MLB Grades, Rankings & Analysis

How we cover MLB

FanVerdicts tracks every reported MLB transaction — free agent contracts, pre-arbitration extensions, designations for assignment, waiver claims, and the international signing bonus pool — and publishes four separate letter grades the day the deal is reported. Our MLB performance grades separate hitters from pitchers and rely on percentile-calibrated normalization so the overall grade distribution matches the panel's target bell curve across eras.

Our Contract Value Index for MLB adjusts for competitive balance tax thresholds, service-time economics, and age curve inflection points for each position group so a thirty-year-old catcher and a twenty-five-year-old shortstop are judged against the right comparables. The MLB hub rolls transaction grades up into player rankings, team ratings, and GM report cards that refresh every morning with the previous day's news and box scores.

Every grade links to written commentary explaining the inputs that produced it. Our methodology page walks through how the four MLB grading systems work in plain English.