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Originally Posted by RchW
If that is the case I'm very disappointed. A few versions ago I documented how aging AllStar 1B who had somehow retained minimal SS ratings were being signed by AI teams in their mid-thirties and made starting SS despite horrendous defense. It quite literally ruined the statistical integrity of the game. I'm quite sure that the response from OOTPD was to increase the rate at which players lost their ability to play unsuitable positions.
I haven't played enough v17 to know if this is true. If so I'd question my continued support for the game. Players should never retain multiple position ratings as they age. They should lose the ability in the same order as the defensive spectrum ie SS first and so on... ...  |
It SHOULD be that a player never loses experience at a position, but that the range rating deteriorates to move him down the defensive spectrum. The problem is that the A.I. basically ignores the position requirements for players to display a rating at a position when selecting a lineup, I believe, and also does not care how many runs a fielder allows with his glove, only how many he creates with his bat.
Allowing experience to degrade causes its own problem in that aging shortstops have no value as backup infielders if they have been playing nothing but shortstop for 10 years.