I take the scouting text report as something that will never be as accurate as the actual number ratings. IIRC the text blurbs were taken out of the game at one time and only returned by user request. This made sense for the "stats only" crowd as it gave reason to have a scout at all. These blurbs will be less accurate, adding more fog of war, IMHO for the stats only players otherwise what is the point? If playing stats only you don't want, at least I wouldn't think you would, explicitly accurate text. I think those guys want a more general report and let the stats talk for themselves?
When you combine the two, number ratings and text report, you may see some fog of war issues but, to me, in that case the number ratings trump the scouting blurb for the reasons already listed.
Having said that I'm not seeing huge issues on the example you provide. My interpretation is he is not being touted as a defensive specialist in the infield. Too me, the "owns a glove that will prove useful in the infield" is true. If he has the ability to move to 1b to accommodate a double switch, cover an in-game injury, or a day to day injury, or allow you to put one more LHB in the lineup he has shown he does indeed have a "glove that will prove useful in the infield".
I suppose the bat comment is a bit strange but could be associated with what is expected of a corner outfielder. Maybe the engine grabbed a wrong line of text because it became "confused" when trying to find a batting description while considering multiple positions? I could argue that while he can certainly hit that for his positions, corner outfield or first base (certainly not middle infield material) he does have a lack of power. So yeah, "lacks power" would be a better description and could be cleaned up in future versions. Also I see he is a groundball hitter, fine for a leadoff batting OF or middle IF with speed (which he has) but not something I would expect from a firstbaseman (his only legitimate place to play on the IF. 3b is out with that DP rating).
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1. he owns a glove that will prove useful in the infield (no mention of outfield, although it states he's a right fielder)
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Actually it says "He is a very sure handed and reliable right fielder", that ties nicely into his OF ratings.