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Originally Posted by Templer
I know most of the baseball rules, but there is some more I have to learn to get in the game.
i. e. I know what the player has to do on the 2nd base.
But I do not know at what stats I need to focus to find the best man for the job.
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Now you are getting into why baseball is so much fun.
There are no set skills you can look for to see who would be best at second base. Or for any position.
Ryne Sandberg is probably my favorite 2B of all-time. He was good with the glove but didn't have great range. Over his entire career he hit 282 homeruns, so not great with power. Look at some of the 2b since and you will see players like Jeff Kemp who could hit 40 homeruns any season, or Dan Uggla who could hit 30. Neither would be considered good defensively. You could have Brandon Phillips, while good with getting on base, not much power. So you want to find somebody that matches what you want to do. If you have a pitching staff that gives up a light of fly balls, you don't need much range at second and you could have Uggla or Kemp. If you have a staff that has high GB% you would want someone with a lot of range at second, like Dustin Pedroia.
The usual argument is you want someone who has good defense, because good defense up the middle matters. But who does SF have a 2B? Marco Scutaro? His runs saved above average were -17! Meaning the Giants would have been better having a AAA player there.
So really it matters what you need. That is the beauty. It isn't like Football with the speed guys have to WR and RB or the guy with the strong arm plays QB. Really the skillset needed is up to what you want to do with your team.