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#41127	10/23/2016 6:49:47 pm
calebapple Joined: 07/14/2015 Posts: 20 Inactive	How big is the defensive penalty for lefties playing SS? Is it just like a point or two off of their fielding attribute or not?

#41128	10/23/2016 7:27:51 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5197 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	My sense is it is something like 30-40 points off fielding percentage, plus a bunch of double plays not turned. It is very significant.

#41172	10/25/2016 5:44:56 am
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1163 Bloomington Thunder Legends	I'll expand on what Seca is saying: I was forced to use a LH SS for a decent part a season once. You can see his fld % hovered around .900 which is 70 points lower than decent. Also, see the lack of DP's. http://brokenbat.org/player/65187 If he can be your lefty hitter off the bench, then maybe. Otherwise, be warned!

#41188	10/25/2016 3:38:45 pm
Buster Joined: 10/14/2016 Posts: 24 Inactive	Are those the same sort of figures for other infielders that throw with the hand that isn't recommended e.g left handed catcher etc?

#41197	10/25/2016 6:37:56 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9588 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I don't think the penalty is the same for catchers as SS, but I haven't bothered to try and figure out actual numbers. The bigger thing is that fielding isn't as important for catchers as it is for SS. It might affect there CS rate though.

#41232	10/26/2016 2:45:05 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5197 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	The thing about a LHT C is that you can hide him a bit. Pair him with a decent defensive RHT C partner. Play your LHT guy against teams w/o much running game. You can't hide a LHT SS. He would need big offensive upside to go through these contortions.

#41274	10/27/2016 9:20:44 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	I think the penalty is more than sufficient that you probably don't want to develop LH infielders (except 1B). Promising LH players should probably play elsewhere. If you have a guy fill in here or there, it probably wouldn't kill you. But try playing a infield full of lefties and you're going to have problems. Steve