Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony M
Are any of these players actually primary positioned at these positions or are they 1st basemen for example who have been moved there as backup.
|
I now have 23 left handed throwers who are currently primary positioned at 2B, SS or 3B. I don't know how to check to see how they were originally primary positioned, or even if that is possible.
When I was playing the September games, there was 1 particular opponent (the Orioles) whose AI manager showed absolutely no regard for lefthanded throwers or, sometimes, even positions at all. They have a left handed throwing rookie whose primary position is 1B, and no ratings/experience at any other position, who was always used as a starter at inappropriate positions. And, his minor league fielding figures show he was also used as a starter down there.
It looks like they are really trying to convert him to other infield positions.
Also, I did some more number crunching on the 2425 games that lefty throwers played at 2B, SS, 3B and C. 1925 of them, which is 79%, were games started. So, not only shouldn't there be such a huge number of such games, there definitely shouldn't be all of those games started.
So, the Orioles rookie that I used as my above example isn't just an isolated case. He's part of a pattern.