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dirtdevil

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March 28, 2012 at 09:51PM View BBCode

yeah, that's another good example. so if 1B to SS, for that matter. albert pujols is a pretty solid defender at first. he would be worse than awful at SS.

tm4559

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March 28, 2012 at 09:55PM View BBCode

in summation:

(hugs)

dirtdevil

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March 28, 2012 at 09:56PM View BBCode

yes, yes, always (hugs)!!

(and unicorns? are there unicorns?)

tm4559

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March 28, 2012 at 10:03PM View BBCode

if you insist, i insist on it

paulcaraccio

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March 28, 2012 at 10:51PM View BBCode

lets just hope they get this "stretching" business sorted out one of these months so they can finally start looking into working on other things, such as this. I feel like all the enhancement suggesting of the past year or so is getting lost. Even though I'm not the biggest supporter of the defensive skills revamp project, i think it's a lot more interesting than the next few items on idea scale: tagging on second, bunting, intentional walks, tracking home runs allowed.

WillyD

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March 29, 2012 at 03:06AM View BBCode

Just give players at certain positions a minimum rating in range/arm based on their age and position. We already give catchers a minimum arm rating.

For example at 2B you could have:

17 = D+
18 = D+
19 = C-
20 = C
21 = C
22 = C+
23 = B-
24 = B-
25 = B

By the way Tim, here's your A+ range catcher who was A/A+ on range/arm at the time of draft:

[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=5503711&statsorimps=imps]Tim Maurer[/url]








[Edited on 3-29-2012 by WillyD]

WillyD

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March 29, 2012 at 03:14AM View formatted

I would answer the A+ range catcher thinglike this: If a player is that talented at fielding the ball, you would put him in the middle infield. Of course if we considered [b]speed[/b] for range, and called range fielding or glove, then defense would be much more realistic. Then if you had an A+ range catcher with B- speed, it makes some sense. Same thing at 1st base, but you wouldn't want either of these guys in CF because he would let a ton of balls drop in for hits. Conversely, a player with A+ range and A+ speed may be a better choice in CF than 1B.






[Edited on 3-29-2012 by WillyD]

jchoopz

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March 29, 2012 at 04:14AM View BBCode

I would be ok with that as well, but it is kind of one step of several. That only works if speed is made more realistica by tying it in with power, so guys generated with high power have a decreased chance of having high speed and vice versa. I'm pretty sure I have at least one team with all red letter speed, so using speed to determin range just gives everyone good range.