[Biggio509]

Originally Posted by t-bone shuffle

Fair enough.

All were completely rested and healthy, Cano does show as being "cold".

Cano, listed as a 2B, is currently rated only as a 1B, yet still has error and arm ratings above average (6 on a 10 scale) and a range of 3. He has played 14 games (111 innings) at 2B, 12 of which were starts.

Wong, at age 26, carries an overall rating of 8 at 2B (infield range 8, error 8, arm 6, dp 6) and an overall SS of 2 due to a carreer total of 58 innings at SS.

Molina, at age 35, made his first career appearance at SS in the game referenced, as such has no rating at SS. His player page has him for infield range 2, error and arm 4 each and dp at 2.

All of which I believe to be irrelevant, sorry. Ones and zero's or not, the game should be able to differentiate between Cano as a middle infielder and Molina. Certainly we can take this further if we want and question the entire composition of the roster, the AI's ability to properly build a group with adequate depth, but I don't really see that here. The info above clearly shows that Cano's been playing some 2B, and the eyeball test easily shows that the proper sub should have been Cano, or perhaps anyone other than a 34 year old C who's never played an inning at the position in his entire major league career.

I thought Molina was who you were talking about but then thought it couldn't be. Wow.

I think the problem here is neither have any 2B ability (rating) so the AI probably went with the better offensive guy. Granted Cano is more likely to get a 2B rating but neither guy has one. I am not sure I always agree with the AI either but it has seemed in the past hitting trumps defense. Even worse weird things happen when there is no back up that can play a position. What is worse is no back is usually a function of AI roster building.