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Originally Posted by sharpk23
I need to work on a formula for tracking batters to see which ones are truly better. If I may ask, do you just use the main hitting categories (Contact, GAP, Power, Eye, Avoid K's) and just the defensive rating (not paying attention to things like arm, error, etc).
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Depends on your ballpark factors IMO. I have two teams - one in a huge park (high AVG factor, low HR factor) where I focus on contact/gap/avoid K. My second team is the opposite (low AVG factor, high HR) and so for that team I focus on power & eye.
Defense is super important and the defensive rating doesn't tell the whole story. A player could be perfectly suited for a given position but have a zero rating just from lack of experience. For example I moved Lorenzo Cain to LF on my team where he started with zero rating. But he is actually a perfect left fielder based on range, error & arm ratings. Once he was trained up his LF rating was like 98 or something.