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One thing I've noticed is that a player's Error rating is more important to overall defensive performance than I once thought it was. It doesn't just effect the likelihood of a error on the scoreboard, but also has an easily observable effect on plays made.
I find that when I look at the advanced breakdown of defensive stats, low Error rating players (like the Tris Speaker I have in CF, with a 21 Error) do slightly worse on "routine", but very poorly on "even chance" plays. If they have good range, they are usually still as good as you'd expect on tough or near impossible plays. But, the "even chance" plays are numerous. Speaker, with that low rating, some years is in the range of 20% on even chance, while guys with high error ratings are well up in the 70-80% range.
I've stopped obsessing with Range because of this. Well, I'm still obsessing, just slightly less so.
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