Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

[LetMeSlytherinU]

Where is Rick Porcello? Seriously?

[ondreythegiant]

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I like what I see. Indians everywhere. Lindor!!

[Armor and Sword]

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Trea Turner getting a lot of love this year. That is nice to see as I love this kid’s game.

[agentlaw13]

Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Ah, time for the yearly ritual of complaints about ratings



*Insert Player Name* from the *insert favorite team* should be rated higher. What were they thinking?



No way *Insert name highly ranked Player* is better than *Insert name of lower ranked player*.

Lol true...I'm just here for the comments [emoji12]





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[Dolenz]

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Where is Rick Porcello? Seriously?

3 year average man.

He was great last year but the year before he was 9-15 with an era of 4.92 and the year before that he was 15-13 with a 3.43

Those years account for 50% of his rating.

[Dolenz]

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The good news for me is that the rarity of Cardinals near the top of their respective positions means that I can probably complete that collection without breaking the stubs bank.

[bigdipper88]

I like Arenado and he was pretty much my 3B on my DD team for most of the time i played. He gets dinged because he has a relatively short track record and he plays in Colorado 81 games a year. If his stats are even close to another 3B he is going to get knocked down a peg because of that.

I agree with the Coors Field effect. But Toronto is a launching pad as well. Many players have put up career years playing with Toronto

[Nanthrax]

Fangraphs FIP based war park adjusted..

Donaldson 7.6 WAR
Arenado 5.2 WAR

Not to mention Donaldson won MVP the year before and was the 2nd best WAR in baseball only to Trout..

It's not even close. In fact I'm surprised he's not higher... Plate discipline has a role in that, which is why Bryant is better too

[Nanthrax]

What I don't agree with is how Altuve is 97 compared to Donaldson 94, Bryant 94, Betts 93.. he's rated 3-4 higher and isn't better than any of them. Not in war or anything really, but speed.. they adjust ratings for 2B too strongly. Like last year.. guys like Sandberg were 94 with crap hitting ratings.. Altuve should be a 94 at best.. Not the 2nd highest rated player

[TheMadleR]

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Looks good to me although I would move Matt Carpenter to about an 87-88 range.

[Dolenz]

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Looks good to me although I would move Matt Carpenter to about an 87-88 range.

He's not your typical first baseman at the plate (more patient than most, draws more walks, hits with a little less power) and there is very limited data for him at that position. Hopefully he will go up some during the year as he gets more time at the position and settles into his role as a #3 hitter.

[mdiggitydawg]

I'm a bit surprised DeGrom wasn't able to crack the upper echelon of pitchers as well

[TheBigTee]

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What I don't agree with is how Altuve is 97 compared to Donaldson 94, Bryant 94, Betts 93.. he's rated 3-4 higher and isn't better than any of them. Not in war or anything really, but speed.. they adjust ratings for 2B too strongly. Like last year.. guys like Sandberg were 94 with crap hitting ratings.. Altuve should be a 94 at best.. Not the 2nd highest rated player

It is all position based. The algorithm weights certain attributes differently for certain positions. If you changed any of those guys to a second baseman they would all be 99 easily. You can't compare players at different positions based on overall rating in this game.

I agree that it is weird, and I don't understand why it makes such a big difference but when I create my diamond dynasty player he is always rated highest as a second baseman.

[Dolenz]

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It is all position based. The algorithm weights certain attributes differently for certain positions. If you changed any of those guys to a second baseman they would all be 99 easily. You can't compare players at different positions based on overall rating in this game.

I agree that it is weird, and I don't understand why it makes such a big difference but when I create my diamond dynasty player he is always rated highest as a second baseman.

But would they be a 99 easily at 2B? Things like power are probably not weighted nearly as highly for a 2B as say speed or fielding are.


I am not saying that they would not be 99's at 2B but I don't think we can make that assumption. We just don't have enough info on how much they weight different stats for different positions.

[Speedy]

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Really interesting to look at the CFs.

It's Mike Trout.









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