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Monday, September 29, 2008

Who should switch positions?

By Tangotiger, 11:46 AM

I’m running the Fans Scouting Report for each player, giving him a valuation per position.  Since speed matters little for a catcher, that component is underweighted if I put that player as catcher.  Speed matters alot in CF, so I overweight that component.  I simply put each player at each position, compare that to the position he played the most often this year (through games of Aug 20, 2008), and give you the list:

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Who should switch positions?