Defensive Advantage Question

[MtheB]

Okay, need some input.
In Royals Stadium, league has fairly even mixture of hitters/pitchers parks.

What is better in RF defensively:

1(0)e6
or
2(-2)e13

i.e.: how critical is the arm vs the efactor?

[egvrich]

Range and arm are the most important factors IMHO, not E rating. So, your choices are roughly a wash in my book.

In this case, I would look at the players offense as the deciding factor. I'd probably go with Slaughter over Oliva because he gives you more balance, unless your division is all RHP's.

[MtheB]

Originally set out to go after the team season doubles record, but I didn't get 5 of my hitters I wanted--Musial, Simmons, Rolfe, Rice, F. McCormick.
i ended up with Morgan, Rose, Yount, Boyer, Judge, Dawson, Fosse and am flipflopping between Slaughter and Oliva in RF. With the predominance of RH starters in the league, I will probably go with Oliva, though e13 is scary....but the clutch is excellent for that #5 slot.

[egvrich]

If you've got a lot of RHP's, Oliva will rock. You can live with his defense.

[gamiam]

Range is most important, but e rating is close behind-all of those nasty 2 base errors. Arm is vital in CF, but not so much at the corners. The vast majority of open ended hits in Strat go to CF. When I started playing table-top I used to put a premium on RF arm, but then I saw how infrequently it comes into play.