FanGraphs Changelog: The Offseason

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March 12, 2026

As part of our effort to build the best possible version of FanGraphs, we regularly roll out new site features and refine existing ones. It can be easy to lose track of all the changes, so we thought it would be useful to start giving a semi-regular overview of what we’ve been doing on the development side of the site. This is the first of those updates, with a focus on the new tools we’ve added over the offseason, as well as the work we’ve done recently to improve Member features and your experience of the site.

First, here are a few important updates we’ve already announced, in case you missed them:

Member Customization Features

Members have been able to create their own player page dashboards since 2024, but now you are able to further customize the settings of some of the cards by pressing the gear icon (⚙) in the top right corner of the card:

  • Spark Graphs: You can now pick your stats based on what we have available in the Game Logs. You are even able to use the Spark Graphs in multiple slots in your dashboard and feature different stats on each one.
  • Heat Maps: You can now set your default stat.
  • Stuff+ and PitchingBot: You can choose your default model (Stuff+, Location+, or Pitching+ for Stuff+, and Stuff, Command, or Overall for PitchingBot).
  • News: You can filter by article type (FanGraphs/RotoGraphs), and choose to hide injury information or the Rotowire news lines.

As a reminder, custom cards currently need to be set separately for pitchers and batters, so you’ll need to configure your dashboard for a pitcher and a batter initially. You can’t change your cards as a non-Member, but you can open the dialog box and preview the available options.

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App Updates

If you haven’t used the FanGraphs app in a while, a lot has changed. Over the past few months, we have made the following updates:

  • Added comments on articles
  • Added several RosterResource pages:
    • Platoon Lineups
    • Closer Depth Charts
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Offseason Tracker
    • Opening Day Tracker
  • Added some of the site’s simpler leaderboards:
    • WAR Leaders
    • Spring Training Leaders
    • College Leaders
    • KBO Leaders
    • NPB Leaders
  • Updated our Win Expectancy Graphs and Box Scores to match the site’s update (more on that below)
  • Added Pythagorean and BaseRun Records (available under Standings)
  • Added Playoff Odds Graphs (available under Standings)
  • Members can share articles from the app
  • Members can customize their bottom tab bar

Tool Updates

At the very end of last season, we updated the Win Expectancy Graphs to use team colors, and we flipped the y-axis to more naturally reflect the home and away teams:

We’ve improved our box scores to reflect more familiar formatting:

The individual full game stats lines have also been overhauled to look more like our current player page tables:

We updated and moved the Season Schedule and Results from the Team pages to the Scores pages:

The Playoff Odds Graphs have been updated to include all of the available projection systems we run for the Playoff Odds:

Speaking of graphs, our WAR Graphs tool, which allows you to compare players’ season and career WAR, has a new look:

We added the ability to look at previous seasons of Pythagorean and BaseRun Records. Because of stat limitations through the years, we currently only have BaseRun records back to 2002. We also spiffed up the Projected Standings page, though those are still only available for the upcoming or current season:

The RosterResource Coaches Breakdown has been updated to include information for 2025 and 2026:

You can filter players by their option status on the Opening Day Tracker, isolating those without minor league options remaining:

Flair

Ever since pitchers and catchers reported, we have given Members the option to have a Florida or Arizona banner at the top of their screen:


We have also given Members the option to hang the WBC Flags below the site’s header:

You can turn these features on and off using the User Menu in the top right corner with your user name in it.

Have questions? Leave them in the comments below, and if you have any suggestions for site features, be sure to let us know. And lastly, a thank you to our Members! Membership is the best way to ensure that we are able to continue to grow and improve the site, and support our staff. We couldn’t do it without you!





 

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Seuss2004Member since 2018
1 hour ago

I think this is deserving of an emphatic bat flip. Crushed it.

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