The final week of the regular season kicks off on Monday. For some of you it means the luxury of playing in the championship game of your fantasy league. For others, it’s the final chance your team has to make a push for the postseason. Either way, all the hard work, smart moves and money spent will continue into extended play, or leave you in a four-and-a-half month state of depression. If you’re a savvy, calculative fantasy manager like myself, the end of the week marks the first day of studying and analyzing who to pick up for next season as to avoid the bitter taste of defeat for a consecutive year.

Pitchers are a very important part of any fantasy team, but nobody leads a team or makes as much of an impact quite as much as the catcher. This is one of the more difficult, yet key positions to fill as there are very few catchers in the league who post dominating numbers at the plate year after year. With that, here are the 10-best offensively productive catchers from the 2013 season.

1. Victor Martinez Detroit Tigers

Victor Martinez started off the year in a huge slump. And by huge slump I mean the first three months of the season. From Opening Day through June 28th Martinez was batting a career-low .225 with six home runs and 40 RBI. Then, like turning on a light switch, Martinez went on a tear. Martinez ended up crushing seven more home runs, knocking in 41 more batter and boosted his season average to .303. Keep in mind, Martinez hits behind Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, which in theory should have left nobody on base for the 11-year veteran. Martinez has the most hits at his position (178), runs (67) and the most total bases (252) Oh, and most important, he did all of this after missing 2012 with an ACL tear.

2. Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals

Yadier Molina is hands down the best catcher in the game. He can hit. He can hit for power. And he can throw jabronies out who are trying to steal on him. Unfortunately, the last part isn’t beneficial to the fantasy game, but the first two most certainly are. Prior to going down to injury after the All-Star Break for a short period Molina had the National League batting title in his grasp; however, after his return he average slipped below the likes of Chris Johnson and Michael Cuddyer. Still, batting .315 on the season as a catcher is still remarkable. Molina has the most runs for his position in the NL (65) and the most total bases (230).

3. Mike Napoli Boston Red Sox

Papa beard himself, Mike Napoli has led the offensive charge for the Red Sox all season with a .257 average, 23 home runs and 90 RBI, which is the most for all catchers in 2013. The only reason why Napoli isn’t any higher on the list is all contingent upon his average. In 2011 Napoli maintained a .303; however, in 2012 it dipped dramatically to .227. Now that he has rebounded for this season the production was mighty, especially considering that he was also working off of a one-year contract. That would light a fire under anybody.

4. Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins

Mauer is arguably the greatest hitting catcher of all-time. He doesn’t hit for power much anymore; however, his average is legendary. Prior to his absence Mauer was on pace to potentially winning his fourth batting title as he was hitting .324 on the rise. For having missed a decent chunk of the season Mauer’s numbers are still better than most of the guys who have been in the lineup since Day one. His 47 RBI and 11 home runs are still sixth-best, his 61 walks are the second-best and his 144 total hits and 35 doubles are still the most on the team. In turn, the Twins are nothing without him.

5. Buster Posey San Francisco Giants

The reigning NL MVP didn’t exactly do a great job of defending his crown; however, he was still impressive at the plate. Posey was the only bright spot in an otherwise atrocious Giants team as he has hit .297 with 15 home runs and 72 RBI. Posey has never been a prototypical catcher, just a string-kneed body who is remarkably impressive at calling a game and hits like a true designated hitter.

6. Jonathan Lucroy Milwaukee Brewers

2013 has been kind of an odd year for Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, especially when you compare his numbers to 2012. Lucroy hit .320 in 2012 and is swinging a solid .280 in 2013; however, he has career highs in 2013 in doubles (23), triples (six), home runs (17), walks (64), runs (54), hits (138) and RBI (78). He’s also only struck out 64 times in 139 games. Don’t be too surprised if he’s able to surpass all of these numbers next season.

7. Wilin Rosario Colorado Rockies

2012 was Rosario’s first full season in which he only played in 117 games, hit .270 with 28 home runs and 71 RBI. 2013 has been nothing short of equally as impressive. This season Rosario has raised his average up to .292 and knocked in eight more runs thus far; however, his home run production took a little bit of a dip. One possible reason for this is that Rosario has been hampered with calf issues all season, which is why he has only played in 121 games. Still impressive nonetheless

8. Carlos Santana Cleveland Indians

Santana, like Martinez above, has the fortunate duty of changing cloaks between catcher, first base and DH. In 147 game Santana has hit .266 with 34 doubles, one triple, 19 home runs, 89 walks and 69 RBI. This significance of Santana’s numbers is that he one of the top-three most productive members of the Indians offensively in every category with the exception of triples.

9. Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles

Matt Wieters isn’t the greatest hitting catcher in the game, but as far as the total package, he’s certainly up there. On defense alone he’s one-two with Molina; however, with the bat he’s on the same line as Castro. Wieters hit a career-low .230, but has hit a third-best of his career 21 home runs and second-best of his career 76 RBI. On a team scale his home runs have him as the fourth-best and his RBI are the third-best. Keep in mind that his teammates include Adam Jones, Chris Davis and Manny Machado. Not too shabby.

10. Jason Castro Houston Astros

As bad as the Astros have been over the last few seasons, they certainly have a few diamonds in the rough. One of those gems is Jason Castro. Castro played half the season in 2012 and became the everyday guy in 2013. Very few expected him to do much, well… everyone except himself. Castro popped a career-high 18 home runs, 35 doubles, 56 RBI all with a .276 batting average. The only downside of Castro is that he loves to swing. Expect to see triple figures in strikeouts until he becomes a bit more disciplined at the plate, which may come as the result of not playing for the Astros in the not-too-distant future.