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Originally Posted by justpatrick
I really don´t understand the defensive ratings for the older players. Lezcano was an excellent rightfielder with a great arm, but is far from the only curious rating. Many guys who were ranked by their peers as among the best gloves in the league, and in some cases up to that time, are rated quite poorly in PT.
For example, Mickey Vernon was universally considered one of the finest fielding 1B in the game, and yet sucks here. I think Joe DiMaggio´s best rating in CF is 75, while Duke Snider is in the 50s, neither of which are an accurate assessment of their skills. Harry Hooper is another problem child. On the flip side, there are a few guys, such as Jay Bell, that I believe are rated much too highly. The developers really need to do their homework better on the defense and take into account what gloves were in use at the time and rate accordingly.
Sorry for the rant, but the old-timers are more real to me than modern players.  |
That and other speed, baserunning is questionable to me.
I think they must normalize all the players and give edge to new players because welll everyone is faster and stronger and steroided up??
Had older players had the benefit of video, sabermaterics, exact positioning, EQUIPMENT, strength training surely they would have higher ratings.
I don't think any anecdotal evidence is used.
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I just watched 1976 all star gave with Randy Jones and they raved about his sinker ball (and he did look impressive).....my card just has average sinkerball