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Old 06-13-2018, 06:04 PM   #1
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Can a player's morale affect fielding

Playing as the 2019 Cardinals, I have a very unhappy player in shortstop Andrelton Simmons, whom I acquired in an offseason trade with the Angels.
The team is bad, 58-71 in late August, and he started making trade demands in May/June.
His happy/sad faces are all negative accept for role and chemistry. All other traits are normal.
Offensively, he started off poor, batting around, .200 but has picked it up to where he is now hitting .267.
But it's on defense, which is why I acquired him, that I noticed an issue.
He's got an 80 rating with a range of 75 and error rating of 65.
But I see an awful lot of balls that end up being just out of his reach.
For example, recent game against the Cubs it's 3-3 in the eighth inning runners on second and third with two outs and Rizzo up.
Shift is on, he is positioned directly behind second base. Ball is hit straight to him, he doesn't move, ball rolls through him for a single (not an error) that essentially wins the game for Chicago.
Was this a lack of effort because he wants out?
Or just an anomaly as we should not pay all that much attention to how the sim looks. Just the results it spits out.

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