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Garlon · 07-06-2024, 11:08 PM

This is not a bug. Players will retain their experience at a position with recalc but their component ratings will change for range/arm/error over time based on their historical ratings. Aaron did play 2B early in his career but later in his career he does not have the component infield ratings to be effective there defensively.

By having the players hold on to their experience it allows you to move a player from LF to RF without them being atrocious defensively or move a player from SS to 2B without them being awful too. This was a big problem when the game was released this year where you just could not assemble a legitimate team because of these issues.

If you are playing with real lineups and transactions and fielding based on current year, then the experience will actually reset each season accordingly.

This is not a bug.

Why that team decided to use Aaron at 2B, I do not know. Did they have any other 2Bmen available? This is not something I see in my games with players that far out of position unless a team has no other options available. Teams will also generally make trades to acquire depth at positions, so perhaps you have trades off? If you look at the 1970 team that might be Billy Williams in LF and Roberto Clemente in RF. Where should Aaron play?

07-06-2024, 11:08 PM	#3
Garlon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,268	This is not a bug. Players will retain their experience at a position with recalc but their component ratings will change for range/arm/error over time based on their historical ratings. Aaron did play 2B early in his career but later in his career he does not have the component infield ratings to be effective there defensively. By having the players hold on to their experience it allows you to move a player from LF to RF without them being atrocious defensively or move a player from SS to 2B without them being awful too. This was a big problem when the game was released this year where you just could not assemble a legitimate team because of these issues. If you are playing with real lineups and transactions and fielding based on current year, then the experience will actually reset each season accordingly. This is not a bug. Why that team decided to use Aaron at 2B, I do not know. Did they have any other 2Bmen available? This is not something I see in my games with players that far out of position unless a team has no other options available. Teams will also generally make trades to acquire depth at positions, so perhaps you have trades off? If you look at the 1970 team that might be Billy Williams in LF and Roberto Clemente in RF. Where should Aaron play? Last edited by Garlon; 07-06-2024 at 11:13 PM.