Chris Iannetta (C, COL) - Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues

OWNED IN: 33% owned

ANALYSIS: Most of you expect nothing from your catcher slot, but that doesn’t have to be the case! The 35-year-old Iannetta quietly enjoyed 2017’s homer party with 17 dingers in just 316 PAs for Arizona, and he now leaves the humidor-stricken Chase Field behind him as he heads to the only park that was more hitter-friendly last season. Say it with me now: “Coooooors”. C’mon, say it like you’re one of those objectively-wrong people who doesn’t think Larry Walker should be in the Hall of Fame!

Seriously though, Iannetta may not do much more than hit 20-plus homers, but what more do you need? You know the counting stats should be decent in that lineup, too. If you want metrics, his average exit velocity of 93.8 MPH on liners and fly balls was tied with Yasmani Grandal and Welington Castillo. I want Tom Murphy to be a thing just as much as the next writer, but Iannetta is the backstop to own.