in 150 years of last year's release, i saw 2-3 really well-rated offensive catchers. (larger sample size compared to '19 but slight differences.. i think those are minimized with catchers based on what i've seen)
out of 100 ratings...
81+ contact and preferably 81+power, but in a catcher's case i have to drop that to ~70ish to count up to 3 in 150 years. i think i had bad luck to start. the first one took over 100 years? since that first great one, i've seen at least 2 since in ~30 years, but not quite 70power on one.
so, i very likely had some wicked bad luck to start my league -- maybe severely negative TCR-caused event hits a guy or two or somone pooped out with a horrible work ethic and never made it etc...
if that is the case, i think that's spot on. ~1 really phenomenol catcher every 15-25 years or so... sometimes more.. .sometimes 0. comiserating, aside
this is definitely an owner goal to ignore in most cases. catchers are some of the worst investments due to demand. if you can't get an elite guy, you shouldn't pay for the maybes at ~10-20M. you can go cheap and defensive and invest that 10-18M somewhere else and get way more return when you add the 2 options together and compare to an expensive catcher route that isn't truly elite. hey, if you can get one of those maybes cheap, that's golden too.
the guys i call elite (above) are the guys that will give you ~5+ war in ~130gs and consistently do so. more importantly the highest rs+rbi total possible given most contexts that matter (playoff team + modern mlb-ish as opposed to 1871). maybe a higher HR league like default would boost that a bit.
there are others that can have good years or even surprise with a good career, but you can't predict them as confidently. these are the guys that are clockwork with health.