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Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Chris Coghlan
He is a 3rd baseman in the game with very good LF ratings but in real life he plays CF and he has played 2B so the ratings should be there.

My guess is that the 3B eligibility is left over from the minors, where he split time at 3rd and 2nd. He probably should only have experience at 2nd, left, and center. 2011 is the first time in his pro career that he has been used in center field according to Baseball Reference, so the experience should be just enough that OOTP uses him at CF (after giving him 150 exp in CF the AI puts him in CF)

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Aaron Crow
He is not a starting pitcher, he should be a MR.

Crow is a borderline starter in OOTP, which is what he is in real life. He was a starter in the minors and only moved to the bullpen because the Royals thought that would give him a better chance at immediate success, there is nothing saying they won't move him back to the rotation down the road. The AI realizes that a pitcher has more value in the rotation if he has the ability to start there, the only way to force the AI to put him in the bullpen would be to take away his ability to start (see Joakim Soria, Neftali Feliz, and Aroldis Chapman; the only reason Soria and Feliz are in the bullpen is because their stamina was hacked to force the AI to play them there).

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Alex Gordon
I know he plays in the outfield now, but for sure i think he deserves to be rated at 3rd base too given that he has played all the games there in the past.

Again, give him full experience at 3B because he played there for a lot of his career and the AI uses him at 3B. He was a bad defensive 3B and the Royals moved him to LF because they thought the poor results in the field were affecting his bat, he's now having a career year in left and I wouldn't expect to see them move him back. I do agree that he should have the infield ratings to play 3B (and 1B) and at least a little experience (enough that the AI won't use him at 3rd). If you make him (on the 200 scale) 120/90/110/50 with 100 experience, he's a far below average 3B that won't be used there by the AI (at least in KC right now); but he does have the ability to switch there in case of injury or trade.

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Michael Cuddyer
Where are the ratings at 2B and 3B?

Cuddyer has played only 26 games at 2B in the last 7 years, 13 of those have been this year and he has been Awful (notice, with a capital A ). Before this year, he'd played 13 games at 2nd in 6 years, 2 in the last 5. He doesn't deserve experience there. Same with 3B, before 2011 he hadn't played the hot corner since 2005. I could see giving him below average infield ratings for a 3B (say 70/90/110/40), but not giving him experience there. That would allow a human GM to move him there.

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Pablo Sandoval
He is listed as a 3B but only has rating at first base. He actually made some impressive play at the hot corner this year so he should be rated there. Plus, he has played at catcher in his rookie year too so maybe he should be given a low rating there too.

In the last public update, I see a rating at 3B for Sandoval (50/100). That seems fine to me. As for catcher, just as you can't give Harper a rating at catcher, you can't give Sandoval one there either. The AI realizes that a good hitter at catcher is more valuable that a good hitter anywhere else, and it will use that player at catcher any chance it gets. Sandoval's catching days are far behind him, there is no reason to give him a rating there that could be exploited or will cause problems with the AI.

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Albert Pujols
He has played at third in the past but no rating there...that is a must add.

The last time Pujols played 3rd was NINE years ago. LaRussa is a dope for playing him there this year. His UZR over a full season back in 2002 at 3rd would have been 7 runs below average, and that was when he was in his early 20s. He's slower and probably has a weaker arm now.

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Allen Craig
LaRussa played him at 2B in few spring trainings games and he played there during the season too although he wasn't that good. Still, it is a chance the OOTP managers should have.

They can, and he'll be a hack just like he was in real life. He has the ratings to be a 3B, you can use him at 2B. Just because a player doesn't have a rating somewhere doesn't mean you can't play him there. He averaged 2 outs a game at 2B IRL and his UZR/150 is -19.

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Michael Young
Another versatile player who is totally missing ratings at 2B and at SS (i know there are Kinsler and Andrus there but in real life he could play there if needed)

He probably should be given a rating at 2B because when he was talked about in trades, it seemed teams interested were ones that wanted to play him at 2B. SS is another story, nobody is going to use him there anymore and he just isn't viewed as a shortstop anymore. It would be like giving Paul Konerko a rating at 3B or Chipper a rating in LF because they once played there; they aren't viewed as a 3B or LF in any way anymore and won't be playing there.

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Aubrey Huff
Played 3B early in his career, should have some rating there too.

Same thing here, he hasn't played 3rd regularly in 5 years, he shouldn't have a rating at 3B. He does have a decent arm and error, so he could be played at 3B, and he would be as bad as he was back then. The Rays used him at 3B because they had nowhere else to play him (Tino Martinez at 1B, Jose Cruz in RF, and Carl Crawford in LF) and his range was just awful (like it is now in OOTP).

Originally Posted by Rhadamantis82

Michael Morse
Why does he have ratings everywhere? Ok for the outfield and of course for the first base, why are there ratings at the other infield positions too?

I agree, he should only have ratings for left, right, and first. Also think he's a little underrated offensively in OOTP. Projections all say he would be a 30 HR player if he played every day, and they say .275/.335/.475 triple slash. If he had 115 BABIP, 81 avoidK, 108 Gap, 127 power, and 82 eye, the neutral stats would be 25 HR with .275/.334/.471