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jte87 · 05-03-2004, 12:38 AM

I'm curious about how many factors the AI accounts for on the defensive side while a game is being played? Does it care if Torii Hunter is in CF, compared to someone with less range? With the involvement of DIPS, this sort of defensive measure should be incorporated, since a good defense can help its pitchers BABIP. I think my team has some good defenders, but I can't tell if they are helping me the way I think they should. My 3B is supposed to be a good defender from his scouting report, but it seems like there are alot of GBs to the left side that he "just couldn't reach".

All that is obvious while playing the games is errors of course, and I hope that it is beneficial to fill out a roster with guys that have skills at things besides catching the ball.

My intuition says this game is good enough that it would have to incorporate this, and the scouting reports indicate that it is aware of range, but some confirmation would ease my mind.

05-03-2004, 12:38 AM	#1
jte87 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 305	How sophisticated is defense? I'm curious about how many factors the AI accounts for on the defensive side while a game is being played? Does it care if Torii Hunter is in CF, compared to someone with less range? With the involvement of DIPS, this sort of defensive measure should be incorporated, since a good defense can help its pitchers BABIP. I think my team has some good defenders, but I can't tell if they are helping me the way I think they should. My 3B is supposed to be a good defender from his scouting report, but it seems like there are alot of GBs to the left side that he "just couldn't reach". All that is obvious while playing the games is errors of course, and I hope that it is beneficial to fill out a roster with guys that have skills at things besides catching the ball. My intuition says this game is good enough that it would have to incorporate this, and the scouting reports indicate that it is aware of range, but some confirmation would ease my mind.