2025 MLB PAL Rating and Value Rating: performance and contract value

Two scores from 0 to 100. PAL Rating measures the season's performance against regulars in the same role (hitters, starters, relievers): 50 is the median regular. Salary never enters it. Value Rating answers a different question: for what the player costs, does the return come in more or less than expected?

WAR, in wins →Payrolls →

Top hitter

100PALAaron JudgeNYY · Elite Top starter

100PALTarik SkubalDET · Elite Top reliever

100PALAroldis ChapmanBOS · Elite

Value Rating is only computed for the most recent season.

The scale — PAL Rating

90–100 Elite
80–89 Excellent
70–79 Very good
60–69 Above average
40–59 Around average
20–39 Below average
0–19 Very poor

The scale — Value Rating

90–100 Exceptional value
75–89 Very good contract
55–74 Good value
45–54 Fair value
25–44 Poor return
0–24 Very poor return

Regulars only

#	Player
1	Aaron JudgeNYY · RF · 33	100	—	—	10.0	100	100	99	25	68
2	Shohei OhtaniLAD · TWP · 30	99	—	—	7.5	99	99	87	82	21
3	Bobby Witt Jr.KC · SS · 25	99	—	—	8.0	89	85	55	98	100
4	Corbin CarrollAZ · RF · 24	99	—	—	6.6	94	95	58	99	88
5	Kyle SchwarberPHI · DH · 32	98	—	—	4.8	98	99	80	24	20
6	Cal RaleighSEA · C · 28	98	—	—	9.1	98	99	73	21	67
7	Juan SotoNYM · LF · 26	98	—	—	5.7	99	98	100	64	3
8	George SpringerTOR · DH · 35	97	—	—	5.2	99	93	88	81	8
9	Fernando Tatis Jr.SD · RF · 26	97	—	—	6.1	90	80	93	94	90
10	Will SmithLAD · C · 30	97	—	—	4.1	97	76	94	24	81
11	Byron BuxtonMIN · CF · 31	96	—	—	5.0	89	98	15	99	56
12	Nick KurtzATH · 1B · 22	96	—	—	4.3	98	98	47	39	12
13	Ketel MarteAZ · 2B · 31	95	—	—	4.6	97	88	95	16	59
14	José RamírezCLE · 3B · 32	95	—	—	6.3	88	64	97	96	83
15	Corey SeagerTEX · SS · 31	95	—	—	4.1	94	91	90	10	73
16	Trea TurnerPHI · SS · 32	94	—	—	6.5	77	30	57	98	97
17	Ronald Acuña Jr.ATL · RF · 27	94	—	—	3.5	97	92	95	76	5
18	Geraldo PerdomoAZ · SS · 25	94	—	—	7.1	94	28	99	79	76
19	Kyle StowersMIA · 1B · 27	93	—	—	4.0	96	94	40	55	41
20	Pete Crow-ArmstrongCHC · CF · 23	93	—	—	5.4	56	83	7	97	99
21	Roman AnthonyBOS · LF · 21	93	—	—	2.8	91	81	62	67	77
22	Matt OlsonATL · 1B · 31	92	—	—	4.7	93	90	73	4	82
23	Jeremy PeñaHOU · SS · 27	92	—	—	5.8	87	45	52	94	89
24	Maikel GarciaKC · 3B · 25	92	—	—	5.6	79	44	92	73	97
25	Kyle TuckerCHC · RF · 28	91	—	—	4.5	93	67	99	74	44
26	Julio RodríguezSEA · CF · 24	91	—	—	5.7	82	82	27	93	88
27	Michael BuschCHC · 1B · 27	90	—	—	3.5	95	96	49	16	37
28	Wyatt LangfordTEX · LF · 23	90	—	—	4.1	77	80	66	85	92
29	Ben RiceNYY · DH · 26	90	—	—	3.0	92	94	68	36	43
30	Francisco LindorNYM · SS · 31	89	—	—	6.2	86	69	69	79	77
31	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.TOR · 1B · 26	89	—	—	3.9	95	74	98	27	30
32	Jazz Chisholm Jr.NYY · 2B · 27	89	—	—	4.3	82	89	41	86	76
33	Bryce HarperPHI · 1B · 32	88	—	—	3.4	89	86	83	58	47
34	Max MuncyLAD · 3B · 34	88	—	—	2.9	90	86	98	50	30
35	Shea LangeliersATH · C · 27	88	—	—	3.6	84	91	43	71	70
36	Cody BellingerNYY · LF · 29	87	—	—	4.8	78	60	86	69	88
37	Rafael DeversSF · 1B · 28	87	—	—	3.4	93	95	88	2	28
38	Matt ChapmanSF · 3B · 32	86	—	—	3.7	73	77	80	67	78
39	Jonathan ArandaTB · 1B · 27	86	—	—	2.6	95	76	42	2	46
40	Junior CamineroTB · 3B · 21	86	—	—	4.6	86	97	39	39	40
41	Pete AlonsoNYM · 1B · 30	85	—	—	3.5	96	97	44	4	6
42	Iván HerreraSTL · DH · 25	85	—	—	2.6	92	71	70	43	34
43	Drake BaldwinATL · C · 24	85	—	—	3.2	85	77	76	17	72
44	Alex BregmanBOS · 3B · 31	84	—	—	3.6	83	56	91	13	71
45	Trent GrishamNYY · CF · 28	84	—	—	3.1	88	92	88	20	24
46	Wilyer AbreuBOS · RF · 26	84	—	—	2.5	66	85	48	47	90
47	Nico HoernerCHC · 2B · 28	83	—	—	4.8	58	3	90	92	96
48	Seiya SuzukiCHC · RF · 30	83	—	—	2.6	83	93	56	60	35
49	Freddie FreemanLAD · 1B · 35	82	—	—	3.8	92	72	64	14	24
50	Willson ContrerasSTL · 1B · 33	82	—	—	2.8	85	75	23	34	69

How it's calculated

In MLB, salary follows service time (pre-arbitration, arbitration), not performance: a young player at the minimum can be a star. Value Rating therefore measures surplus, as baseball does. The price of a win comes from free-agent contracts (about $10M per win in 2026); the value produced is WAR × that price; the surplus, that value minus the contract's annual average. It is turned into a standard score within the role, then 0 to 100. Most recent season only.

Data: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant; salaries updated daily.