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ToTheBackstop · 07-12-2014, 02:02 PM

I posted this in the Newbie forum yesterday, and it was kindly suggested to me that this might be better suited to the main discussion forum where the knowledgeable OOTP veterans hang out, so I'm reposting here (hopefully clarified):

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? Or in other words, is a player with a high defensive range able to reach/impact balls in neighbouring positional zones?

For example, could I get away with playing a 20 range CF in between two 90+ corner outfielders, 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 in fact each player's defensive range is strictly applicable to their positional zone, such that (a) the LF will vacuum up everything in left, (b) the RF will track down all the flyouts to right, but (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!

07-12-2014, 02:02 PM	#1
ToTheBackstop Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 151	Defensive Range I posted this in the Newbie forum yesterday, and it was kindly suggested to me that this might be better suited to the main discussion forum where the knowledgeable OOTP veterans hang out, so I'm reposting here (hopefully clarified): 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? Or in other words, is a player with a high defensive range able to reach/impact balls in neighbouring positional zones? For example, could I get away with playing a 20 range CF in between two 90+ corner outfielders, 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 in fact each player's defensive range is strictly applicable to their positional zone, such that (a) the LF will vacuum up everything in left, (b) the RF will track down all the flyouts to right, but (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!