Broken Bat - Help: Defense or Range

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#12998	12/26/2014 12:00:50 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9591 Haverhill Halflings III.1	What's important for Catchers, defense or range? My catcher has decent defense but bad range and he gives up a lot of PBs. I had originally thought that defense would be used for determining PBs, but now I'm thinking maybe its range. Which would mean defense has little value for a catcher (except maybe for dropping the ball on third strike?) So which value is used to determine how good the catcher is at catching poorly thrown balls?

#13018	12/27/2014 8:12:01 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I can't find the thread, but I believe Steve said Fielding is used for passed balls, not range.

#13020	12/27/2014 8:22:09 pm
dwindacatcher Joined: 04/03/2014 Posts: 633 Inactive	I too don't want to look it up, but steve did say range has little effect on catching, basically just pop ups. Fielding determined passed balls, but pitchers control also played a roll. He also hinted thay a catchers fielding abilities can help or hurt a pitcher get outs.

#13031	12/28/2014 12:35:38 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9591 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Not sure what's wrong with my guy then... He's been doing horrible.

#13033	12/28/2014 3:52:21 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Looking at his career, I don't think he's doing horrible. My guys are averaging a passed ball every 17 games; your guy is at one every 15. Yes, your backstop had a terrible 2020 with passed balls, but look at his previous three years and you'll see he averaged a passed ball every 20 games. Unless you end up throwing wild guys at him in 2021, look for him to rebound.

#13049	12/28/2014 11:14:49 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9591 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Well, this is my first year with the team. He did great for the previous owner. I'm hoping he will rebound. My starters this past year had pretty good control... and he actually improved on his PB rate after I brought in some rookies with less control. His CS rate has been terrible ever since I took over the team too... Not sure how to affect that?

#13052	12/29/2014 9:24:16 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Range will not help on wild pitches and passed balls. Steve

#13075	12/29/2014 11:33:52 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9591 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Thanks Steve, that's good to know. Now I just need to figure out why my Catcher is doing so horrible at level 5...