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5/6/13
- Still not paid yet? - Payment was officially
due on the Week 1 deadline.
Head to the
team payment summary to figure it out. This will
include information on how to pay via PayPal/credit card
(preferred) or by check. Teams not yet paid are now
subject to
blocked lineup changes in addition to transaction restrictions.
Teams not paid by Week 10 (June 8) will lose their teams.
If you know you're dropping out, let me know so that we can
orphan your team...
4/25/13
- Blog posting coming soon (sometime Saturday-Sunday) with
further discussion about when starts count in the pitching
queue. But in a short statement, you should be safe to add
any pitchers you picked up in the Week 3 transactions to your
rotation in Week 4 and get credit for starts. Pitchers
that you're moving from spot, taxi, or minors to the starting
rotation in Week 4 will not get credit for any starts before the
week's deadline (Sunday April 28).
4/20/13
- Not paid yet? - Payment was officially
due on the Week 1 deadline.
Head to the
team payment summary to figure it out. This will
include information on how to pay via PayPal/credit card
(preferred) or by check. Teams not yet paid are now
subject to
transaction restrictions.
- New multiteam tool! This already
existed on a single team basis - the ability to clear out
your entire transaction list or clear out any incomplete
transactions (no round listed, no transaction type, etc.).
NOW, you can clear transactions for all your teams
with a single click (OK, sometimes 2 clicks).
See transactions for all
your teams as a starting point.
4/19/13
- Reminder on the 2013 rule change - as you switch pitchers
from Spot roles to the regular rotation, you are "resetting"
their start queue. Any queued start remaining from their
time as a spot starter is dropped. Pitchers coming into
the queue (including those moving from spot to rotation) will
not have any starts count before that week's lineup deadline.
This is to cut down on the potential for "streaming" in pitching
performances that you already know occurred.
- Are you having a problem with the BWB site "logging you out"
periodically (maybe even often)? Are you using Chrome as a
browser? I use Firefox and IE regularly with the site and
don't experience any similar problem - but a couple people have
reported the problem and both were using Chrome. I'll
start checking into it but if you've also had it happen and
found a workaround/fix, let me know.
4/7/13
- Reminder that Week One lineups are due
Monday April 8 at Noon Eastern.
- Payment information - Payment is officially
due on the Week 1 deadline.
Head to the
team payment summary to figure it out. This will
include information on how to pay via PayPal/credit card
(preferred) or by check. Teams not paid by Week 2 will
start to have transaction restrictions.
4/4/13
- Note on the
rule changes posted for when player stats start counting:
The rule change about setting the date for the lineup and
pitchers for stats to begin will be put off for 2013 based on
some implementation concerns and some worries about unintended
consequences. The rule regarding clearing the start queue
for pitchers moving from spot starter to the main rotation will
remain (I think this will actually take care of most of the
worry about streaming in known pitching performances). The
display of start dates for stats on the team roster page and
lineup change page will be removed in the next couple of days.
4/2/13
- All transaction/lineup
deadlines throughout the season are moving back 9
hours. The weekly deadlines will now be at
NOON EASTERN
on the listed date. There used to be a time when the
deadlines were midnight Eastern that I could run transactions,
etc. the same night. With the move to 3 hours later, that
was typically not possible - and this now allows people morning
adjustments and still have a deadline before that next day's
games.
- Meanwhile, the 2013 schedule
is on the web.
3/31/13
- Due Noon EDT on Monday April 1 - Week Zero Transactions - check the
schedule page for
more details as well as the
rules for "inactive owners" (if your roster does not reach
minimum levels by the end of this week, you've been inactive
this pre-season). Things to consider:
- You must have a legal roster after this week's
transactions.
- Salary rebate for cut players goes up to 80%.
- Cash balances for returning leagues (not newly drafted
ones) must be at or below 5000 after this week's
transactions (including salary rebates...so be careful if
you're cutting guys or trading them away this week).
Balances above 5000 will be reduced to that level.
- All teams will then get 2000 in Opening Day cash...in a
little loophole in the calculation, you can actually count
on that 2000 to use for transactions this week if you're
short on cash.
- No new players added yet - see the home page note below on
3/27.
- Transaction order will be reset to the reverse of 2012
standings (or team total salary for new leagues) for the
Week One transactions (due April 6).
- You don't have to have a lineup set until April 6, but
it doesn't hurt to start setting it now.
- This is a 2009 posting, so ignore the dates and the
specific names of new leagues, but here is some
additional discussion about Week Zero in the Benchwarmer Blog
3/27/13
- Welcome to Benchwarmer Baseball - It's a different
form of fantasy baseball as we play individual head-to-head
games simulated from daily MLB stats - this isn't a Rotisserie
game.
- This is fantasy baseball 365 days a year.
Teams are putting finishing roster touches to get ready for the 2013
season.
- Check out the Benchwarmer Baseball
Tour for an introduction.
- We are not drafting any additional new leagues in 2013 -
But, would you like to attempt to turn around a struggling team?,
these orphan teams
are still available...pick up an existing team and rebuild it, rather
than start from scratch.
- Want to sign up for an orphan team in 2013?
If you're new to BWB, you can
sign up here. Existing BWB owners can pick up
brand new extra teams.
- Some notes about new players...
- After the addition of guys on 40-man rosters in
December/January,
the
next time we add players is when they appear in a
regular season MLB game.
- Players are added to the list only at the time we
process weekly transactions, so that all teams have an
equal opportunity and at least 4-5 days to see that
players have been added.
- Our Week Zero
deadline is Mon April 1 and Week One (when BWB
Opening Day lineups are due) is Sat. April 6. Expect
that the Week Zero transactions will get posted on the
night of April 1.
- We process stats every few days - and with only 1
game on March 31, I don't expect to really do any stats
on April 1 prior to posting the Week Zero transactions.
So the first time that any new players will show up will
be the following week. Any players who appear in MLB games for the first
time on or before April 6 will get added to the player
list in time for the Week Two transactions
(deadline 4/13). If
they do not appear by that time, then they'll likely be
available for the Week Three submission (due 4/20).
-
Week 1 & 2 transaction order is in reverse order of
2012 standings - the same as was the case for the
Redistribution Draft (new leagues are in reverse order
of total team salary after Week Zero). Starting
with Week 3 we look at 2013 win-loss records to set the
order.
3/26/13
- Geek Pride League Phase Two, Part Three Draft completed and posted. Rosters, cash balances, and
free agent list now reflect the results. See the
Geek Pride Draft
Central for details. Draft is complete! Your
league now enters weekly transactions starting with this
week (April 1 deadline).
3/25/13
- Moneyball League Phase Two, Part Three Draft completed and posted. Rosters, cash balances, and
free agent list now reflect the results. See the
Moneyball Draft
Central for details. Draft is complete! Your
league now enters weekly transactions starting with this
week (April 1 deadline).
3/23/13
- Rules Changes/Process Changes
- We're going to do some things to tighten up moving
players in and out of the lineup (the primary focus
being starting pitchers) so that we reduce the effects
of knowing the MLB results and adjusting your BWB
roster. See the
rule change and
discussion on the Benchwarmer Blog
- Kind of fits in with my preference, but the early
comments were all for keeping a maximum of 4 pickups per
week and not increasing the number or making them
unlimited. No change anticipated here, but
comments are still open.
- Good luck to BWB
Experts League
participant
Scott Swanay today in
Tout Wars mixed league auction.
- Lots of site/page changes today, so running behind on
the transactions and draft processing - will try to get as
much done as possible tonight.
3/22/13
- See the
Benchwarmer Blog for notes on rule changes in general
and a specific rule change proposal open for comment -
Should BWB allow more than 4 rounds of picks each week for
transactions?
- Reminders: Geek Pride League draft picks due tonight
(Friday) - Moneyball League picks due Saturday night.
- Thinking ahead: Friday night is the deadline for Week
minus One transactions. Check out the
schedule/deadline page for some planning about what you need
to do for Week Zero
and Week One.
Lineups are due Week 1, but there's a one-week lag between
picking up a player and using him. So if you need to
fill spots for Opening Day, you need to pick them up by
April 1.
3/19/13
- Motor City League Phase Two, Part Three Draft completed and posted. Rosters, cash balances, and
free agent list now reflect the results. See the
Motor City Draft
Central for details. Draft is complete! Your
league now enters weekly transactions starting with this
week (Friday deadline).
- Benchwarmer Baseball welcomes the newest team owners to
the
Experts League - Please check out their sites:
3/18/13
- We're done with signups for new 2013 leagues, but if
you'd like to attempt to turn around a struggling team,
these orphan teams
are available...pick up an existing team and rebuild it, rather
than start from scratch.
3/16/13
- Cleveland Rocks League Phase Two, Part
Three Draft completed and posted. Rosters, cash balances, and
free agent list now reflect the results. See the
Cleveland
Rocks Draft Central for details. Draft is
complete! Your league now enters weekly transactions
starting with this week (Friday deadline).
3/15/13
- Are you new to Benchwarmer Baseball? Want some more
expansive explanation of the rules and processes? The
Benchwarmer Blog has some help for you.
The examples and some details like dates may be a bit dated, but
the concepts are the same. Any conflicts in rules are
settled by rules here on the main website - contact me with any
questions.
- Did you take over an Orphan Team for 2013? You've
landed in a league where most or all of the other owners
already know what's going on. Here are a series of postings from the Benchwarmer Blog to
fill you in on some of the things you need to know - it's
called
Orphan School
- The Orphan School posts included this link too - and
this is appropriate for people in new leagues too - it's the
BWB Primer.
3/10/13
- Pacific Northwest League: Phase Two Draft -
Part Four completed and posted. Rosters, cash
balances, and free agent list now reflects the results. See the
Pacific
Northwest Draft Central - Draft is complete!
Your league now enters weekly transactions starting with this
week (Friday deadline).
3/7/13
- This link is always found on the Help Page: As you're putting
together your 2013 roster, particularly if you're new to BWB
you might want to check out the
sample scoring
page that allows you to play around with a batting order
and see how it can affect your offensive score for a game.
- If you're new (or as a reminder to returning players) -
a move to injured reserve (IR) is permanent for the entire
2013 season. You will not be able to activate that
player again (he can only get back on an active roster if he
is cut or traded).
3/5/13
- Payment information - If you're a returning
owner from 2012, you don't need to pay for teams until April 1 -
but now's the time to take care of that. If you're new in 2013,
you'll need to pay for your teams before joining leagues.
Either way, head to the
team payment summary to figure it out. This will
include information on how to pay via PayPal/credit card
(preferred) or by check.
2/25/13
2/3/13
-
Redistribution Results Index Draft complete - Rosters updated with new
players
- Free agency and trades are open. This week's deadline
is Friday night Feb 9 at midnight Pacific. Transaction
order for this week is the same as for the Redistribution Draft.
See the News Archive
for older headlines.
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