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Originally Posted by wuttang
I am curious as what the range factor really means.
You hear "he has good range" IRL, but what if a hypothetical OOTP CF or SS has 90 range but 20 speed? Slow but good routes? Wouldn't he still be a bad defensive player?
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No. The range rating is independent of speed. Speed only affects base-running, not defense.
It's touched on elsewhere in this thread but there are plenty of real life examples of guys with great range but average or worse speed. Andruw Jones f.e.
Two current examples are Mets outfielders Juan Lagares and Matt Den Dekker.