Should I dump Brett Wallace?

[End of the Road]

I had no idea in real life 3rd baseman committed so many errors. Why does the game give them a rating of 85-90 then have them field at a .925 or even worse? Shouldn't they just be given a rating of 70-75 and be done with it? And why is 3rd so hard to field compared to all the other positions?

[HoustonGM]

I had no idea in real life 3rd baseman committed so many errors. Why does the game give them a rating of 85-90 then have them field at a .925 or even worse? Shouldn't they just be given a rating of 70-75 and be done with it?

The ratings are essentially in comparison to other third basemen.

And why is 3rd so hard to field compared to all the other positions?

It requires ridiculous reaction time, basically. It's called the "hot corner" for a reason.

[CCamels73]

It's called the "hot corner" for a reason.

I was going to say the same thing. I play 3B for municipal softball league team ( I know it isn't MLB, but the bats are double and triple walled aluminum!) and to be a good consistant defenseman, you have to play like a SS with the arm of a CF and reflexes like a cat! Its tough to say the least.

[End of the Road]

Thanks Houston and CCamels, learn something everday!

[Jeffy25]

If you dump Brett Wallace....what about his feelings? what will his mother say? are you planning to date someone else? I thought you guys had a good thing going

[asianinvasion]

The average time the ball takes to go from the pitchers hand to the third baseman in the MLB is less than one second.

[Cards]

I don't keep whiners. They seem like bad apples -- pretty soon everyone is complaining about something. Randy Johnson was one of the worst, half my previously very happy team was angry before I dumped him.

Forget the ratings, trade the bum for some prospects. You'll probably see the whole team play better. And don't sweat it if he goes on a tear elsewhere. That's baseball.

Yeah, dump him--just as Gussie Busch dumped Steve Carlton (for Rick Wise in a measly $10,000 salary dispute in '72 "dollars"), just before Carlton won 27 games for Phil. in '72; a team that only won 59 games.

[Cards]

I did two quick examples to show this.

I changed Jeff Baker's Happiness rating to 100, and he hates Colorado and wants to leave. It's because of the ambition and community ratings.
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And here's Brad Hawpe. I changed his Happiness rating to 0, and he likes living in Colorado.
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Note that it's not their "total fit" into your team either as Hawpe is a worse overall fit (D- to D+).

Unfortunately, if you go into League Settings and turn up the section for the impact that a player's happiness has on negotiation and performance, Hawpe would likely play worse and Baker would likely play better, even though Baker "hates" it and Hawpe "loves" it in Colorado, because of their happiness ratings.

So don't go by what the card says (unless you want to use your imagination more), but instead by the ratings. If the dialogue bothers you (hates the city, wants to leave, it's too hot, it's too cold, wants to play with a bum that retired seven years ago, etc.), just go ahead and change the ambition and/or community ratings and leave the rest alone. Like I said, they're randomly generated anyway.

So, why is that stuff in there in the first place if it is randomly generated and has no effect on the game? Just to make things seem more 'lively' and trying to 'simulate' real life, although it clearly isn't?

Maybe Clay should remove those things in a near-future patch?
What do you all think should be done with those arbitrary and random personality characteristics?

[HoustonGM]

It does have an effect.

[Cards]

Personality/happiness has a small effect, and in League Settings, there is a slider for you to control just how much it does effect. You can turn it down to -100% to remove it entirely.

Yeah, but should those artificially-created personality characteristics be in the game in the first place? At least that random stuff about "liking it here" or "wants to leave" could be removed and the game wouldn't be one bit worse.

[HoustonGM]

It was added because people wanted it.

[Cards]

The ratings are essentially in comparison to other third basemen.


It requires ridiculous reaction time, basically. It's called the "hot corner" for a reason.

But SS is a much more demanding position, requiring much greater range and reflexes at least as good as for 3b-men.
They didn't call Ozzie Smith "The Wizard" for nothing compared to most of the other SS's in MLB history, strictly on their fielding ability.

[HoustonGM]

But SS is a much more demanding position, requiring much greater range and reflexes at least as good as for 3b-men.
They didn't call Ozzie Smith "The Wizard" for nothing compared to most of the other SS's in MLB history, strictly on their fielding ability.

I don't know what this has to do with anything...just an excuse to talk about a Cardinal?

[Cards]

If you dump Brett Wallace....what about his feelings? what will his mother say? are you planning to date someone else? I thought you guys had a good thing going

Well, you lost me now, Jeffy. ;-)
You're on your own with that gibe.

[Cards]

The average time the ball takes to go from the pitchers hand to the third baseman in the MLB is less than one second.

Before it goes to the batter???
Source on *that*, please!