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MLB Value RankingsMLB 2023 Value Rankings

An up-to-date look at the value rankings of all active MLB players based on a mathetical comparison of their current salary against their cumulative "production points".

Last Updated: Aug 21, 2023

Rank Player Team Pos. AAV GP% Prod/GP TVS
1 Zac Gallen ARI SP $5,600,000 20.80 6.04 96.21
2 Justin Steele CHC SP $740,000 18.70 6.39 96.08
3 Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP $17,000,000 15.32 6.88 95.00
4 Logan Webb SF SP $4,600,000 20.97 5.46 94.84
5 George Kirby SEA SP $758,300 19.35 5.69 94.82
6 Kyle Bradish BAL SP $728,100 18.55 5.07 94.14
7 Andrew Abbott CIN SP $720,000 11.20 6.17 94.06
8 Aaron Civale TB SP $2,600,000 12.70 5.71 93.98
9 J.P. France HOU SP $720,000 14.40 6.17 93.57
10 Tanner Bibee CLE SP $720,000 16.00 5.58 91.83
11 Michael Wacha SD SP $6,500,000 12.80 6.23 90.62
12 Pablo Lopez MIN SP $5,450,000 20.00 5.19 90.36
13 Blake Snell SD SP $10,000,000 20.00 5.44 89.35
14 Shane McClanahan TB SP $737,000 16.67 5.57 89.25
15 Sonny Gray MIN SP $10,166,667 20.00 4.68 89.20
16 Bryce Elder ATL SP $720,000 19.51 5.04 88.16
17 Dane Dunning TEX SP $742,840 21.77 4.51 88.07
18 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP $20,000,000 14.63 6.69 87.74
19 Eduardo Rodriguez DET SP $15,400,000 15.32 5.84 87.44
20 Framber Valdez HOU SP $6,800,000 19.20 5.40 87.06
21 Corbin Burnes MIL SP $10,010,000 20.00 5.20 86.60
22 Brayan Bello BOS SP $729,500 16.94 5.06 86.46
23 Spencer Strider ATL SP $12,500,000 20.33 5.77 86.16
24 Logan Gilbert SEA SP $767,300 20.16 5.20 85.79
25 Merrill Kelly ARI SP $9,000,000 17.60 5.65 84.99
26 Bailey Ober MIN SP $720,000 16.00 4.73 83.81
27 Michael Lorenzen PHI SP $8,500,000 16.94 4.95 82.18
28 Zach Eflin TB SP $13,333,333 19.05 5.64 81.82
29 Bobby Miller LAD SP $720,000 11.38 5.17 81.51
30 Kodai Senga NYM SP $15,000,000 18.40 5.38 80.95
31 Bryce Miller SEA SP $720,000 14.52 4.93 80.01
32 Eury Perez MIA SP $720,000 11.20 4.71 78.66
33 Wade Miley MIL SP $4,500,000 12.80 4.92 76.67
34 Sandy Alcantara MIA SP $11,200,000 20.00 4.53 75.32
35 Mitch Keller PIT SP $2,437,500 20.97 4.72 74.64
36 Jon Gray TEX SP $14,000,000 17.74 4.98 74.58
37 Logan Allen CLE SP $720,000 15.20 4.70 73.71
38 James Paxton BOS SP $10,000,000 12.90 5.15 73.34
39 Gerrit Cole NYY SP $36,000,000 20.97 5.63 72.91
40 Braxton Garrett MIA SP $732,000 20.00 4.00 72.28
41 Shohei Ohtani LAA SP $30,000,000 98.40 5.87 72.00
42 Joe Musgrove SD SP $20,000,000 13.60 6.14 70.76
43 Kutter Crawford BOS SP $730,000 19.35 3.42 70.59
44 Freddy Peralta MIL SP $3,100,000 19.20 4.78 68.68
45 Zack Wheeler PHI SP $23,600,000 20.16 5.00 67.44
46 Josiah Gray WSH SP $730,000 19.20 4.19 67.24
47 Jordan Montgomery TEX SP $10,000,000 19.35 5.00 67.15
48 Tyler Glasnow TB SP $15,175,000 11.11 5.33 66.27
49 Joe Ryan MIN SP $730,250 17.60 4.55 65.45
50 Mike Clevinger CHW SP $12,000,000 12.90 4.67 64.84
51 Ranger Suarez PHI SP $2,950,000 13.71 3.73 62.91
52 Jesus Luzardo MIA SP $2,450,000 20.00 4.25 62.46
53 Shane Bieber CLE SP $10,010,000 15.20 4.63 61.74
54 Luis Castillo SEA SP $21,600,000 20.16 5.29 61.66
55 Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP $12,000,000 19.20 4.81 61.37
56 Taijuan Walker PHI SP $18,000,000 19.35 5.19 60.83
57 MacKenzie Gore WSH SP $723,300 19.20 3.64 60.70
58 Dean Kremer BAL SP $731,200 20.16 4.52 60.40
59 Kevin Gausman TOR SP $22,000,000 19.20 5.35 60.19
60 Jose Berrios TOR SP $18,714,286 20.00 5.08 58.66
61 Charlie Morton ATL SP $20,000,000 19.51 5.40 58.59
62 Alex Cobb SF SP $10,000,000 18.55 4.28 58.35
63 Marcus Stroman CHC SP $23,666,667 18.70 4.94 57.29
64 Johan Oviedo PIT SP $735,000 20.16 3.73 56.63
65 Hunter Brown HOU SP $725,000 19.20 4.17 56.09
66 Patrick Sandoval LAA SP $2,750,000 17.60 4.00 55.97
67 Julio Urias LAD SP $14,250,000 15.45 5.33 55.84
68 Kyle Hendricks CHC SP $13,875,000 13.82 4.51 55.39
69 Tommy Henry ARI SP $720,000 13.60 4.00 55.37
70 Brandon Williamson CIN SP $720,000 13.60 3.51 54.16
71 Griffin Canning LAA SP $850,000 14.40 4.04 53.96
72 Aaron Nola PHI SP $11,250,000 20.16 4.61 53.90
73 Graham Ashcraft CIN SP $722,500 18.40 3.57 53.50
74 Tanner Houck BOS SP $740,000 10.48 3.20 52.99
75 Kenta Maeda MIN SP $3,125,000 11.20 3.55 52.72
76 Paul Blackburn OAK SP $1,900,000 11.29 3.69 49.70
77 Domingo German NYY SP $2,600,000 16.13 3.68 49.37
78 Lucas Giolito LAA SP $10,400,000 20.00 4.00 49.10
79 JP Sears OAK SP $720,000 20.16 2.95 47.09
80 Seth Lugo SD SP $7,500,000 15.20 3.91 46.31
81 Dylan Cease CHW SP $5,700,000 20.97 3.42 45.88
82 Jesse Scholtens CHW SP $720,000 15.32 2.12 44.07
83 Brady Singer KC SP $2,950,000 19.84 3.73 43.95
84 Adrian Houser MIL SP $3,600,000 14.40 3.69 43.56
85 Nick Pivetta BOS SP $5,350,000 24.19 2.92 42.82
86 Kyle Gibson BAL SP $10,000,000 20.97 4.44 42.76
87 Jack Flaherty BAL SP $5,400,000 18.55 3.94 41.76
88 Anthony Gonsolin LAD SP $3,325,000 16.26 3.90 40.69
89 Reese Olson DET SP $720,000 11.29 2.67 40.46
90 Steven Matz STL SP $11,000,000 20.00 3.04 39.68
91 Reid Detmers LAA SP $740,000 17.60 2.91 39.04
92 Jake Irvin WSH SP $720,000 15.20 3.19 38.32
93 Chris Bassitt TOR SP $21,000,000 20.80 5.14 37.88
94 Cristian Javier HOU SP $12,800,000 18.40 4.06 37.63
95 Drey Jameson ARI SP $723,600 12.00 2.64 37.16
96 Chase Silseth LAA SP $720,000 11.20 2.93 36.95
97 Clarke Schmidt NYY SP $740,475 20.97 3.50 35.86
98 Austin Gomber COL SP $1,650,000 20.16 3.45 35.10
99 Yu Darvish SD SP $18,000,000 18.40 4.36 34.39
100 Miles Mikolas STL SP $18,583,333 21.60 3.68 32.63
101 Andrew Heaney TEX SP $12,500,000 19.35 4.08 30.76
102 Ben Lively CIN SP $720,000 11.20 3.29 29.51
103 Osvaldo Bido PIT SP $720,000 10.48 2.10 26.96
104 Justin Verlander HOU SP $43,333,333 16.00 5.12 26.81
105 Grayson Rodriguez BAL SP $720,000 12.90 2.75 25.22
106 Max Scherzer TEX SP $43,333,333 18.55 5.41 22.60
107 Anthony DeSclafani SF SP $12,000,000 15.32 3.25 22.31
108 Matt Boyd DET SP $10,000,000 12.10 3.20 21.45
109 Kyle Freeland COL SP $12,900,000 19.35 3.21 21.03
110 Michael Kopech CHW SP $2,050,000 18.55 3.04 20.69
111 Rich Hill SD SP $8,000,000 20.00 3.33 20.56
112 Drew Smyly CHC SP $9,500,000 21.14 3.49 19.84
113 Luis Medina OAK SP $720,000 14.52 2.56 18.48
114 Peter Lambert COL SP $775,000 16.13 2.07 18.34
115 Garrett Whitlock BOS SP $4,687,500 10.48 3.13 18.32
116 Tylor Megill NYM SP $750,000 14.40 3.41 18.08
117 Chris Sale BOS SP $29,000,000 10.48 4.15 17.91
118 Jhony Brito NYY SP $720,000 12.90 2.60 17.03
119 Trevor Williams WSH SP $6,500,000 20.00 3.19 16.80
120 Zack Greinke KC SP $8,500,000 17.46 2.12 14.09
121 Hunter Greene CIN SP $8,833,333 12.00 2.96 13.88
122 Patrick Corbin WSH SP $23,333,333 20.00 4.01 13.46
123 Tyler Anderson LAA SP $13,000,000 17.60 2.91 12.02
124 James Kaprielian OAK SP $730,000 11.29 1.86 10.84
125 Martin Perez TEX SP $19,650,000 18.55 3.67 10.73
126 Chase Anderson COL SP $720,000 11.29 1.55 9.93
127 Jameson Taillon CHC SP $17,000,000 17.89 3.18 9.14
128 Cal Quantrill CLE SP $5,500,000 10.40 2.08 7.96
129 Ross Stripling SF SP $12,500,000 15.32 1.70 6.84
130 Jordan Lyles KC SP $8,500,000 19.05 2.31 6.57
131 Ken Waldichuk OAK SP $720,000 21.77 1.70 5.71
132 Michael Grove LAD SP $722,500 12.20 1.67 5.46
133 Lance Lynn LAD SP $19,000,000 20.33 3.63 4.83
134 Carlos Carrasco NYM SP $11,750,000 15.20 1.96 2.04
135 Cory Abbott WSH SP $720,000 12.80 0.54 1.64
136 Noah Syndergaard CLE SP $13,000,000 12.80 1.79 1.60
137 Chris Flexen COL SP $720,000 16.13 0.88 1.53
138 Luis Severino NYY SP $10,000,000 12.10 1.04 0.06
139 Adam Wainwright STL SP $17,500,000 12.80 1.04 0.02