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tommy_cian
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I just checked in my league, which might not mean much, but it seems the 10 teams that I checked, LF always has more put outs than RF.  Is this something that everyone knew?  Is it something not seen in other worlds? 

If its true, does that mean I should put my better range/glove in LF and arm st/acur in RF? 
5/16/2011 5:29 PM
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Yes, it is pretty much a universal truth across worlds.  Generally, you want better range in LF and better arm in RF.  If you have one fielder that is better in both categories, then you have to decide if it's better to have the good range in LF or the good arm in RF.  I generally prefer the range, especially if the difference is 10+ points.
5/16/2011 5:46 PM
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Holy sheet, I didn't know this!
5/16/2011 7:07 PM
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This page is a good reference.

LF gets around .5 more chances a game than RF.  That's around 33% more (1.937 to 1.437).
5/16/2011 7:12 PM
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I just made a trade, my two corner outfielders will be:
RF 78,83,82,76 - Hunt
LF 67,71,78,76 - Price

I had Hunt in RF, but now I'm thinking LF will be a better fit.

The rest of my defense is very good as well (at least I think so), so I think that is the only move I need to make.
SS 88,87,87,86 - Baez
2B 85,73,82,72 - Bruntlett
3B 77,80,87,82 - Suarez
CF 89,82,55,62 - McGuire
1B 71,49,68,60 - Sexton

5/16/2011 7:30 PM
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Cause the fastest, the strongest played shortstop and first,
the last ones they picked were the worst.
I never needed to ask, it was sealed,
I just took up my place in right field.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_srf.shtml
5/16/2011 8:52 PM
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if you have an arm and no wheels, you play RF
if you have wheels and no arm, you play LF
if you have both, you play CF
if you have neither, you play 1B
 
and the cause for more POs in left (since you never noticed you may not have thought about it) is that RH batters outnumber LH, and their pull field is to left

5/17/2011 8:02 AM
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Posted by tommy_cian on 5/16/2011 7:30:00 PM (view original):

I just made a trade, my two corner outfielders will be:
RF 78,83,82,76 - Hunt
LF 67,71,78,76 - Price

I had Hunt in RF, but now I'm thinking LF will be a better fit.

The rest of my defense is very good as well (at least I think so), so I think that is the only move I need to make.
SS 88,87,87,86 - Baez
2B 85,73,82,72 - Bruntlett
3B 77,80,87,82 - Suarez
CF 89,82,55,62 - McGuire
1B 71,49,68,60 - Sexton

personally i'd swap McGuire & Bruntlett...unless McGuire is a lefty.  i wouldn't want a 73 glove at 2nd
5/19/2011 2:13 PM
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Posted by keithjs on 5/16/2011 8:52:00 PM (view original):
Cause the fastest, the strongest played shortstop and first,
the last ones they picked were the worst.
I never needed to ask, it was sealed,
I just took up my place in right field.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_srf.shtml
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5/19/2011 8:01 PM
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Posted by wilhitec on 5/19/2011 2:13:00 PM (view original):
Posted by tommy_cian on 5/16/2011 7:30:00 PM (view original):

I just made a trade, my two corner outfielders will be:
RF 78,83,82,76 - Hunt
LF 67,71,78,76 - Price

I had Hunt in RF, but now I'm thinking LF will be a better fit.

The rest of my defense is very good as well (at least I think so), so I think that is the only move I need to make.
SS 88,87,87,86 - Baez
2B 85,73,82,72 - Bruntlett
3B 77,80,87,82 - Suarez
CF 89,82,55,62 - McGuire
1B 71,49,68,60 - Sexton

personally i'd swap McGuire & Bruntlett...unless McGuire is a lefty.  i wouldn't want a 73 glove at 2nd
Maybe Hunt and Bruntlett?  I don't want the 73 in CF either... 
5/20/2011 10:24 AM
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Mainly because you have more RH players than LH players. That is why the RH split for pitchers and position players are probably more important.
5/20/2011 1:46 PM
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Even though RF gets fewer overall chances, is there a chance that RF gets a higher percentage of "difficult" chances?  In real life, balls to RF off the bat of a right-handed hitter will tend to slice and sink more that balls hit straight-away.  I've always wondered why the defensive rec's call for better range in right; there must be a reason, don't you think?
5/20/2011 7:14 PM
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I seem to recall this topic coming up years ago in the SLB forum.

FWIW, per bbref, in RL the range factor for rightfielders tends to be slightly greater than for leftfielders, at least so far this year in the NL and AL. I also checked a few other year/league combos with similar results. Apparently, for every pitch pulled into the OF, there's at least one where the batter went with the pitch or sliced it to the opposite field ...

So ... it would appear that either the ratio of LHB/RHBs is off in HBD, or the ratio of pull hitters vis-a-vis off field hitters is off, or a combination thereof. Or it could just be that armed with objective ratings vs LHP/RHPs, HBD owners are more willing to platoon than their RL counterparts, thus skewing the expected outcomes as we "improve" on RL managing. Dunno.
5/22/2011 5:28 AM
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