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7/30/25

  • Transaction deadline Thursday night 7/31 at midnight Eastern:
    • 2025 MLB first-round draft picks are available for signing.
    • Check roster limits carefully - don't miss out on the players you want to sign!
      • If you have any trades, you need to check the roster limits manually - the website warnings don't include trades. Trades happen before free agent signings, so if you're over the limit, the free agents get cut first.
      • The website warnings also don't handle Ohtani correctly - the warnings will count him twice. The roster counts on your team page are correct, but transaction warnings might show you going over the limit - check those manually as well.
      • During this week's transactions, your team will get cash for the game results from Week 16 and your placement in your division at the end of Week 16. Note that the cash distribution amounts change with Week 16 games.
  • Trade deadline is next week

7/29/25

  • Week 17 begins - Games 97-99 posted - See results
    • Standings for all leagues
    • Around BWB
    • Next score update expected Friday
    • Who are we waiting on? These teams have played the fewest MLB games (through 7/28):
      • 105 games - Atl, Mia
      • 106 games - Bal, ChC, Cle, Col, Mil, Min, NYY, Phi, Was
      • Subtract 5 from the MLB game number to determine which BWB game can be scored

7/26/25

7/25/25

  • Week Eighteen Transactions Posted
  • Next deadline - Week Nineteen: Thursday night, July 31 -  Midnight Eastern
  • First round draft picks of 2025 are now in the player list.  You can sign them this week.
    • How to find the picks?  On the player selection screen, use the "Other" filter and you'll find an option for "First Round (2025)"
    • You'll also find them by looking for players who are new to the list in Week 19, although they will be mixed in with other players added this week by making their first MLB appearances.

Did You Know? If you refer a new owner to BWB, you can save $5 on your team

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7/24/25

  • Sorry - should have clarified/reminded about this in advance. In our current layout of the BWB season deadlines against the MLB schedule (I think this is the 3rd year), we hit a point at the All-Star break where the BWB games don't get completed in time to get the transaction order and financial rewards on our normal 2-week gap. Week 16 games won't be done until Friday or Saturday, so we can't use the results and standings and player awards during Week 18 transactions. After that we'll run on a 3-week gap for awhile (Week 16 game results, etc. will be applied during Week 19 transactions). There are a bunch of teams that will be short of cash for their intended transactions this week. (Well, 12, but that's a lot more than normal in a given week).

7/19/25

  • Contract extensions are now closed for the season
  • Change of plans - the MLB first round draft picks will NOT be added to the system this week. 1. I'm not completely ready and to add them will delay opening up the next week of lineups and transactions...and 2. I want you all to have as close to a full week as possible to add them - including 2 full weekend days. Draft picks will be available the first time between July 25-July 31

7/16/25

7/14/25

  • There's going to be one more small cash distribution to teams this week before the contract deadline - for All Stars
    • Each BWB league has an all-star team - the 2 top performers at each position in each conference (6 OF, 7 SP, 7 RP) - someday I'll find a way to easily post this for your viewing.
    • Plus, you get a bonus for players on your team who are on the MLB All-Star teams. I usually have to wait until the day of the game to set this to check for the late additions.
    • More information
    • Likely this cash will be added on Tuesday night

7/12/25

  • Next deadline - Week Seventeen: Friday night, July 18 -  7 PM Eastern - because there are no MLB games on Thursday, plus this is the deadline for contract signings, we're extending the deadline by 1 day.

7/9/25

  • Reminder - Transactions and lineups are now due on THURSDAYS
  • Check all your teams to see if you have any pending trade offers

7/7/25

  • For Week 16 lineups - you may reorder your pitching rotation from scratch - we will not check on games of rest between Weeks 15 and 16 - it's our version of the All Star Break.  Lineup deadline is Thursday night.
  • All teams will get a cash distribution this week of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks (1000) in advance of the contract extension deadline on Week 17 (deadline July 17)
  • Every 5 weeks we shift the transaction/lineup day - for the next 5 weeks, our deadlines are on Thursday nights at 7 PM Eastern.

6/29/25

  • We're at the halfway point of the regular season with Game 75

6/28/25

  • Upcoming dates/deadlines of note:
    • Friday, July 4 - Week 15 transactions - last week to get a salary rebate for released players
    • Thursday, July 10 - We switch weekly deadlines to Thursdays
    • Thursday, July 10 - During Week 16 processing, all teams get an extra 1000 in cash
    • Thursday, July 17 - Week 17: the contract extension deadline
    • Thursday, July 24 - Week 18: The week that 2025 first round draft picks will be available to sign
    • Thursday, August 7 - Week 20: Trade deadline
    • Wednesday, August 13 - Week 21: Final week to add players to the Prospects Roster
    • See 2025 Transaction Deadlines

6/23/25

  • We're starting 3 weeks of play within your division with Week 12

6/5/25

  • Reminder - transactions/lineups are now due on FRIDAYS

6/2/25

  • At Game 50, we've hit the 1/3 mark of the regular season

5/31/25

  • Every 5 weeks we shift the transaction/lineup day - for the next 5 weeks, our deadlines are on Friday nights at 7 PM Eastern.

5/1/25

  • There is a bug in the roster limits checking if you have Ohtani on your roster. The transaction warning messages that you will see are based on counting Ohtani batter and Ohtani pitcher as 2 players - but it's really only 1. Even if you don't have any signings/drops, if your roster is at 45 players, you'll see an error as though you're going to have 46. For now, if you have Ohtani on your team, you're going to need to do a little manual roster limit checking. I'll see if I can fix that this summer.

4/22/25

  • Check all your teams to see if you have any pending trade offers
  • 2 weeks in - we've got 6 teams at 12-0 and 2 teams still looking for their first win at 0-12.

4/21/25

  • It's a little early in the season - 24/25ths of the regular season still remains - but here's our 1-page look at comparing teams across all the leagues in the BWB universe: Around BWB
  • After 1 week of play, we've got 47 undefeated teams at 6-0 and 40 winless teams at 0-6.

4/19/25

  • More Games! - Week 1 complete - Games 4-6 posted
  • And we have games! - Week 1 underway - Games 1-3 posted

4/16/24

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