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Originally Posted by david limbaugh
I think we have the same complaint but 2 different flavors.
I think your complaint is that the AI tries to make a player morph/adapt to a new position, like Addison Russell playing second for my Cubs or Arod moving to third for the Evil Empire.
My complaint since OOTP4 is the AI Manager making a depth chart and batting order putting players into positions they are not qualified for at all. And then that player making 3 to 4 errors a game playing a position he is not qualified for while players that are qualified for that position are sitting on the bench.
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Yes, absolutely! Yours is concerned quite correctly with specific in-game performance and mine is concerned more from a season to season POV and the fact that nobody that bad at second base would ever be used there for any reason when he was already a competent outfielder and a superior hitter.
OOTP looks for a hitter who can play 2B. IRL they look for a 2B who can hit.
My impression is that OOTP does not generate enough average to above average defensive players. It may actually generate way too many good hit/bad defense players. In real life good hitters that can't play average defense may get shunted aside because just about everyone knows that defense will win many games.
To me this is a part of the game that needs a complete overhaul.
Edit: Sorry you asked for ratings. See below. This guy should never ever have been an option at 2B. That's why I suspect OOTP just doesn't create enough good defensive players.