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Old 04-07-2018, 08:07 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Timofmars View Post
The game gives a lot of weight to defense and speed of the players in the overall score. Notice most of those guys are pretty terrible in both those categories.

That's also why you may see some highly rated SS whose batting just doesn't look impressive at all.

I primarily rank players based on batting ability, and I don't worry as much about speed and defense, so I'll often prefer lower overall rated players. I can get a lot of good free agency deals because of this.

Actually, I believe it rates by position. So for example a as with good defense and low hitting is more valuable. A RF is weighted more towards hitting ability. A 2b is probably a combination of the two. Defense is weighted far more heavily with catchers etc..
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