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The Rationale

The Rationale is where I explain (some of the reasons) why I have rated a player the way I have.

Some of those factors are player-dependent and others are team/organization-dependent.

For example, my rating of Carlos Martinez is dependent on what the Cardinals emphasize with him in terms of his pitching mechanics, and that could have as much as a 2-point swing on my rating of him.