We have been hard at work on this new version of BTV and we are excited to share all of the improvements, including a streamlined design, improved performance, faster loading times, more frequent player value updates and tons of exciting new features.

The BTV website now offers two different subscription tiers, Front Office and General Manager. These tiers come with varying levels of access to the new features, as well as an ad-free experience, discounts on the new BTV merchandise and more.

To be clear: none of BTV’s key features are being taken away or paywalled. Users in the free tier will still be able to create trades, post them to the trade boards, comment on other users’ trades, read articles, listen to podcasts and more. But the new Front Office and General Manager subscription tiers offer exciting new perks and features that we can’t wait to share.

Here’s a summary of each of these new tools and features, including where to find them and links to tutorial videos explaining how to use them.

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments below or reach out to us.

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Value Matcher

Available with: Front Office or General Manager subscription

The Value Matcher tool within the Trade Simulator allows you to quickly shop a player around the league and find players within a similar value range who could make sense as a trade return.

To use the Value Matcher, select a team in the Trade Simulator. Then, find the player you would like to trade, and use the “Trade To” dropdown to send them to the Value Matcher. There, you can sort players as you would like, or filter by level (Majors/Minors) or position.

This can be used to find a match from any team across the league (if only one team is selected on the Trade Simulator) or from a specific team (if two teams are selected in the Simulator).

https://youtu.be/3BYxpkZesvs

Badges

Available with: Front Office or General Manager subscription

If you sign up for one of our subscription tiers, you’ll get a badge denoting that status on your profile, which will appear next to all trade proposals and comments.

GM Override

Available with: General Manager subscription

The GM Override feature allows subscribers of that tier to bypass the algorithm and submit trade proposals that may not normally be accepted by our model. If you feel strongly that a certain player would cost considerably more (or less) than what we’re showing, here’s your chance to make that case. Note that you’ll be asked to explain why you think so.

Team Totals/Team Rankings

Available with: General Manager subscription

The Team Totals and Team Rankings pages have been overhauled. On the Team Totals page, you can select any team and get a quick summary of the team’s total Field Value, Salaries and Surplus Value at the major league level, total Surplus Value at the minor league level, and total Surplus Value across both the majors and minors. You can also view a full roster of all player values from that team.

The Team Rankings page allows you to quickly view how each team ranks in the above categories (Major League Field Value, Major League Salaries, Major League Surplus Value, Minor League Surplus Value and Total Surplus Value).

https://youtu.be/O95ZxzLIwXg

Future Trade Value

Available with: General Manager subscription

The Future Trade Value timeline allows you to view projected trade values for players in future seasons, as their remaining years of team control, projected field value and projected salaries change.

On the Player Value Timelines page, type in the player you’d like to view and select their name from the list. Their Future Trade Value timeline will pop up. Hover over different points on this timeline to view the player’s projected Field Value, Salary and Surplus Value at each point in time.

https://youtu.be/KCiFZg7dVFg

Future Free Agent Value

Available with: General Manager subscription

The Future Free Agent Value timeline allows you to view projected contract values for current free agents.

On the Player Value Timelines page, type in the player you’d like to view and select their name from the list. Then, if they are a current or pending free agent, you can click on the “Future Free Agent Value” tab and the timeline will populate. 

You can adjust the “Future Years” dropdown to see total value and average annual value change depending on the length of the contract. Hover over different points on this timeline to view the player’s projected Field Value, Salary and Surplus Value at each point in time.

https://youtu.be/fNvZHjEbgFU

Future Extension Value

Available with: General Manager subscription

The Future Free Agent Value timeline allows you to view projected contract values for players who are nearing free agency.

On the Player Value Timelines page, type in the player you’d like to view and select their name from the list. Then, if they are still under team control but nearing free agency, you can click on the “Future Extension Value” tab and the timeline will populate. 

You can adjust the “Future Years” dropdown to see total value and average annual value change depending on the length of the contract. Hover over different points on this timeline to view the player’s projected Field Value, Salary and Surplus Value at each point in time.

https://youtu.be/WvHRW4iAgMo

Merchandise

Show off your trade expertise and support BTV in style with our new merch! Currently we offer high-quality T-shirts, baseball hats, mugs and quarter-zip pullovers, all blazened with our classic green BTV logo. 

Front Office members get a 10% discount on all merchandise.

General Manager members get a 15% discount on all merchandise.

Subscription Tiers

For more information, please view the full breakdown on the “Subscriptions” page or watch the below video:

https://youtu.be/Cxxx0YB7ToA

We hope you enjoy our new site. Reach out with any questions.