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modern-like settings and such / 100pt scale.
i don't know how much '19 has changed, but '18 was thin on catching. my perspective is that an amazing hitter is a handful of players per 100 years or more - and not so amazing at C and less frequent. since i don't expect much offense beyond fairly ordinary-to-slightly above average offense, it makes sense that they better be good in the field too. i still lean offense>defense in value though - just a bit smaller of a difference for C and ss/cf to a smaller extent than C. since the standard is lower for offense, it's much easier to find someone good at both within reasonable range of qualities.
just like any other position, defense simply isn't as important as offense beyond competency -- diminishing returns is inevitable for defense, whereas more offense just keeps giving back. i wouldn't adjust your current preferences too much -- whatever they are even if they differ from mine, because of that previous fact. if willing to give ~X-pts of defense for better offense at other positions, maybe make that threshold a bit smaller for catcher... (relative to choice between 2+ players)
if they are absolutely terrible in the field, that is a problem. that's a much different portion of the curve. i do think it's very important not to be terrible at defense... that's the best way i can put it.
all of that said, my teams are top-10 defensive efficiency every year... ~10th being a catastrophe. it doesn't take a gold glove everywhere. sometimes i only have ~2 elite defensive fielders and typically not catcher, but i obviously value defense to some extent...
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