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ToTheBackstop · 07-11-2014, 07:36 PM

I'm trying to optimize my team's lineup and wanted to get a better handle on how OOTP treats defensive range. The manual states "Range is a measure of how well a defensive player can reach a ball in play." I'm wondering if anyone knows whether this is a measure of a player's range strictly within his positional zone, or the player's range on the field in general?

For example, could I get away with playing a 20 range CF in between a 90+ LF and 90+ RF, under the premise that the LF is going to be able to get most of the flies to left-center and the RF is going to reach most of the balls going to right-center, and hence the CF's poor range will be mitigated? Or does it not work that way, and each defensive zone is strictly independent of each other, such that (a) the LF will vacuum up everything in left, (b) the RF will track down all the flyouts to right, and (c) the lumbering CF is not going to get to a lot of balls in left-center and right-center?

(Similarly, if I have a 100 SS, does it follow that he's going to nab a lot of grounders in the 5.5 hole and I can go ahead and use a 50-range 3B with a bit more pop in his bat instead of a lighter-hitting 70-range 3B -- his extra range is more-or-less made "redundant" by the slick-fielding shortstop?)

Thanks!

07-11-2014, 07:36 PM	#1
ToTheBackstop Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 151	Defensive Range I'm trying to optimize my team's lineup and wanted to get a better handle on how OOTP treats defensive range. The manual states "Range is a measure of how well a defensive player can reach a ball in play." I'm wondering if anyone knows whether this is a measure of a player's range strictly within his positional zone, or the player's range on the field in general? For example, could I get away with playing a 20 range CF in between a 90+ LF and 90+ RF, under the premise that the LF is going to be able to get most of the flies to left-center and the RF is going to reach most of the balls going to right-center, and hence the CF's poor range will be mitigated? Or does it not work that way, and each defensive zone is strictly independent of each other, such that (a) the LF will vacuum up everything in left, (b) the RF will track down all the flyouts to right, and (c) the lumbering CF is not going to get to a lot of balls in left-center and right-center? (Similarly, if I have a 100 SS, does it follow that he's going to nab a lot of grounders in the 5.5 hole and I can go ahead and use a 50-range 3B with a bit more pop in his bat instead of a lighter-hitting 70-range 3B -- his extra range is more-or-less made "redundant" by the slick-fielding shortstop?) Thanks!