Edmonds at first...
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Jim did play first a few times a year most years of his career
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@seannydrama7 said in Edmonds at first...:
Has anyone had any success trying to get the putouts with Edmonds at first? I just tried it and he tanked every ball throwing to him. Some guy on Koogs stream was claiming he only drops about half the time - which would still make it faster than sticking him in the OF. I just don’t want to keep wasting time if he literally drops everything.
Side note/gripe: 1B secondary penalty is kinda absurd. You want him to boot every grounder - fine. Fail to catch any dig at first - fine. But not allowing a big leaguer to catch a ball that would otherwise hit him in the chest is pretty dumb.
The issue is that before the penalty was implemented people would just use first base as a DH spot pretty much. I think in 17 a lot of people had Ted Williams there, for example. You should have to try and play people at a primary or secondary position.
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@Original_Quad said in Edmonds at first...:
@seannydrama7 said in Edmonds at first...:
Has anyone had any success trying to get the putouts with Edmonds at first? I just tried it and he tanked every ball throwing to him. Some guy on Koogs stream was claiming he only drops about half the time - which would still make it faster than sticking him in the OF. I just don’t want to keep wasting time if he literally drops everything.
Side note/gripe: 1B secondary penalty is kinda absurd. You want him to boot every grounder - fine. Fail to catch any dig at first - fine. But not allowing a big leaguer to catch a ball that would otherwise hit him in the chest is pretty dumb.
The issue is that before the penalty was implemented people would just use first base as a DH spot pretty much. I think in 17 a lot of people had Ted Williams there, for example. You should have to try and play people at a primary or secondary position.
Exactly, it was exploited to the max, sure was nice having 99 Beltran @ 1st in 17 though..totally fair amirite lol.
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@SpudXpert27 said in Edmonds at first...:
Jim did play first a few times a year most years of his career. 57 games to be exact or 0.028% of his career games
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I actually really like this Edmonds card. He might stay in my lineup after I get his put outs.
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Firm believer that Edmonds has the best left handed swing in the game
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I put him in center and threw a lot of pitches up in the zone for a few event games. The guy can go and get everything and he’s a solid bat too so it’s not like you’re putting a scrub in the lineup.
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@doobiebross66-72 said in Edmonds at first...:
Firm believer that Edmonds has the best left handed swing in the game
Steve Finley has entered the chat
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@aparks87 said in Edmonds at first...:
@doobiebross66-72 said in Edmonds at first...:
Firm believer that Edmonds has the best left handed swing in the game
Steve Finley has entered the chat
Lol Finley is definitely up there as well. I chose him in 19 from my diamond starter choice pack and he carried the team early last year
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@Original_Quad said in Edmonds at first...:
@seannydrama7 said in Edmonds at first...:
Has anyone had any success trying to get the putouts with Edmonds at first? I just tried it and he tanked every ball throwing to him. Some guy on Koogs stream was claiming he only drops about half the time - which would still make it faster than sticking him in the OF. I just don’t want to keep wasting time if he literally drops everything.
Side note/gripe: 1B secondary penalty is kinda absurd. You want him to boot every grounder - fine. Fail to catch any dig at first - fine. But not allowing a big leaguer to catch a ball that would otherwise hit him in the chest is pretty dumb.
The issue is that before the penalty was implemented people would just use first base as a DH spot pretty much. I think in 17 a lot of people had Ted Williams there, for example. You should have to try and play people at a primary or secondary position.
Yeah - I totally get it. You shouldn’t be able to just throw Mike Trout at first consequence free. But I feel like you could penalize the move without making the guy incapable of playing catch. Boot grounders, ole liners, even drop some throws to first...but I’m telling you I flipped him like 6 little league warm up drill throws, and he dropped them. For a game that like to tout realism to support trash hitting mechanics, it’s a little silly.
Side note: it was pretty easy to finish the moment just sticking him in Center anyway.
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@aparks87 said in Edmonds at first...:
@doobiebross66-72 said in Edmonds at first...:
Firm believer that Edmonds has the best left handed swing in the game
Steve Finley has entered the chat
Charlie Blackmon remains in the chat
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I got this one mission done in 9 event innings... on the other hand I only have Springer 99, Klesko 87 and Andruw Jones 84 to get 10 postseason hits
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