Ownership Gate
The roster-availability filter. Lower ownership means the market has not fully absorbed the player yet. The Waiver surface focuses on assets that are still broadly actionable before public demand catches up.
Signal Window
The urgency clock. 72H means the asset may need action quickly. 96H allows a little more monitoring. 7D is a slower stash or surveillance window.
Asset Type
Classifies the player as an Arm, Bat, or other roster asset type so the operator can balance needs instead of blindly chasing every signal.
Market Defect
The reason the asset remains mispriced. Examples include Market Lag, ERA lag, role fog, command discount, role block, contact discount, call-up lag, or public hesitation around recent volatility.
Command
The roster instruction generated from the signal. Claim, Add, Stash, Track, and Monitor indicate escalating or reduced action intensity.
Risk
Exposure sizing. Low is cleaner. Medium can justify action if the role is clear. High means volatility weapon, not blind acquisition.
Primary Command
The top-level board instruction for the current Waiver scan. Example: Priority Waiver Claim means the surface is finding assets that may justify active claim consideration.
Shark Window
The current market-timing window for the board. This is the period where public ownership, role clarity, or box-score recognition may still lag the underlying signal.
Operational Status
The deployment-readiness readout. Deployment Clear means the card is eligible for active consideration. Locked, frozen, or surveillance states mean the signal exists but action may be blocked.
Body / Roster State
The current availability/roster condition used by the surface. Active means the player is not blocked by the known status layer. Always cross-check late injury, lineup, and transaction news before acting.
Status Source
The provenance of the status readout. Candidate File means the player came from the dynamic Waiver candidate intake file / upstream signal candidate pool. It is not a static demo fixture. Treat it as verified candidate sourcing, but still confirm current MLB roster, injury, and role context before deployment.
Surface Suppression
The reason the public market may still be discounting the asset. This can include weak box-score optics, low roster percentage, role uncertainty, recent volatility, or delayed market recognition.
Forensic Trigger
The underlying reason the asset entered the open-market candidate pool. This may come from Signal Wall, Apex Extraction, movement, command, bat-path, role, or other physics-first signals.
Market Read
The final plain-English diagnosis tying the metrics together. It explains why the asset is actionable, trackable, blocked, or only suitable for surveillance.
Watchlist Provision
The staging instruction. Use this when the asset deserves tracking or roster-terminal attention, but may not yet justify a direct roster move.
Performance Audit
The deeper player-level evidence trail. The audit link should open the player’s underlying signal dossier so the operator can inspect the supporting data before acting.
Frozen Signals
Players with signal value but blocked deployment. These remain useful for surveillance, but should not be treated as clean acquisition targets until the operational status clears.
Surface Strategy
Prioritize cards where the market defect is temporary, the signal window is short, and the command is stronger than public ownership implies. The edge is the mismatch between hidden physics and public hesitation.