I figured I'd soak in some collective wisdom here on something. I'm in a progressive in 2002, and at the moment my two candidates to play 1B (with the other as my DH) are:

David Ortiz: Rated D/D at 1B
Corey Koskie: Rated A-/B+ at 3B, but no other rating. (I have Scott Rolen at 3B, in case anyone's wondering why Koskie isn't playing there.)

My instinct tells me Koskie would probably be better there than Ortiz despite having no rating. What does the crowd's experience tell us?

Koskie will be much better defensively than Ortiz.

I would play Koskie mostly because of his superior OBP and speed, he will be a bit better in the field but I dont think by a lot

According to this:

Anytime a player is put in a position he didn't play that season, his fielding percentage is mapped to the new position (maintaininig the same level of play). Then he is assigned a 2% penalty to his fielding percentage. Each shift along the spectrum results in an additional 4% hit. The likelihood of turning double plays for out of position players also decreases. Putting a non-catcher behind the plate will result in many successful steals along with a ton of passed balls. Catchers are a special case, so we assign shift penalties based on the position they will be playing.

Besides his fielding percentage, does moving a player to a position he does not play affect his range? Will an A 2B who didn't play 2B that year be an A CF?

Range works the same way with different penalty values. 10% hit for being out of position, and a 15% hit for each shift on the spectrum (in the more difficult direction).

An A- fielding percentage in 2002 at 1B is about 0.995, so multiply by 0.98 and you get 0.9751, which is worse than Ortiz's 0.980 fielding percentage. B+ range at 1B is about 10.20 range factor, multiply by 0.9 and you get 9.18, slightly better than Ortiz's 8.87

so about the same in the field

Good to know, thanks. And I will be playing both of them, just one will be at DH. Heck, Koskie might even see time in LF, too. It's a highly imperfect roster!

Posted by 06gsp on 9/4/2023 3:45:00 PM (view original):
According to this:

Anytime a player is put in a position he didn't play that season, his fielding percentage is mapped to the new position (maintaininig the same level of play). Then he is assigned a 2% penalty to his fielding percentage. Each shift along the spectrum results in an additional 4% hit. The likelihood of turning double plays for out of position players also decreases. Putting a non-catcher behind the plate will result in many successful steals along with a ton of passed balls. Catchers are a special case, so we assign shift penalties based on the position they will be playing.

Besides his fielding percentage, does moving a player to a position he does not play affect his range? Will an A 2B who didn't play 2B that year be an A CF?

Range works the same way with different penalty values. 10% hit for being out of position, and a 15% hit for each shift on the spectrum (in the more difficult direction).

An A- fielding percentage in 2002 at 1B is about 0.995, so multiply by 0.98 and you get 0.9751, which is worse than Ortiz's 0.980 fielding percentage. B+ range at 1B is about 10.20 range factor, multiply by 0.9 and you get 9.18, slightly better than Ortiz's 8.87

so about the same in the field

THIS is a helpful answer. I never knew that.

Is there one non-catcher position that works better at catcher, or does it all depend solely on fielding percentage, regardless of the non-catcher's natural position?