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Originally Posted by ignats75
Bill James has a strong theory on defense that includes the defensive spectrum.
The Spectrum is moves from left to right from difficulty to easy. SS-2B-3B-CF-RF-LF-1B. Players migrate from left to right all the time. Rarely the other way. I don't have a problem with a CF moving to LF or RF. 3B to 2B just to get a big bat in the lineup is a problem to me. The 3B who could turn the pivot is rare. Hell not many SS can get the footwork right. That needs to stop.
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The game already takes this into account, though. Players are rated in Arm, Range, Errors, and Turn DPs. SS needs all of those things, 2B needs all of them except Arm, and 3B needs Arm and Errors (which translates into hands). If you train up a 3B with bad range at 2B, he will never be a good 2B. Turn DPs is basically the “pivot” ability and 3B are rarely rated well in it.