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Originally Posted by mantis1
I understand. Let me be more specific. And thanks for the reply.
1. What is the general feeling around here on catcher arm and catcher ability, with relation to offensive abilities? What I mean is, if my catcher is 55 in both of these - and he is experienced behind the plate - are these values too low, even though he brings modest offensive value (and switch hits)?
2. And rightfield: what is the minimum arm strength that a right fielder should possess? If he is very strong offensively, can I get by with his 60 arm and 45 range?
3. I have read here more than once that a SP should have at least three pitches. However, my ace has two excellent pitches and is doing very well. Then, what should I assume, in general, and should I evaluate players on a case by case basis?
4. Finally, I really wanted to hear about how others construct their teams - around speed or power, etc. - and what kind of strategies (like sacrifice bunting) work well for them. I know this is very general, so if no one can answer this, I understand.
Hope to hear from some of you guys. This game is unbelievable.
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Some pretty good questions, actually. Conventionally, the catcher is considered to be a defensive position, so normally you'd want to give some weight to that, but there is good reason to believe that, in OOTP, catchers with relatively low ratings do quite well defensively (as a somewhat questionable game design decision). There are a variety of ways to look at stats from your team and from other teams, to compare catcher fielding performance, so you can check some of that out for yourself.
Generally speaking, you want the guy with the best arm in RF, but I don't know that anyone could say what a minimum requirement is. In this version of OOTP, OFs have a lot more potential to throw out runners, so if you lose quality in RF (and CF, to some extent), you do lose some ability to take advantage of that. OTOH, if the guy is a great hitter and you have no other options, then you may take your chances. It's a tradeoff situation.
Under the new pitching model, I have yet to see a pitcher with only two pitches who has a "suggested role" of SP. I'm not sure if that's possible. It may be that you are using someone in that role who isn't an ideal candidate for it, at least not yet. Still, it may be working for reasons that might amount to luck. It's also possible that you are growing that pitcher into being a true SP. Don't know, but I'd be cautious.
I won't try to deal with #4 -- it's still pretty broad, but you may get some responses.
