Left-handed third baseman Topic

arcticlegend
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Is there any defensive penalty in the system for a 3B who throws left-handed? I have a guy on one of my teams who has the arm strength to play third, but he throws left-handed, and I was wondering if this would hurt him.

Follow-up question: has anyone seen a lefty catcher in this game? If so, how did he do?
1/23/2014 11:35 AM
brianp87
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I have never tried but look at league leaders for errors and negative plays an see what you find.
1/23/2014 11:37 AM
MikeT23
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Yes, there is a penalty for it.  

Never seen a LH catcher but, if you have a guy with decent PC, you could try it. 
1/23/2014 11:41 AM
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Alex Matos played a bunch of left-handed 3B in a world I play in.  In the 6 seasons in which he was a regular 3B his fielding ratings were 81/83/81/79; despite that, he made 12 (-) plays (against 1 (+) play) per 162 games.  A guy with those ratings at 3B, throwing right, would be about +20... it's a significant penalty.
1/24/2014 1:55 PM (edited)
arcticlegend
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Thanks for the answers. I'll put him in the outfield instead.

As for the catcher, I don't have a guy, I was just wondering if there ever was one.
1/23/2014 2:02 PM
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Interesting thread. Is there any other penalties like this? Maybe at shortstop or 2B?
1/23/2014 3:54 PM
tecwrg
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Yes.  Left handed throwing 2B, SS and 3B are all penalized.
1/23/2014 3:56 PM
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Omg I'm glad I read this thread. I moved my CF from last year to 2B this year,.... and it turns out I am GUILTY of playing a lefty at 2B. 
1/23/2014 4:00 PM
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We all were, at one point in time.
1/24/2014 10:23 AM
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