Over the previous a number of months, we’ve got been engaged on including customization options to our participant pages for FanGraphs Members, specializing in data that’s pertinent for present main leaguers. In case you are a Member and signed in, now you can configure and save three to 6 totally different customized dashboard playing cards for batters and pitchers.
You’ll discover a grey bar on the high of the participant pages beneath the participant identify header. If you happen to click on on the Participant Dashboard hyperlink on the proper that claims “Open Settings,” it would open the dashboard controls:
There are two components to the controls. First, you possibly can set the variety of playing cards displayed. At the moment, you possibly can select between hiding all the playing cards, displaying three playing cards, or displaying six playing cards (two rows of three playing cards). To the proper of these show choices, you may have the flexibility to toggle between viewing your present settings or viewing all the out there playing cards for a participant and his place (batting stats vs. pitching stats):
In case you have “Card Settings” chosen, you possibly can select between the totally different playing cards for every slot. The Card Settings will save a separate structure for batters and pitchers. Within the drop-downs for every card slot, you possibly can choose any of the out there playing cards for any slot you need. Clicking “Default” will reset the slot to its preliminary worth. The fourth, fifth and sixth slots will likely be clean, since we don’t have defaults set for them:
Under are descriptions for the dashboard playing cards we at the moment have out there.
Pitchers and batters:
Fast Look (Default)
Our default fast stats for gamers. This card contains the present season, projections, and profession values for main league gamers. It additionally has a tab for prospect grades.
RosterResource Abstract (Default)
Our default draft, contract, and roster data. This card has a abstract of the essential data out there on RosterResource.
Information (Default)
Our default information data for the participant. This card contains Rotowire information, in addition to hyperlinks to the items from our editorial employees that the participant has been tagged in.
Spark Graphs (Three and Six Graphs) NEW!
We now have spark graphs that present rolling stats over a participant’s final 15 video games for place gamers and 5 video games for pitchers. We created two totally different grid sizes: three graphs and 6 graphs. The three-graphs possibility affords extra element, like a labeled y-axis, however the six-graph possibility has extra stats out there. We hope to have extra choices out there sooner or later:
Participant Rater (12 and 15 groups) NEW!
Earlier this 12 months, we launched our fantasy-centric Participant Rater, which feeds a helpful participant card for fantasy gamers:
RosterResource Transaction Tracker NEW!
This card pulls knowledge from our RosterResource Transaction Tracker. It options trades, contract signings, and roster strikes associated to the participant:
Pitchers Solely
Pitch Modeling (Stuff+ and PitchingBot) NEW!
We created a horizontal bar graph card to show pitch modeling knowledge, with pitches listed in descending order from the pitcher’s most-used pitch to his least-used pitch. We’ve solely included these pitches with >5% utilization charge. You possibly can view the three mannequin varieties — Stuff+, Location+, and Pitching+ — for Stuff+, and Stuff, Command, and Total for PitchingBot:
Batters Solely
RosterResource Lineup Tracker NEW!
Utilizing RosterResource’s lineup data, this card features a lineup place break up by beginning pitcher handedness, in addition to a abstract of how the participant entered the sport (as a starter, pinch-hitter, defensive substitute, and many others.). We solely show data for a participant’s present staff, so if he switched groups, his lineup tracker will likely be principally clean and his season abstract depend will reset.
For the sake of context, we embrace the next:
- Complete staff video games: What number of video games the staff has performed.
- Out there staff video games: Estimated video games the place the participant was the out there for his present staff. This excludes free company, time spent enjoying for different groups, and time spent within the minors or on the IL, and many others. This means if the participant was on the lively roster and will play within the recreation.
A just lately acquired participant would have a excessive variety of whole staff video games, however would solely be thought of out there for the few video games he spent together with his present staff. You’d see comparable numbers for a participant who spent a lot of the season on the IL or in Triple-A.
The lineup calendar will replace in actual time when lineup data turns into out there. Combination knowledge is pulled from our recreation log knowledge and is up to date nightly:
These customized dashboard playing cards are in beta mode, as we’re nonetheless growing this function; the playing cards may change shortly or have options eliminated. Please tell us when you’ve got any suggestions or questions, both by leaving a remark under or emailing help@fangraphs.com. We’re additionally open to function requests, particularly concepts for extra playing cards that you’d discover helpful. Thanks to David Appelman and Keaton Arneson. They each labored actually arduous to develop the preliminary idea and assist create this device. And thanks for being a FanGraphs Member. Your help permits us to develop instruments like this!