How much does a player need to play to earn a rating at a defensive position?
The minimum qualifications are very low. A player usually earns a rating if he starts one or more games at a position, if he plays more than a few innings there, or if he plays at all and has a history of playing that position in recent seasons. We generally decline to rate a player at a position only when assigning a rating would allow him to play a more demanding position than he has demonstrated the ability to play. In 1997, for example, Edgar Martinez played 1/3 of an inning at 3B, and while he had been a regular 3B in the past, it had been several years, and there was no reason to believe that he can still play the position. (If he could, the Mariners would have used him there.) So we didn’t rate him as a 3B that year.
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