Wondering if someone can clear this up for me. What type of a ratings hit does a player get for playing at a secondary position? Which attributes are affected?
I read a pretty good article here explaining that a player playing completely out of position, it's a lot more complicated than a simple X amount decrease to his ratings. There's a lot of logic to it. A ss playing 2nd does pretty well at 2nd even if it's not listed as a secondary, same with a CF playing RF or LF for instance. While a guy playing catcher who doesn't have catcher listed will take a pretty big hit. I like that, makes a lot of sense.
One thing I'd like to see in the future is a 'dynamic' effect taking place in season or franchise modes. I'll use my own franchise example to explain. Right now, I've got 3 primary CF, Cain, Chris Taylor, and Dyson. Since Taylor doesn't have LF or RF listed, I've been playing him primarily at CF and moving Cain to LF and Dyson often to RF. What I think would be ideal is, the more I play them at those positions, the more comfortable they get with it, and their ratings adjust automatically. To the point that at some point, their primary may even change if it's clear that they're getting considerably more time at the new position than the previous primary position. This would solve issues like the Mariners picking up Dee Gordon and playing him at CF where he's never played before...there might be a learning curve, but once he adjusts he should be just fine.
I read a pretty good article here explaining that a player playing completely out of position, it's a lot more complicated than a simple X amount decrease to his ratings. There's a lot of logic to it. A ss playing 2nd does pretty well at 2nd even if it's not listed as a secondary, same with a CF playing RF or LF for instance. While a guy playing catcher who doesn't have catcher listed will take a pretty big hit. I like that, makes a lot of sense.
One thing I'd like to see in the future is a 'dynamic' effect taking place in season or franchise modes. I'll use my own franchise example to explain. Right now, I've got 3 primary CF, Cain, Chris Taylor, and Dyson. Since Taylor doesn't have LF or RF listed, I've been playing him primarily at CF and moving Cain to LF and Dyson often to RF. What I think would be ideal is, the more I play them at those positions, the more comfortable they get with it, and their ratings adjust automatically. To the point that at some point, their primary may even change if it's clear that they're getting considerably more time at the new position than the previous primary position. This would solve issues like the Mariners picking up Dee Gordon and playing him at CF where he's never played before...there might be a learning curve, but once he adjusts he should be just fine.
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