We have come up with a fairly simple rule of thumb when comparing 2 players at the same position. For a full time player, each .10 in range is worth about .025 in batting average - or another way to look at it is that each .10 in range is worth about a difference of 5 home runs if the two players have the same batting average. To go into hundredths, a difference of .04 is worth about 10 points in batting average, or about 2 home runs. What fielding range really does is take away hits from the other team. But for comparing 2 players, it is easier to think of a bad fielding range as taking away from that player's offensive contributions to your team.
Any player listed at a position in our draft packet automatically qualifies at that position.
If a player qualifies at an additional position because he played at least 20 games there in the majors last year then a range for that secondary position is also listed. If a player is not shown in this draft packet as qualifying at a position then he does NOT qualify there even if he did play some at that position in the past. For example, 2B Jose Offerman also qualifies at 1B, and can play 1B for you for all of 2001, with his given 1B range of 1.85. However, since he has no shortstop range listed that means he does not qualify at shortstop, even though he did play there years ago. For roster balancing during the draft, a player only counts at the primary position he is listed at in this draft packet.