Many sports leagues at several levels will hand out a Most Improved Player award every season â the hardware typically goes to someone who had a subpar or injury-plagued year prior to putting together a big season. Economically speaking, Kentucky would be in the running for Most Improved Player among all 50 states based on the latest Fitch Ratings. Fitch is considered one of the âBig Threeââcredit rating agencies, along with Moodyâs and Standard & Poorâs. Fitch, which previously rated Kentuckyâs economic outlook as negative, recently shifted the label to âstable.â Fitch noted Kentuckyâs âsolid ability to control revenues and expenditures to maintain fiscal balanceââand its âdeclining reliance on one-time measures.â