Release Notes

• New page tracking all roster moves (trades, DFAs, signings, options, recalls, etc.).
• Filter to a specific date, team, division, level, or transaction type.
• Open the roster moves tab on a game page to see all transactions involving the two teams.

• In the spirit of Buck Martinez (retire in peace), we’ve incorporated a new feature to mark stellar defensive plays with a red star.
• Click the star icon in an batter’s box or in the expanded batter’s box card to star a play.
• Your stars are saved locally, but you will also be given the option to share that star with the Caught Looking community.
• If you opt to share, none of your information is stored on our server. The only data saved is the game and play ID so we can mark this play as starred for other users.

• New ABS challenges remaining tracker in the game page hero’s box score.
• New challenges tab with grid of all ABS challenges in the game.
• Expand each to show a strikezone visualization.

• Reduced MLB API load with request coalescing, smarter caching, and graceful degradation.
• Completed games and past schedules cache longer; live games unchanged.
• When MLB rate-limits or is unavailable, we serve cached data and show “Data last updated X ago” in the game controls so you know how fresh the data is.

• New About page, with project background and resources.
• Guidebook page (renamed from Help) with detailed information on how to read the scorecard, sticky table of contents, and slide-in/out animations.

• Add a timeline scrubber and compare mode to the ballpark shape explorer.

• New Ballparks page, with individual pages for each active MLB park. We’ve added Fenway Park and Dodger Stadium so far, but all stadiums have some content. More to come.
• Ballpark guides include photos, quotes, field outline explorers, name history, team history, ticket stubs tracking our visits, diagrams, historical stadium shape explorers/overlays, tips, quirks, transit information, and more.
• I added this because I&rsquolm a ballpark nerd and wanted both a place to track my own visits and tips, and a place to find all the information I always have to Google when I go to games.
• Each guide includes links to submit artifacts and visits and report errors.

• Built out a new game preview tab with player stats and other game information
• Built toggles and filters for easy comparisons vs opponent, RHP/LHP, RHB/LHB, and more
• Paused development until regular season begins and we can test out more functionality, like league and division comparisons, head-to-head records, advanced metrics, and more

• Fixed a series of bugs where live updates were not appearing correctly
• Added more logos for spring training opponents
• Renamed "Stats" tab
• Fixe error notation in diamond diagrams, fixed base movement indicators

• Team logos now display historically accurate versions when viewing games from past years
• Uses PNG images for past eras; current SVG logos for games when the logo is still in use
• Covers 360+ logo variants across all 30 MLB teams and historical franchises (e.g. Brooklyn Dodgers, Montreal Expos)
• Did I miss one? lmk

• Pin your favourite teams so their games appear first on the homepage
• Click the bookmark icon next to any team logo to pin or unpin
• Pinned teams persist across reloads and date navigation

• New Export PDF button in the game page control panel

• New download buttons for the spray chart and pitch charts in their tabs
• Leaving option for SVG exports open for future development, if requested

• New Copy link button in the game page navigation – copies the game URL to clipboard (or opens the native share sheet on mobile)
• Tooltips on hover for all icon-only buttons throughout the app (navigation, date controls, theme toggle, at-bat card, etc.)

• Player names in the scorecard are now clickable and will navigate to the spray chart or pitch chart tab for the selected player

• Historical games that are missing data are now displayed with as much data as possible, with graceful fallbacks

• Manager names on the scorecard now show the correct manager for the date of the game, not the current team manager
• Historical data sourced from Retrosheet (1898–2025)
• Today's games continue to use live data from the MLB API

• Color-coded pitching change indicators for quick visual cross-reference between the scorecard and pitcher table
• Top border on at-bat cells and left border on pitcher names use matching colours to show when each relief pitcher entered
• Six distinct colours with noticeable hue shifts between consecutive pitchers

• New Pitch chart tab with strikezone visualizations for each team
• Filter by pitcher, batter, and view mode (pitch type, pitch result, or pitch description)
• Quick select for RHP/LHP only and RHB/LHB only
• Pitch circles sized to MLB ball (~2.9" diameter), with grid legend matching spray chart style
• Batter handedness indicator and correct pX mapping for left-handed batters

• New hit trajectory visualization for at-bat cells
• New spray chart view within at-bat cells to show the hit distance and trajectory for any batted ball in the at-bat
• New spray chart view within the scorecard to show the hit distance and trajectory for all hits in the game
• New spray chart tab within the game page, with hit, batter, and pitcher filters, along with stadium overlays

• New collapsible left-side navigation
• New release notes pages
• More consistent and revamped layout and styling throughout the homepage, game page, and sub-pages
• New special event flag component for curated date windows (e.g. Spring Training, postseason, World Series)
• Gearing up for new features and experiments during Spring Training
• New issue reporter button, accessible from game pages and the homepage

We’ve created a public-facing repository that is now available on GitHub.

We started the offseason with a complete rebuild of the application, with performance and accessibility improvements and a new typeface.