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Originally Posted by swishbish33
If you play a guy out of position as he is developing in the minors so that he can learn multiple positions, does it hurt his offensive development?
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No. It might hurt his relative rating, or rating by position, meaning that someone rated 40 OVR as a shortstop might only be a 30 OVR as a left fielder because the average left fielder hits much better than the average shortstop. It should have no effect on his absolute ratings, though.
I routinely crosstrain my 2B/3B/SS infielders, and also most of my outfielders, just so I'll have greater flexibility in where to play them, less restriction in my platooning and greater ability to compensate for injuries and fatigue.