Player ID Map Updated for 2016-17 Offseason

It’s been awhile. But, yes, I’m still alive! And if you’re like me and itching to start thinking about and preparing for next season, you’ll be excited to know the SFBB Player ID Map has been updated.

The update includes additions of many players that entered the major leagues during the 2016 season as well as players projected to be impactful for the upcoming 2017 season.

In addition, players’ teams listed in the spreadsheet are updated for all transactions that occurred through December 6th. Finally, player positions have been updated to reflect games played during 2016. The position listed reflects the “most valuable position” played (if a player qualified at catcher and first base, he’s listed as a catcher).

You can download the updated map here.

Or you can view a web version here.

A complete list of changes can be viewed here or on the “Change Log” tab of the spreadsheet.2017updates

If you’re new to the site, consider checking out these past posts that illustrate some interesting things you can do with player IDs.

Please let me know if I’ve missed anyone (you can use Twitter to do that). Stay smart.

5 thoughts on “Player ID Map Updated for 2016-17 Offseason”

  1. Hi Tanner,
    Do you know when the next SFBB Player ID Map update might be available? I play in a DEEP AL only league and I just noticed a few players not listed. Most of these guys are scrubs but they are rostered in our league. Coco Crisp, Derek Holland, Brady Aiken, Tyler Austin, Deolis Guerra, Dae-ho Lee, Teoscar Hernandez, James Hoyt, Matt Chapman, Renato Nunez, Chad Pinder, Sam Travis, Ronald Torreyes, Tyler Wilson, and James Kaprellian.

    Thanks for hard work Tanner, it is an invaluable tool for serious roto/fantasy players.

    1. Hey Ben,

      I make updates to the “web” and “CSV” versions of the Player ID Map ever few days. I keep it pretty up-to-date this time of year. And then maybe ever 2-3 weeks I actually go and update that information into the Excel versions that are available for download.

      If you haven’t yet, you might consider switching to the CSV version. If you have a newer version of Excel, you can just right click in the Player ID Map and refresh the data, once you connect to the CSV.

      You can read a little more about all these different versions here: https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/2015/10/important-player-id-map-update/

      I know it might be confusing, so I tried to clarify the different versions there.

      With that said, now that I read your post more closely, we might have another issue. I try to keep the map updated with players that I think will be more widely “fantasy relevant”. Some of the names you list certainly are. But others I don’t even recognize! I’m assuming they’re minor leaguers and maybe not even top 100 prospects. For players like that, you may wish to manually type them at the bottom of your ID map for now.

      Hope that helps.

  3. Tanner – Looks like the web link to the Player ID Map only contains about 100 players. Do I have a bad link (I’m using the one in this post)? Any help/fix would be appreciated. Thanks. Rick

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