Player Value Glossary

Plain-English definitions for the Rafters Player Value board. The feature is a free editorial sports ranking with fictional roster-value points and no deposits, payouts, or real-world transactions.

Rafters Value

A 1-100 editorial player score that blends production, role, momentum, availability, schedule context, season stats, and captured box-score evidence.

Call

The plain-language label attached to a score: Top Value, Add, Hold, Watch, or Fade. It is a reader shorthand for the ranking board, not an instruction to transact.

Value Points

A fictional roster-value point label derived from the score. It helps compare players inside the free value board without implying real money.

Role Value

A role-adjusted player ceiling. A player with limited minutes, at-bats, innings, or inactive-team context can have a lower role value even with strong talent.

Confidence

High, Medium, or Low describes how much current role, availability, and box-score proof support the player call.

Needs 2 days

The player has today's score, but the ledger needs one more dated score using the same formula before that row can become a verified riser or faller.

Quiet board

The value ledger has prior scores, but no verified positive or negative movers met the threshold in the current refresh.

Up / Down / Flat

Movement compared with the prior committed value-history tick using the same formula version.

League tier

A rank inside the player's league only. It keeps MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL players from being mashed into one confusing list.

Box-score proof

Recent captured game logs from native box scores. More proof usually means the model has fresher role evidence.

Watch

Useful signal with a missing piece, usually role certainty, recent usage, or availability.

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