Player Value Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the Rafters Player Market. The feature is a free editorial sports ranking with no deposits, payouts, or real-world transactions.
- Market Score
- A 1-99 editorial player score calibrated against same-league, same-role peers. It blends season value, recent box-score impact, role security, availability, and current schedule context.
- Call
- The plain-language label attached to a Market Score: Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Watch, or Sell. It is fantasy/editorial shorthand only and does not represent a real transaction.
- Form
- The latest game’s impact compared with the player’s own recent box-score sample. Heating, Up, Steady, Down, and Cooling describe performance direction rather than a made-up price move.
- Role proof
- Playing-time evidence such as starts, minutes, at-bats, innings, ice time, or captured box-score appearances.
- Confidence
- High, Medium, or Low describes how much current role, availability, and box-score data support the player call.
- Needs 2 days
- The player has today's score, but the board needs one more dated score before that row can become a verified riser or faller.
- Quiet board
- The board 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 day's value, scored the same way.
- 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.
- Based on
- What backs the call: recent game logs from box scores, or the season profile when no recent games are logged.
- Strong Buy
- An elite peer-relative score with supportive or steady recent form.
- Buy
- Above-peer current value with enough role or box-score proof to act on.
- Watch
- Useful signal with a missing piece, usually role certainty, recent usage, or availability.
- Sell
- Current form and role evidence sit below the peer market. This is an editorial fantasy-sports call, not a real transaction.