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Curtis · 09-02-2008, 04:40 AM

How good he is compared with other shortstops, but since the game engine evaluator doesn't take fielding into account (and probably not the intangibles, either), that's really a forlorn hope.

Let's think about this: If you have the best hitting shortstop in the league, would you trade him for the tenth best-hitting outfielder, even if the outfielder is one hundred points better in OBPS? Off the top of my head, I wouldn't. This could really become a complex equation, though. Are they both average fielders? How good a hitter (and fielder) is your second option at short? How good a hitter (and fielder) is the outfielder you'll be bencing if you pick up the new guy? There's a whole lot of balancing to do here, and that's part of the GM's art. But, if you're comparing all players (or even all hitters), it becomes easy — the shortstop is a 69 and the outfielder is a 73, so you make the trade.

09-02-2008, 04:40 AM	#7
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	How good he is compared with other shortstops, but since the game engine evaluator doesn't take fielding into account (and probably not the intangibles, either), that's really a forlorn hope. Let's think about this: If you have the best hitting shortstop in the league, would you trade him for the tenth best-hitting outfielder, even if the outfielder is one hundred points better in OBPS? Off the top of my head, I wouldn't. This could really become a complex equation, though. Are they both average fielders? How good a hitter (and fielder) is your second option at short? How good a hitter (and fielder) is the outfielder you'll be bencing if you pick up the new guy? There's a whole lot of balancing to do here, and that's part of the GM's art. But, if you're comparing all players (or even all hitters), it becomes easy — the shortstop is a 69 and the outfielder is a 73, so you make the trade.