Built to help you make decisions

Most fantasy tools show you stats. Leaguemate tells you what to do and explains why. Everything below analyzes your specific roster, your league format, and your team strategy to give you verdicts you can act on. Not raw numbers.

No black boxes.

Engine 1

Hold / Trade / Cut

Every player on your roster gets a verdict: HOLD, TRADE, or CUT. Six different signals feed into it, and you get a confidence score plus a plain-language explanation for each one. Your team strategy changes the math. A rebuilder's HOLD is way harder to earn than a contender's.

Strategy Mode adjusts everything

Five modes: Full Rebuild, Stockpile More Assets, Hold the Course, Pivot to Win-Now, and Push All-In Now. Each one shifts what counts and how much. The same player can be a HOLD on one team and a TRADE on another. That's the point.

6 Signal Dimensions
Production Alignment
Is this player actually producing for your team? Accounts for playing time trends and efficiency, not just raw points.
Age Curve
Where is this player on their career arc? Rising, peaking, or declining. Position matters. RBs age faster than QBs.
Sell Window
Dynasty value is high but the player's trending down. That's your sell window. Usage trends and market signals fine-tune the timing.
Positional Context
How does this player rank at their position across the league? Factors in starter slots and your roster's weak spots. SuperFlex QBs get a meaningful boost.
Strategic Fit
Does keeping this player match your team strategy? A rebuilder doesn't need aging vets. A contender doesn't need raw projects. Same player, different teams, different answers.
Situation Score
The real-world stuff: injury status, depth chart spot, snap share, usage trends, and experience. Adjusted for age and position.
Protective Overrides

Safety nets that kick in after scoring. They prevent dumb cuts and protect your best assets:

  • ·No trade value and hurting your lineup? That’s a cut.
  • ·Injured but still worth something in trades? Not a drop candidate.
  • ·SuperFlex QB who’s still rising or holds real value? Always a trade candidate, never a cut.
  • ·Worth real money in trades? Never a cut. Trade him instead.
  • ·Top-tier asset on a contending team in their prime? That’s a hold. Period.
About Confidence

How certain the verdict is. Higher when multiple signals agree and there's good data on the player. AI-powered dynasty intel can nudge the score, but only when the underlying numbers support it.

Trade Sub-Types

TRADE verdicts come in three flavors. Each one means something different for how you should approach the deal.

SellDeclining player past prime. Dynasty value is near ceiling. Move him while the market still pays.
SurplusYou're deep at this position. Player isn't a top-2 contributor there. Convert depth into a position you actually need.
Window MismatchPlayer's timeline doesn't match your team's competitive window. Rebuilders holding prime vets. Contenders stashing raw prospects. Wrong player, wrong time.
Engine 2

Rookie Intelligence & Draft Board

Prospects are scored and ranked using six factors personalized to your roster. Market value anchors the ranking, then talent comps, roster need, timeline fit, surplus value, and landing spot adjust from there. The result is a draft board built for your team, not the consensus.

6 Scoring Factors
Dynasty Value
Market consensus drives the ranking. A top-3 prospect always outranks a mid-rounder regardless of fit.
Talent Bonus
How likely is this prospect to hit based on historical comps? QBs get extra weight because they bust more often but are worth way more when they don’t.
Positional Need
How weak is your roster at this position? Bigger gaps mean bigger boosts. Adjusted for how many starters you need at the position.
Timeline Fit
Does this rookie's development timeline match your team's window? Rebuilders get full credit. Contenders get less because you need production now, not in two years.
Surplus Value
Are you getting more player than this pick slot usually returns? Flags when a prospect is a steal relative to their draft position.
Landing Spot
Where did they land in the real NFL Draft? Depth chart openings and team fit matter. Only available after the draft. A tiebreaker, not a ranking driver.
Historical Comps

Each prospect is matched to similar players from 10 years of NFL Draft history (2015–2024, 1,100+ players). Matched on draft position, breakout age, athleticism, college production, and more.

You get outcome probabilities (starter, rotational, bust) based on how similar profiles actually turned out. Not a prediction about any individual player. When the comp pool is small, results pull toward position averages so you don't get misled by tiny samples.

Timeline Badges
⚡ ImmediateRBs who typically contribute year one
📈 Year 2WRs who usually need a season to develop
🕐 Year 3+QBs and TEs with longer development curves

Timeline badges are position-based norms from historical data. Not individual predictions.

Engine 3

Trade Impact Simulator

Model any trade before you accept it. Add players and picks to each side and the simulator re-runs your full franchise outlook with the modified roster. You see exactly how your WAR trajectory, win window, and strategy alignment shift.

WAR Delta
Before/after WAR projections side by side. Net impact across your 3-year outlook window.
Strategy Alignment
The verdict reflects whether the trade helps or hurts your specific team strategy. Not just raw value.
About the Verdict

Three layers. Market consensus: what are these players and picks actually worth? This is the biggest factor. Your team context: does this trade move your contention window, change your tier, or align with your peak years? Production tiebreaker: a small WAR-based nudge that only matters when the other two layers are close.

Verdicts range from Decisive Win to Decisive Overpay, with Lean Win, Even Trade, and Lean Overpay in between.

Engine 4

Bilateral Trade Packages

The strategy tab doesn't just tell you who to trade. It builds concrete packages. Pick-for-player, player-for-player, and multi-asset (2:2, 3:2) deals, ranked by fit. Each package shows who to offer, what to ask for, and why it works for both sides.

Multi-Asset Packages
2:2 and 3:2 trades surface first because that's how real dynasty deals get done. Simple 1:1 swaps are included but ranked lower.
Quality Filters
CUT-rated players, duplicate positions on the receive side, and 2-QB sends in SF leagues are automatically filtered out.
Engine 5

Ask Leaguemate

Chat with an AI analyst that knows your roster, your league, and your dynasty values. Trades, player outlook, draft strategy, anything. Powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash with the same engines behind the rest of the app.

Live League Data
Answers are backed by your actual roster, standings, trade history, and dynasty values. Not generic advice.
Trade Cards in Chat
Ask about a trade and the chatbot renders an interactive trade card with the same scoring as the simulator.
Under the Hood

Data Sources

Leaguemate pulls from multiple sources. No single one tells the whole story. Each layer adds signal.

Dynasty player values, tiers, and 7-day trends. One of two configurable market value sources.

Alternative dynasty value source. Toggle between KTC and FantasyCalc from the UI. Every score, rank, and recommendation updates instantly.

Sleeper API

League structure, rosters, matchup history, and draft picks. Everything roster-specific starts here.

Play-by-play efficiency metrics (EPA per play) that enrich the Production Alignment signal. Goes deeper than box score stats.

College production (target share, air yards dominance, yards per route run) for prospect evaluation.

Historical Database

10 years of NFL Draft history (2015–2024, 1,100+ players) for prospect comps and probability modeling.

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