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