This will be the first update since the v2.0 rankings came out and that means that along with the movements for performance over the last 7 days there are now scores for the last 14 days and last 30 days, meaning that players who have gotten hot and stayed hot over the course of the last month will see that reflected in their ranking. Again, these rankings will move pretty drastically based on how hot or cold a player is because the purpose is to try and move with the card market which is very volatile, so prospects who have been playing well for weeks but haven’t seen a big move in their autograph prices will be favored by the model.
The buy ratings are based on the percentage difference between a player’s actual autograph price and their expected autograph price for my rankings. Because of this it’s not uncommon for players near the bottom to spit out a 5.0/5.0 when their autograph is $5 because the model thinks it should be $10. Now of course the idea is that if you can buy deep color at a normal multiplier that is going to be the best chance at making gains for the cheap guys, but since some of you may find more value in the players with the biggest dollar amount gap between their current prices and where they should be I’m adding an extra chart going forward. After the top 200 names look out for the “Best Buys by Dollar Amount” which will show every player whose current base autograph price is at least $20 below my target. I figured some players may not show as a buy if their expected is $70 and actual is $50 since the percentage gap isn’t huge, but $20 is $20!
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