Painting the Black Baseball League

I'm a little behind on doing this.  But I wanted to wait for the newest version of 2.1 to come out.  We are now upgraded to version 2.1.4.   

I will now be working on adding the portal and chat back to the forum.

2023 MLFAD

6.8: Toronto Phantoms - Carlos Mateo, RHP, Pit
6.12: Columbus Wild - Jose Marcano, SS, CLE
7.2: Boston Monsters - Braden Bristo, RHP, TB
7.3: SLC Bums - Sebastian de Andrade, C, SEA
9.10 Cincinnati Bad News -  Yassel Soler, 3B, ARI
10.10 Cincinnati Bad News - Ruben Menes, P, STL
11.10  Cincinnati Bad News - Bladimir Pichardo, RHP, PIT
11.12 Columbus Wild - Juan Frances, OF, CLE
12.10 Cincinnati Bad News -  Yeiker Reyes, OF, COL
12.12 Columbus Wild - Joshua Liranzo, SS, BAL
13.7 Chicago Bottomfeeders - Eudy Liriano, RHP HOU
13.12 Columbus Wild - Jose Mejia, SS, BAL
14.7 Chicago Bottomfeeders - Juan Sierra, OF, HOU
14.10 Cincinnati Bad News - Carlos Batista, OF, WAS
14.12 Columbus Wild - Jose Pirela, OF, CLE
15.7 Chicago Bottomfeeders - Sandro Pereira, 2B, HOU
15.9 Destin Barracudas - Juan Archbold, RHP, CHC
15.12 Columbus Wild - Yaikel Mijares, SS, CLE
15.20 Shrewsbury Big Flies - Rafael Alvarez, OF, CHW

Just to let everyone know, once the MLFAD is over, I plan to re-install the portal on this new forum version.  The bridge between the new forum software and portal seems to be set now.  This will bring back the front page, side panels and chat like we had on the previous version.

Could be a cookie thing, but it wasn't the site itself, that works without a problem. It was the pop-up soliciting the user name and pass. Instead of soliciting those data with the fields it always appeared with error.

Clear your cookies.  Also make sure you're using the https url: https://paintingtheblack.com.   

Old bookmarks are a problem since I changed the site to https. 

Mmmm...forget about this...after clicking a hundred times I got a user login at a certain moment and am in now.

Hey! Somehow each time I press the login button on the website when trying to enter via PC it a pop-up shows up and says "error" and nothing more.

I have accessed only via mobile ever since the upgrade of the forum but wanted to use the "search" function via PC and work with my own sheets on there for the MILB drafts. But somehow can't.

I guess it is only affecting me. I use Edge and Firefox, happens the same on both.
On the mobile it is Safari.

Active roster size has been reduced to 40 (25 active and 15 reserves).

If you are over please either demote some y2y1 or y2y2 players or waive a player(s) to get at or under the max.  If you don't your roster will be illegal and you won't incur points.

Also, opening day is Thursday March 30th.  Please be sure to set your lineups.  Also the first week is from 3/30 through April 9th.

We are looking to add some roster flexibility to the waiver rules.  Currently when you waive a player, if they are not claimed the player goes to paid minors.  This can cause an issue with the minors player limit.

We are going to add two more options to waivers to allow for some additional roster flexibility (like MLB teams have).   

Below will be the options you have when waiving a player.

1) Player will go to paid minors and can be called up again.

2) Player can be released (dropped from roster) and the team will continue to pay the players remaining salary.  If a player has a contract of $2.0M per season through 2025, then a cap hit will be applied to your Fantrax roster for that player for $2.0M through 2025.  The player will become a free agent and can be bid on by other teams.

3) Player can be released (dropped from roster) and the team can buyout the rest of the contract in the current year.  Same example as above, a GM can choose to pay the remaining $6.0 of the players contract in the current year and will not have any cap hits moving forward.  The team must have cap space available to do this.  The player would again become a free agent once dropped and can be bid on by other teams.

In the event of a y2y contract, since these are yearly contracts, if a y2y player is dropped you will only be charged a cap hit for the current year.  Example:  A player is on a y2y4 contract and is being paid $1.2M, you only be charged the cap hit of $1.2M in the current year.

The decision to go to paid minors or choosing one of the release options can be made after the player clears waivers.  You can  make it when you post the player to waivers but you will have 24 hours after the player clears to select an option or the player will default to paid minors.

This option keeps the guaranteed contracts in place as each team is still responsible for the full contract but it will allow for increased roster flexibility moving forward. 

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

We have made a lot of progress on this list.  The remaining players that still need to be added to Fantrax rosters are bolded.  The players that have been added to rosters have been crossed out.

Please do us a favor and double check that your rosters have the correct players.  I will leave the added players up until the start of 2023 MLFAD.

Quick reference:

Alaskan Wolves = Destin Barracudas
Jax Pratts = Vancouver Rainhawks

Please reply if you see any mistakes. 

Thanks!