Changing Player Position

sizzlingpopcorn · 05-21-2014, 07:38 PM

When you change a player's position to a position where he has no rating, does he receive a rating over time? Does it improve as he gets more experience?

RchW · 05-21-2014, 07:58 PM

It depends. You won't have much success making a SS out of a 1B. Look up the position spectrum to get an idea. Also look at the specific skill ratings ie range error arm dp. A weak armed 2B is not going to be more than average at 3B or SS. Poor range will not make a CF.

Honorable_Pawn · 05-21-2014, 08:05 PM

You may know this already but getting reps in spring training is also very important. Players learn positions during the spring at a slightly accelerated rate. In any event, it is a slow go.

injury log · 05-21-2014, 08:30 PM

At the more demanding positions, there are minimum component ratings (Range, Arm, Error, Turn DP) to get a rating at all. So a guy with a 3/20 Turn DP rating will never get a 2B or SS rating no matter how long he plays there, and a guy with a 3/20 IF Arm rating will never get a rating at 3B. Those minimums aren't especially high (they're highest at SS and CF), so if a guy's component ratings suggest he'd be capable of playing a certain position, he'll get a (very low) rating there with just a couple of games of experience, and that rating will improve with further experience there.

05-21-2014, 07:38 PM	#1
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05-21-2014, 07:58 PM	#2
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	It depends. You won't have much success making a SS out of a 1B. Look up the position spectrum to get an idea. Also look at the specific skill ratings ie range error arm dp. A weak armed 2B is not going to be more than average at 3B or SS. Poor range will not make a CF. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

05-21-2014, 08:05 PM	#3
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	You may know this already but getting reps in spring training is also very important. Players learn positions during the spring at a slightly accelerated rate. In any event, it is a slow go.

05-21-2014, 08:30 PM	#4
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	At the more demanding positions, there are minimum component ratings (Range, Arm, Error, Turn DP) to get a rating at all. So a guy with a 3/20 Turn DP rating will never get a 2B or SS rating no matter how long he plays there, and a guy with a 3/20 IF Arm rating will never get a rating at 3B. Those minimums aren't especially high (they're highest at SS and CF), so if a guy's component ratings suggest he'd be capable of playing a certain position, he'll get a (very low) rating there with just a couple of games of experience, and that rating will improve with further experience there.