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Originally Posted by thehef
I am completely unfamiliar with random debut except for what I occasionally read from you. But I would assume - random debut or not - that with development on, it's certainly possible for a 3B such as Rolen to develop SS ratings. Is that what happened, or is AI putting him at SS without SS ratings?
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As in the Greene example above, the game will start the guy at a position he has zero ratings to play. After the game is over, the player will usually have the bare minimum rating possible in red. In the Greene case he was rated a red 1 at 2B. He played a some more games and turned into a orange 5.
I know it's not the same thing, but if the game is going to just randomly decide Eddie Murray can play SS, why shouldn't it randomly decide Rod Carew is 56 homer a season guy that strikes out 189 times a season. Might as well just play fictional. I personally would rather the game add something to a players history saying the team had him workout at SS over the offseason and in the Spring and he developed to serviceable rating at the position. Instead we get Rolen playing SS with zero rating to start out and then the lowest possible rating. Plus, if Recalc works like it's supposed to,it's more than likely Rolen whatever SS rating he builds during the season once the offseason kicks in. As far as I know, a guy like Dale Murphy loses his ratings to play catcher once he starts playing CF primarily.