alliercollins
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It is normal for a guy with no second position to pick up a qualification at a new one and for one with a second position to have it switched to a new qualification. There are two unfortunate things that I have noticed about this game. First off there are only two positions any one can play and second it doesn't seem to take into account past abilities. Lets say for example you have a guy who plays 4 positions really well in real life, but the game of course only has him at 1 or 2 positions. You can't make that guy play 4 well and if you switch him to a position that is not one of the two, the new position will likely eventually become his 2nd position. This seems like it shouldn't be that annoying on paper, but here is what happens. Lets say you have a team that has no backup shortstop and you have in your possession some guy who plays shortstop all the time in real life, but also plays 3 other positions and shortstop is not one of his 2 positions on the game. They guy will be just as likely to play shortstop as anyone else on the team, but none of them will be any good at it. The game just randomly picks guys to backup positions or even start if no one is available. Eventually those guys may even pick the position up and become better at it, but it can in some cases block their abilities at other positions.
I personally would like to see the ability to play all the posiitions, with a seperate rating for each, but since this may not be possible with the way the game is built, then I would like to see utility infielders/outfielders who simply are listed as that and can play all the positions of each one well. It could probably be edited into the game as simply a new position and when it is selected it covers 3 or 4 of them.
One more thing. Erwin, it actually probably helps young players, though I think more position abilities from the beginning would be more real, but in your case lets say you stick your new center field prospect up on your bench. He will fill in at other positions as the game needs him and may eventually even start at one when needed. Regardless of whether he develops a second position, he will still be getting playing time to become a better hitter. The unfortunate thing is the game just seems to guess at where they stand when they learn a new position and doesn't give them the ability to learn it over time, slowly or even in some cases quickly becoming better at it. Think guys like Pujos or Michael Young who switched positions, then were on and off for a couple of years, before looking like high quality gold glove candidates.
One thing I noticed though, that just occurred to me is that sometimes guys are imported at different positions and it doesn't seem to take into account positions they eventually played. Like a young Todd Helton was imported as a LF, yet I saw a young Alfonso Soriano imported as a LF as well. By one standard. Alfonso never played outside of the infield until last season, but Todd played LF a little more than the other positions his first season called up. The game seemed to take into account that Alfonso was eventually a left fielder, but not that Todd was eventually a 1B. I found that a little weird. 1B wasn't even listed as his second position, even though he played that a bit the same season.
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