Benchwarmer News

1/8/12

• One more delay -With some late-assigned orphans, and me still needing to work on rosters for the remaining orphan teams, the deadline for carryover choices is pushed back to Friday, Jan 13 (midnight Pacific).

1/2/12

• New Players - 116 new players added to the master player list based on the MLB 40-man rosters.  No more additions until after the season begins.

12/31/11

• Players Removed / Positions Final - 700+ minor league players were checked, and their positions are now final for 2012.  Also, just about 200 were removed from the master player list (out of baseball, playing in Japan, etc.).  Most of these players were not on any rosters, but these players have been automatically removed from current BWB rosters before the carryover choices are due: Cory Aldridge, Tyler Beede, Ronald Belisario, Daniel Cabrera, Joel Guzman, Juan Jaime, Melvin Mora, and Matt Peterson.
• Players Added? - Ideally the new players added to the list will be posted by the end of this weekend.
• Federal League - Your draft list due date is now set to Monday night, January 9 at midnight Pacific. (This is a firm date).

12/19/11

• Post-season Fall Trading - Results of second session posted - Trades are closed until February (sorry for any confusion if it appeared trades were still allowed).
• We're now in the final two weeks to make your carryover choices.  You may keep up to 28 players on your roster - everyone else will have to go into the free agent pool.  You must have enough cash to pay for all the players now and this is all the cash you will get until Opening Day.  And you must comply with all roster limits for salaries over 250.
• Carryover choices are now due Sunday night, January 1, 2012 at midnight Pacific.  This 2-day extension gives you the full weekend to finish your choices and the Monday holiday for BWB to process the cuts.

12/7/11

• Post-season Fall Trading - Results of first session posted.  Updates to the transaction schedule are now posted.  There is no salary component to these trades - the new owners will be fully liable for the 2012 salary that will be charged in late December.  You must be confirmed as returning with your team in order to play a role in a trade.

11/27/11

• 2012 Salaries: Final Salaries Posted.  Premium adjustments applied.
• Want to sign up and grab a new or orphan team for 2012?  If you're new to BWB, you can sign up here.  Existing BWB owners can pick up brand new extra teams.  Also check out the current list of new 16-team leagues and available orphan teams.

11/16/11

• Are you keeping your team(s) in 2012?  Please visit your team roster pages or go here to indicate whether or not you're going to retain ownership of the team in 2012.  Deadline is December 16 or your team will be classified an orphan team.
• Post-season Fall Trading - Now open - deadlines are Friday 12/2 and Friday 12/16.  Updates to the transaction schedule are now posted.  There is no salary component to these trades - the new owners will be fully liable for the 2012 salary that will be charged in December.  You must be confirmed as returning with your team in order to play a role in a trade.
• 2012 Salaries: Preliminary Salaries Posted.  The salaries are subject to premium increases and are not final.  Final salaries are likely to be set the weekend after Thanksgiving.
• 2012 Salary Cap is 41974, down from 45136 last year.  New leagues get 42000.  Check the team finances page to see the actual cash distributed to each league.
• 2012 Positions Set - any player with an "x" in the secondary position setting or showing up in the allowable positions still needs to be verified from the minor leagues.  Those unverified positions are subject to change and the players are still subject to be removed from the list.

11/7/11

• Post-season Fall Trading - delayed a bit until salaries are final (see below) and we finish some of the database changes that we needed to do mid-season to cover the off-season pages.
• 2012 Salaries: Coming soon (later this week)
• Meanwhile, here are the top raw salary values for the new calculations.  Note that actual salaries are 1/3 of the player's 2011 salary + 2/3 of the raw salary calculated from 2011 stats.  Add on to that the "premium adjustments" that include MVP award voting results and we won't have final salary values until around Thanksgiving.

10/30/10

• Benchwarmer Bash - Finals  Crumpton Roches from Murderers' Row wins the Benchwarmer Bash finals 4 games to 1.  Congratulations Jesse Roche.

10/29/11

• Benchwarmer Bash - Semifinals - Full results posted.
  • Championship posting comes on Sunday!
  • Finalist 1 - 1st Seed: Crumpton Roches from Murderers' Row.  Owned by Jesse Roche.  2011 Record: 105-45  Power Index Rating: 2
  • Finalist 2 - 7th Seed: London Groove Armada from Beatleball.  Owned by Sherman Wan.  2011 Record: 94-56  Power Index Rating: 49

10/27/11

• Benchwarmer Bash - Quarterfinals - Full results posted

10/26/11

• Benchwarmer Bash - Federation Finals - Full results posted (click on Federation Results links to see game scores).
• Eight teams advance to the Benchwarmer Bash.

10/25/11

• Benchwarmer Bash - Federation Semifinals - Full results posted (click on Federation Results links to see game scores).

10/18/11

• Congratulations to owners with multiple league championships:
  • Jerry King - 4 (7 division champions)
  • Michael Quinn - 3 (11 division champions)
  • Jesse Roche - 3 (4 division champions)
  • Mike Prohaska - 2 (7 division champions)
  • Giuseppe Rosselli - 2 (2 division champions)
  • William Stingle - 2 (2 division champions)
  • Tom Twomey - 2 (9 division champions)

10/17/11

• Playoffs - Championship Week, Games 6 & 7 posted - season complete!
• Benchwarmer Bash - If you're changing lineups - you much finish it by Tuesday night at midnight Pacific.
• Congratulations League Champions:
  • Batman - Detroit Riddlers - Mike Prohaska
  • Beatleball - London Groove Armada - Sherman Wan
  • Beer - Kingfisher Ale Slammers - Tom Twomey
  • Blame Canada - South Park Coon and Friends - William Stingle
  • Bleed Dodger Blue - Team Japan 2009 WBC Champs - Scott Campbell & Leif Jonson
  • Blue and Gray - Atlantis Mighty Mythtakes - David Henning
  • Bronx Bombers - Go Richmond Spiders! - Jesse Roche
  • Chevy Chase - Dallas Lumber Co. - Richard Morgan
  • Commissioners - Detroit Pizza Pizzas - Mike Prohaska
  • Deuces Wild - Southern California Surf - Giuseppe Rosselli
  • Experts - Erie Warriors - Jerry King
  • Fenway Fenatics - Crumpton Roches - Jesse Roche
  • Four Star - Northern Voyageurs - Walter Hsu
  • Golden Throat - Massapequa Chiefs - Vito Selvaggi
  • Hall of Fame - Nordeast Knotholes - Jacob Vass
  • K Street - Altoona Thunder Chicken - Jerry King
  • Longball - Heartland Big Red - Don Kruse
  • Murderers' Row - Crumpton Roches - Jesse Roche
  • Minnie & Paul - Old Hickory Longshots - Ken DeGroot
  • Perfect World - Adrenaline Mob - Anthony Citarella
  • Phightin' Phils - SGV Dukes - Michael Quinn
  • Reality Bites - Memphis Bighitters - Michael Quinn
  • Redbirds - Brooklyn Usual Suspects - Jerry King
  • Shadowball - Norfolk Southern Thoroughbreds - William Stingle
  • The Kings of Queens - Woodside Dingos - Tom Twomey
  • Three of a Kind - Havana Lounge Lizards - Jerry King
  • Triple Crown - Pittsburgh RoHo's - Giuseppe Rosselli
  • Winners Circle - Quinn Team - Michael Quinn

10/16/11

• Playoffs - Championship Week, Games 4 & 5 posted - we finish up on Monday night

10/15/11

• Playoffs - Championship Week, Games 2 & 3 posted

10/13/11

• Playoffs - Championship Week, Game 1 posted
• Benchwarmer Bash - Structure posted - only a few wild cards this year...

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