This week begins our annual review of the top prospects by position. Between now and mid-March, we’ll examine one position a week by looking at both those rookies ready to contribute to the big leagues now, as well as the top 15 long-term prospects at each position. Today, we look at the top catching prospects.

SF significantly upgraded their lineup this winter, leaving fewer places for competition than in recent seasons. Plus, the Nelson Cruz signing puts playing time at risk for a few big names, there's a center field problem in LA, surveying the still crowded OF in ARI, and a rotation overview in COL.

The catcher pool is usually pretty ugly, but in 2023 it's been upgraded to homely. Not in a Clark Kent sense, where there's a hunky superhero lurking underneath an unassuming façade, but it's still... not unattractive.

After Round One, these targets fill your needs in Round Two.

Make those plans now! First Pitch Florida's Early Bird Discount ends on Sunday night.

Adam Duvall enters the Boston outfield mix coming off an injury-riddled season. Plus news and projected roles for A. Chapman, Pham, B. Anderson and more as spring training approaches.

Using a batter's swinging strike rate as a leading indicator of their contact rate can help us identify batting average outliers, especially in combination with their batted ball metrics.

Our crew is back for part 3 of our HQ100 Roundtable Series with more discussion on a variety of prospects, including Bo Naylor (C, CLE).

Where did Acuña's power go? Plus, J.D. Martinez, Alex Cobb, Nico Hoerner, and Sean Manaea.

Our crew is back for part 2 of our HQ100 Roundtable Series with lots of discussion on a variety of prospects while mostly agreeing on Jordan Lawlar (SS, ARI) moving forward as a Top 3 prospect next off-season.

We couldn't miss tagging Adley Rutschman #1 in Simulation Rookie Drafts! See the rankings with an exclusive look at ADPs of early drafts.