"The catcher position, already one of the thinnest in fantasy baseball, suffered a significant hit on Tuesday.

To put the dearth of talent at catcher into perspective, only 10 cracked the top 250 overall on our 2011 Player Rater, two ranked among the top 100 and the highest-ranking backstop placed 55th. That highest-ranking catcher, Victor Martinez, is now likely out for the entire 2012 season, after the Detroit Tigers announced on Tuesday that he suffered a torn ACL during his offseason training.

Martinez will be re-evaluated in a week's time, providing a slim chance at a late-2012 return if he can avoid surgery, but his keeper and prospective redraft owners should proceed under the assumption he won't be of help this season."