jason Castro (Hou - C)
J.P. Arencibia (Tor - C)
Devin Mesaroco (Cin - C)
Hank Conger (LAA - C)
Mitch Canham (SD - C)
Tony Sanchez (Boston College - C)
Josh Phegley (Indiana - C)

Under used MLB catchers...
Miguel Montero (Ari- C)
Jeff Mathis (LAA - C)
George Kottaras (Bos - C)
Taylor Teagarden (Tex - C)
Lou Marson (Phi - C)
Angel Salome (Mil - C)
J.R. Towles (Hou - C)

The catching depth looks very strong for the next 5 - 7 years.

out of that list of catchers at the top (the rookies) who would ur top 5 be?

[Havok1517]

Top catching prospects in the minors/draftees...

Bryan Anderson (Stl - C)
Jesus Montero (NYY - C)
Buster Posey (SF - C)
Carlos Santana (Cle - C)
Jeff Clement (Sea - C)
Kyle Skipworth (Fla - C)
Jason Castro (Hou - C)
J.P. Arencibia (Tor - C)
Devin Mesaroco (Cin - C)
Hank Conger (LAA - C)
Mitch Canham (SD - C)
Tony Sanchez (Boston College - C)
Josh Phegley (Indiana - C)

Under used MLB catchers...
Miguel Montero (Ari- C)
Jeff Mathis (LAA - C)
George Kottaras (Bos - C)
Taylor Teagarden (Tex - C)
Lou Marson (Phi - C)
Angel Salome (Mil - C)
J.R. Towles (Hou - C)

The catching depth looks very strong for the next 5 - 7 years.

out of that list of catchers at the top (the rookies) who would ur top 5 be?

Posey
J. Montero
Clement
Sanchez
Skipworth

I think Posey is #1 but its a tough ranking imo since a lot depends on if they can stay at the position, who is in front of them, etc.

[warner892001]

how soon do you see those 5 coming up?

[Havok1517]

how soon do you see those 5 coming up?

Just Posey, JP, and maybe Santana imo

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[Steve-o]

If you are looking for someone to make an immediate impact, you might want to take a flier on JP Arencibia. Good bat who could get called up on a pretty good offensive team. He is 23.5 and playing in AAA right now. His numbers are solid but not spectacular. Only issues is that Barajas has been hitting the ball pretty well right now.

JP falls within my top 50 overall prospects, and is my number 5 overall catching prospect (Wieters, Posey, Santana, Montero)

[FouLLine]

Who is it? Is there anyone else out there worth picking up as a catching prospect or is there no one really out there currently?

I see a lot of people saying Posey. Yes Posey is probably the next best prospect.

But a deeper one that I haven't seen listed on this board is Brett Lawrie. There are so many things to love about this kid. First off The Brewers drafted him. The Brewers have developed some amazing talent over the past few years. Secondly athletics runs in his family. His sister Daniel Lawrie was named the NCAA women's softball player of the year. He is a great athlete known for really good speed as you can see by his 11 SBs so far in the minors.

His athleticism may actually hurt him ironically enough. He has been playing a lot of 2B this year. I have also read that he can play at 3B. He was drafted as a catcher but he may make a permanent conversion to the 2nd weakest fantasy position 2B.

[Steve-o]

But a deeper one that I haven't seen listed on this board is Brett Lawrie. There are so many things to love about this kid. First off The Brewers drafted him. The Brewers have developed some amazing talent over the past few years. Secondly athletics runs in his family. His sister Daniel Lawrie was named the NCAA women's softball player of the year. He is a great athlete known for really good speed as you can see by his 11 SBs so far in the minors.

His athleticism may actually hurt him ironically enough. He has been playing a lot of 2B this year. I have also read that he can play at 3B. He was drafted as a catcher but he may make a permanent conversion to the 2nd weakest fantasy position 2B.

Yeah, Lawrie really shouldn't be considered a catcher at this point. I'd bet a bottle of Westveleteren 12 that he catches less than 2 games in his MLB career.

[Big Pimpin]

Posey
J. Montero
Clement
Sanchez
Skipworth

I think Posey is #1 but its a tough ranking imo since a lot depends on if they can stay at the position, who is in front of them, etc.

I don't think Clement will be a C unless there's another organization that thinks he can stick and makes a move for him. The M's seem like they're done with him behind the plate. He'll hit, but it may be as a DH or 1B.

[hybrid]

His athleticism may actually hurt him ironically enough. He has been playing a lot of 2B this year. I have also read that he can play at 3B. He was drafted as a catcher but he may make a permanent conversion to the 2nd weakest fantasy position 2B.

Well the Brewers have moved him to 2B, he hasn't caught any this year and I doubt he will be returning to catcher.

[Freebird27]

Clement is no longer a prospect...200+ MLB AB's

Posey
Montero
Santana