Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:49 am
to expand a little on Whoopycat's reasoning, which I tend to agree with... e's (errors) are often worse than poorer (i.e. 3,4,and 5) ratings.
poor ratings don't get to balls for hits, so at 2b and ss you just pile up singles... (you get doubles and triples at the corners and in the of)
e's can somewhat frequently be 2 base errors (at any position)
(you had said you weren't sure what his original comment meant.)
bottom line, to hat I thought was the point of your question any team is a 'gestalt'; poor fielders don't matter quite as much if you have Ryan, the big unit, and Kerry Wood in your rotation mowin' 'em down (fewer gbC and fbA results) (although fewer gbA results too)
but I have won w/ a dp combo of ss2e27 and 2b3e21 (Vaughan and DeShields) and a 3e30(something - the 2.31 or so Nettles) and often use 4's at first in general, though, I would take a lower 'e' than a lower range rating, the lower range rating will turn into extrabase hits (except in the middle infield), but the 'e' will turn into guys running around and guys throwing the ball around the bases like little leaguers. similar results w/ the PB (passed ball) and WP (wild pitch) ratings, I think there can be a 2 base advances of each and they can be compounded by further errors
