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Originally Posted by Maddox
You mention training players up and I know you can play players out of position and they gain "experience" at that position. Do their defensive ratings (Range, errors, arm) take a hit if they are out of position?
I have players out of position on my main teams but I have paid little attention to their defense so I just don't know how it works.
What does the actual Positional rating have an affect on. Say a SS is 100 at SS and 50 at 2B what does that affect?
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Defensive ratings like range & error are static, they don't change. Each position requires a different mix of skills, but the overall position rating is based on a combination of those underlying skills, and experience.
For example I have Lorenzo Cain on my team. He starts out with pretty good CF ratings but zero experience in LF, so no position rating. However the requirements for a good LF are much lower than the requirements for a good CF, so he is a really good left fielder. Even though he started with a zero value in LF, he ended up with a 98 once fully trained just because the underlying attributes were the perfect fit (elite range, solid error & arm). In RF he would have capped out lower because his arm is not elite (every position is different).