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Originally Posted by beorn
One other thing. I have noticed in gameplay the same thing you find -- that outfield range is extremely important in OOTP. However, I'd suggest it may be highly unequal when you compare the three different outfield positions... Still, I wonder whether, in major league baseball, it is really true that you help your team much more with a great centerfielder than with a great shortstop. Not sure. But, in OOTP, you can see this effect by looking at the zone ratings.
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I was expecting to find this as well... but I actually broke out outfielders into LF, CF, RF and found the effect to be about the same for each position. This is kind of the Carl Crawford or Brett Gardner phenomenon- a really good defender playing a non-CF outfield position can save you a boatload of runs just as easily as a really good CF.