To our beloved Baseball Prospectus readers:
You may have noticed things have changed around here and we’re excited to share! We think you’ll enjoy the experience of having a 21st century website, but we’re sure that you have some questions. We tried to anticipate them below, but if we missed any, we’ll answer and add them to the list below:
What happened?
We’ve moved part of our web platform from 1999 to 20-teens. In short, we’ve put all of our articles on a new site but for now, we’ve left most of our statistics and tools in the last millennium.
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What changed?
- [ed -] Account status – please use this link: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/membership-account/
- [ed -] The old “Manage Profile” page has been replaced. But if you need access to Bat Signal or your Digital Downloads, these can be found at The New Manage Legacy Page
- The editorial playground of the website is a lot cleaner and easier to use.
- The new design is also mobile-friendly so you can enjoy the latest from your favorite BP authors without having to carry your desktop with you.
- The search functionality is vastly improved. Have you ever tried to find an old BP article without knowing both the author and the month? Do you remember the pain and anguish that caused you? We surely do. In the new “Archive” section, you can easily peruse your favorite topics from past and present BP authors.
- The Fantasy and Prospect Pages are actual home pages for your specific interests, rather than just being a list of articles that were designated in a particular category. There will be more to come on these home pages as we continue to build out fun stuff like minor league leaderboards, in- and off-season fantasy valuations, and much more.
How do I access the Bat Signal (super premium feature) and other Digital Downloads?
[ed -] The old “Manage Profile” page has been replaced. But if you need access to Bat Signal or your Digital Downloads, these can be found at The New Manage Legacy Page
Will my old bookmarks work?
Yes!
I didn’t bookmark my favorite old page, now I can’t find it.
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- [ed -] The old “Manage Profile” page has been replaced. But if you need access to Bat Signal or your Digital Downloads, these can be found at The New Manage Legacy Page
- [ed -] Also formerly part of “Manage Profile”: Account status – please use this link: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/membership-account/
- Manager Comments from BP Annuals
- Pitch F/X tools
- Player Forecast Manager (PFM)
- Playoff Odds
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- Prospect Tracker
- RSS Feed
- Scoresheet DraftAid
- Strength of Schedule
- Team Audit
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- Weighted Means Spreadsheet (currently 2017 version)
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What are you working on next?
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I have suggestions/ideas about this redesigned site and I think you should listen to them. How do I get you to listen to them?
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So play around with the new features and improved user experience, and enjoy the rest of the postseason. You know we will.
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For the most part, I don't mind the redesign, though it will take some getting used to. However, there is some functionality that got lost, which directly affects the ability to read through the site:
The article links don't change color, so I have no way to quickly see which articles I've already read, and which I haven't. Particularly if a late article gets posted, and I don't see it (well, actually now I'm likely to miss it totally) until the next day.
No longer a way to see which articles have new comments that I haven't read. Do you mean I now have to go back into every article from the last couple of days to see if anyone has replied to my comments or added new ones?
I used to be able to go into one of "today's" articles, read it to the bottom, then pick another, and repeat the process until I had read every new article I wanted. Now, the "Latest Articles" box at the bottom of the page doesn't seem to include everything for today, so now I have to keep going back to the home page (and try to figure out which articles I have and haven't already read).
You say that all the old information has been preserved, but when I go to my account, I can no longer see all my old comments. Hope that's just delayed and will be back soon...
In a nutshell, you've actually made it HARDER for me to read the site each day.
I'd love to keep the up/down voting system (even if it became a stand-in for agree/disagree; its original intent was to encourage quality, not content), and retain the "Previous Comments" section on the My Account page. Links within articles, and "Previous Articles"/"Previous Columns" are *extremely* helpful, especially when catching up, either from the previous day, or a slew of previous columns for prepping in my leagues ("The Call Up" was particularly helpful).
Lastly, maintaining spacing between paragraphs would be great, as I'm sure this comment will make clear as soon as I hit Submit. :-)
Looking at the new BP comments I'm thinking they'd have just been better off plugging in Disqus.
We hope this resolves the issue for you.
(1) The titles of articles you've read show up a different color than those you haven't
(2) Separate printable versions of articles; I can't read for pleasure more than one screen at a time.
Thanks for your attention to these.
I liked having the links I had read be a different color showing had read them. Now I have no idea what's new and what was there a day or two ago. Can you please include all of the day's content in "Today's Articles"?
To this end, I offer myself to discuss these things offline with programmers or decision makers. I don't claim to speak for everyone, but I can discuss how *I* (and apparently some others) used this site.
You can contact me through the email attached to my account, and I can do email, phone, screen-sharing, whatever you want.
Thanks.
Oh, and changing the link color for things already read.
2. There were so many times that I went to recheck articles based on being able to see how many new comments were added. Maybe the comment color number could change to green if there are new comments?
3. Not sure if I'm happy or sad that I can't add pictures/GIFs in the comment section. Maybe the feature could be added to certain users. Speaking of certain users, it was nice seeing commenters ration of upvotes to downvotes. It made it easier to identify people who are trolling.
I have tried all of the solutions you suggest. I cleared my cookies. I changed my password. I keep getting redirected to the new page, which tells me I am logged in.
Is there a logical reason why the Team Tracker cannot be accessed on the redesigned page?
This is very frustrating.
The eBook should absolutely still be available. For what it's worth, we have no reason to believe the revised delivery date is accurate. This happened last year and books were delivered on time. We have inquired with Amazon as to why the date changed, but have not heard back. To our knowledge, they will still ship on time.
Categories are QS vs Win; OPS vs AVG; and (S+H) vs SV
I'm OK with targets for 7 of the 10 categories, but not for QS, OPS, and (S+H).
If you could help me with these it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
P.S. Its a brand new league, so I have no history to draw from.
David
David Love
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We generally do not issue new spreadsheets in-season. The PECOTA projections are available any time via the leaderboards if you are logged in and click "show PECOTA." From there you can download a csv spreadsheet. We should be switching to our "Rest of Season" projections shortly.
Thanks for a great site overall!
Thanks!