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TuckerDuckson · 07-13-2016, 09:55 AM

My personal super utility guy already had 6 positions ranged 35-55 learned when he was drafted (missing 1B and C both of which he learned)

He had an 80 in RF and the rest were in the range of 50-65 on all 8 by the time he left in free agency after 6 years

the main thing is that he has to be able to play the position you want him to play (3B: a good arm, SS good Turn DP, etc etc)

The way to have him learn those positions is through spring training/force starting him in the minors, by the time this guy was in Single A I had him force starting in positions he wasn't so good at (for example 3B which he started with a 35) this eventually grew into a solid 50 after a year in single A.
I always recommend this method for position/outfield positions other than SS and CF

For CF, SS, and C I almost exclusively use spring training, granted you can use the strategy used above, so using the example of my guy, he got a 50 in C despite never playing catcher before because 1. he had the ratings for it and 2. since it is one of the headrest positions to learn he learned it in ST which for some reason allows them to learn harder positions faster.

So that's how I develop my utility players

07-13-2016, 09:55 AM	#2
TuckerDuckson Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 447	My personal super utility guy already had 6 positions ranged 35-55 learned when he was drafted (missing 1B and C both of which he learned) He had an 80 in RF and the rest were in the range of 50-65 on all 8 by the time he left in free agency after 6 years the main thing is that he has to be able to play the position you want him to play (3B: a good arm, SS good Turn DP, etc etc) The way to have him learn those positions is through spring training/force starting him in the minors, by the time this guy was in Single A I had him force starting in positions he wasn't so good at (for example 3B which he started with a 35) this eventually grew into a solid 50 after a year in single A. I always recommend this method for position/outfield positions other than SS and CF For CF, SS, and C I almost exclusively use spring training, granted you can use the strategy used above, so using the example of my guy, he got a 50 in C despite never playing catcher before because 1. he had the ratings for it and 2. since it is one of the headrest positions to learn he learned it in ST which for some reason allows them to learn harder positions faster. So that's how I develop my utility players __________________ Plays legit baseball now. My OOTP ratings are low. 2022 update: I'm two stars!