Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal was ranked the fourth-best player at his position by ESPN’s Buster Olney. Ahead of Grandal are San Francisco’s Buster Posey (No. 1), Texas’ Jonathan Lucory and Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Kansas City’s Salvador Perez (fifth), Toronto’s Russell Martin (sixth), Gary Sanchez of the New York Yankees (seventh), Houston’s Brian McCann (eighth), Miami’s J.T. Realmuto (ninth) and Wilson Contreras of the Chicago Cubs (10th) round out the list.
Grandal is arguably the Dodgers’ most prolific catcher since Mike Piazza’s tenure with the club. In 2015, Grandal’s first season with the Dodgers, he batted .