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teachermike · 01-07-2015, 05:10 PM

RchW, I disagree with your premise from the other thread that it's too easy to switch positions. Out of curiosity, I simmed the 2014 season nine times, moving Mookie Betts to each OF position three times each. I used MarkInCincy's suggestion to make sure he got the bulk of his playing time at the desired position, and each time he started 90+% of his games where I wanted to. And at the end of each of those nine seasons, he still had zeroes in all three OF defensive ratings, and he hadn't developed a positional rating at all.

I do agree that the AI doesn't do a good job of determining when it should prioritize defense when determining lineups (it's pretty much geared for maximizing offense), and that it has too many players switching in and out of positions when it doesn't make sense. All in all, the positional ratings system feels incoherent, and often doesn't seem to adhere to the defensive spectrum.

01-07-2015, 05:10 PM	#11
teachermike Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 6	RchW, I disagree with your premise from the other thread that it's too easy to switch positions. Out of curiosity, I simmed the 2014 season nine times, moving Mookie Betts to each OF position three times each. I used MarkInCincy's suggestion to make sure he got the bulk of his playing time at the desired position, and each time he started 90+% of his games where I wanted to. And at the end of each of those nine seasons, he still had zeroes in all three OF defensive ratings, and he hadn't developed a positional rating at all. I do agree that the AI doesn't do a good job of determining when it should prioritize defense when determining lineups (it's pretty much geared for maximizing offense), and that it has too many players switching in and out of positions when it doesn't make sense. All in all, the positional ratings system feels incoherent, and often doesn't seem to adhere to the defensive spectrum.