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#39590	09/17/2016 8:14:29 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9592 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I still think it would be a little better if players had initial ranges base on their positions. It seems silly when we get Catchers out of college with a 6 arm. How were they playing Catcher in college? Proposed Position Templates: Catcher 00 - 20 Fielding (atrocious -- amazing) 00 - 20 Range 12 - 20 Arm First 00 - 20 Fielding (atrocious -- amazing) 00 - 20 Range 00 - 20 Arm Second 9 - 20 Fielding (nothing -- amazing) 10 - 20 Range 00 - 20 Arm Short 9 - 20 Fielding (nothing -- amazing) 10 - 20 Range 10 - 20 Arm Third 8 - 20 Fielding (below average -- amazing) 00 - 20 Range 10 - 20 Arm Left 00 - 20 Fielding (atrocious -- amazing) 00 - 20 Range 00 - 20 Arm Center 00 - 20 Fielding (atrocious -- amazing) 10 - 20 Range 00 - 20 Arm Right 00 - 20 Fielding (atrocious -- amazing) 00 - 20 Range 10 - 20 Arm Notice that the lower end of the range still allows for busts. This would make the initial position attribute mean something, and allow for people to be more strategic in their picks. One possible way to implement this would be to redistribute positions after all players are created. That way there would be no real impact on the distribution of skills. Rather just a relabeling of positions to better match players' initial skills. Updated Saturday, September 17 2016 @ 8:28:29 pm PDT

#39598	09/17/2016 10:03:58 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	+1. Yes, please. It would also give us an extra layer to analyze in the scouting report without giving it all away.

#39603	09/18/2016 12:00:17 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Let's face it, college teams move players to where ever they need them. I don't really have an issue with that. I do think it's silly that 20+ year old players start so low with their fielding ratings, though. Many don't max out until 27 or 28 (actually many never make it because they start so low), which is completely bogus.

#39614	09/18/2016 6:30:51 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	I've only had two players come up short of their fielding reports. I don't think many is accurate, more like a few players start off too low, but that is to be expected.

#39623	09/18/2016 7:04:01 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9592 Haverhill Halflings III.1	It would also give us an extra layer to analyze in the scouting report without giving it all away. Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I like the fact we can't see the actual values, but I feel like we should have some idea where a guy can play from the scouting report. The more obscured (but decipherable) information the better.

#39667	09/18/2016 3:54:31 pm
Raze Joined: 06/04/2015 Posts: 97 Azusa Toyo Carp III.3	+1

#39680	09/18/2016 6:20:16 pm
Squiddcatt Joined: 02/25/2016 Posts: 375 Inactive	+1

#39684	09/18/2016 7:16:20 pm
Jason2327 Joined: 09/02/2014 Posts: 718 Abilene Patriots III.2	+1. I have been bothered by this as well.

#39693	09/19/2016 3:10:06 am
dmcc1 Joined: 02/02/2015 Posts: 79 Inactive	+1