Utility man perk

[TlmEleSs_Jsaac]

Saw this on reddit and wanted to bring it here for discussion.

Some players should not be punished for playing a position outside their “primary” position. For example, zobrist was a beast everywhere on the field. Why does his fielding go down for using him else where?

[Jholla31_PSN]

I think that's a good idea, but would need to be reserved for true utility men. Zobrist is a different beast. Most true utility men that still field well at any position won't get high level cards.

[ImDFC_PSN]

I think there can be two quirks
-Super Utility
A player who is proficient at 5+ positions will get less secondary position penalty. This Quirk would be used for Ben Zobrist/Howie Kendrick/Kike Hernandez types
-Multi Position mastery
A player who played long stretches at various positions will have no second position penalty. This would fit for the Cal Ripken/Stan Musial/Pete Rose types.

It's really interesting to see Pete Rose played so many games at so many positions, but rarely changed positions during a season

Edit: Interesting that I can say Kike Hernandez, even though that first word can be used as a serious anti-Semitic slur, but I can't say [censored] Allen, even though [censored] is a far less offensive term used for the male anatomy

[Jholla31_PSN]

@ImDFC said in Utility man perk:

I think there can be two quirks
-Super Utility
A player who is proficient at 5+ positions will get less secondary position penalty
-Multi Position mastery
A player who played long stretches at 2-3 positions (Cal Ripken, Alex Rodriguez types who had a "Second Career" at a different position) will have no second position penalty

Yes, I think this would be more effective. Ripken and A-Rod like you mentioned. Also guys like Biggio, Joe Mauer, Sheffield, Chipper, etc. Guys that started at one position and then moved later in the careers.

[janoosh]

@ImDFC said in Utility man perk:

I think there can be two quirks
-Super Utility
A player who is proficient at 5+ positions will get less secondary position penalty. This Quirk would be used for Ben Zobrist/Howie Kendrick/Kike Hernandez types
-Multi Position mastery
A player who played long stretches at various positions will have no second position penalty. This would fit for the Cal Ripken/Stan Musial/Pete Rose types.

It's really interesting to see Pete Rose played so many games at so many positions, but rarely changed positions during a season

Edit: Interesting that I can say Kike Hernandez, even though that first word can be used as a serious anti-Semitic slur, but I can't say [censored] Allen, even though [censored] is a far less offensive term used for the male anatomy

Love the idea and you can’t tell someone to “suck a Kike” but I get your point.

[TlmEleSs_Jsaac]

Good points