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Originally Posted by Biggio509
Just curious. Being an Astros fan I have seen the team turn minor leagues from fielders to pitchers and pitchers to fielders. A couple of examples Brandon Backe went from SS to MR to SP with mixed results because his bat was weak and Brian Bogusevic went from a SP to an OF. The Cards also did that with Ankiel very successfully. Can a pitcher learn a fielding position or a fielder pitch if you play them as the new position?
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Carlos Marmol and Randy Wells of the Cubs were converted from catchers into pretty decent pitchers.
Brooks Kieschnick went from a mediocre outfielder with the Cubs to a mediocre pitcher who could hit with the Brewers.
Unfortunately I've never seen it happen in OOTP. The only 2 ways you'll ever see it is if you do it yourself or if you play historical and you see Babe Ruth and others convert. At least OOTP handles historicals correctly in that manner.