Trout’s defense

Anyone else kinda underwhelmed by him in the field? I’ve been getting weird animations - almost like early in the game when fielding fly balls was a real problem. He alligator arms a lot of balls behind him that should be in range, seems to be slow to react, and his throw animations always seems slow.

I’ve only had him for a couple of days, and he’s mashing the ball, but he feels substantially worse in the field than Mantle, Walker, Bellinger, etc. Feels good glitchy at the plate - bad glitchy in the field.

The alligator arms animation is the worst and so unrealistic. when does as ever happen in real life where a player is 10 ft from the ball and then reaches for it and then stumbles and completely changes their route? It is so stupid. Sometimes it makes me not even want to go near the ball if I think that will happen because all that does is give the runner an extra Bass. I put trout in left field and have not noticed him getting any worse animations than any other fielder though.

@DarthKDog09 said in Trout’s defense:

The alligator arms animation is the worst and so unrealistic. when does as ever happen in real life where a player is 10 ft from the ball and then reaches for it and then stumbles and completely changes their route? It is so stupid. Sometimes it makes me not even want to go near the ball if I think that will happen because all that does is give the runner an extra Bass. I put trout in left field and have not noticed him getting any worse animations than any other fielder though.

I may try left. I’ve been doing center with mantle in left to keep his diamond badge, but it hasn’t gone great.

Yeah, it’s really bizarre. I’m getting animations where it’s bad enough he doesn’t catch the ball, but then he stumbles or is impossible to control, and guys are taking extra bases. Again, small sample size, but it’s been noticeable.

@seannydrama7 said in Trout’s defense:

@DarthKDog09 said in Trout’s defense:

The alligator arms animation is the worst and so unrealistic. when does as ever happen in real life where a player is 10 ft from the ball and then reaches for it and then stumbles and completely changes their route? It is so stupid. Sometimes it makes me not even want to go near the ball if I think that will happen because all that does is give the runner an extra Bass. I put trout in left field and have not noticed him getting any worse animations than any other fielder though.

I may try left. I’ve been doing center with mantle in left to keep his diamond badge, but it hasn’t gone great.

Yeah, it’s really bizarre. I’m getting animations where it’s bad enough he doesn’t catch the ball, but then he stumbles or is impossible to control, and guys are taking extra bases. Again, small sample size, but it’s been noticeable.

I'm not sure if you have prestige mantle but he is faster and covers more ground in the outfield with a stronger arm. Mantle gets to some balls that other guys would never come close to. I think trout in left field is definitely the move if you have mantle.

@DarthKDog09 said in Trout’s defense:

@seannydrama7 said in Trout’s defense:

@DarthKDog09 said in Trout’s defense:

The alligator arms animation is the worst and so unrealistic. when does as ever happen in real life where a player is 10 ft from the ball and then reaches for it and then stumbles and completely changes their route? It is so stupid. Sometimes it makes me not even want to go near the ball if I think that will happen because all that does is give the runner an extra Bass. I put trout in left field and have not noticed him getting any worse animations than any other fielder though.

I may try left. I’ve been doing center with mantle in left to keep his diamond badge, but it hasn’t gone great.

Yeah, it’s really bizarre. I’m getting animations where it’s bad enough he doesn’t catch the ball, but then he stumbles or is impossible to control, and guys are taking extra bases. Again, small sample size, but it’s been noticeable.

I'm not sure if you have prestige mantle but he is faster and covers more ground in the outfield with a stronger arm. Mantle gets to some balls that other guys would never come close to. I think trout in left field is definitely the move if you have mantle.

Not prestiged yet - but still gonna make the swap, diamond badge be damned.

@seannydrama7 said in Trout’s defense:

@DarthKDog09 said in Trout’s defense:

@seannydrama7 said in Trout’s defense:

@DarthKDog09 said in Trout’s defense:

The alligator arms animation is the worst and so unrealistic. when does as ever happen in real life where a player is 10 ft from the ball and then reaches for it and then stumbles and completely changes their route? It is so stupid. Sometimes it makes me not even want to go near the ball if I think that will happen because all that does is give the runner an extra Bass. I put trout in left field and have not noticed him getting any worse animations than any other fielder though.

I may try left. I’ve been doing center with mantle in left to keep his diamond badge, but it hasn’t gone great.

Yeah, it’s really bizarre. I’m getting animations where it’s bad enough he doesn’t catch the ball, but then he stumbles or is impossible to control, and guys are taking extra bases. Again, small sample size, but it’s been noticeable.

I'm not sure if you have prestige mantle but he is faster and covers more ground in the outfield with a stronger arm. Mantle gets to some balls that other guys would never come close to. I think trout in left field is definitely the move if you have mantle.

Not prestiged yet - but still gonna make the swap, diamond badge be damned.

I'm not sure who has better reaction but I'm guessing it's mantle because he gets to balls faster so maybe that is part of the problem you are having. There's less ground to cover in left field which is probably why I have not seen defensive problems with trout. I wouldn't be too concerned with the diamond badge. A gold badge in left field is pretty much like a diamond badge.