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Originally Posted by jcard
I have sometimes wondered if a player like Manny Machado with elite defense at one spot but had both the experience at and capability for a more difficult position was “punished” a little bit in terms of his ability at his primary position. Given that there is one set of component ratings shared by all position
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In a similar fashion, Banks is sort of inadvertantly being "punished" in his career defensive ratings for being a good hitter.
If he were just an average hitter at best, the Cubs would have not kept trotting him out at 1B for his bat and he would have retired earlier, not having racked up so many old-man innings at 1B that the OOTP career algorithm sees him as a 1B.