Situational Hitting
One of the most interesting concepts, which is difficult to apply for in a card game is the idea of the wear and tear that baseball players go through over the course of the season. This is most obvious when dealing with catchers. In 2013 the leaders in games played were Matt Weiters (140), Salvador Perez (137) and JP Arencebia (131). Arencebia by the way had the lowest OBP of anyone who qualified for the batting title. To further my point that catcher is abusive. Other positions most games played were 1B: Votto (161), 2B: Pedroia (160), SS: Castro (159), 3B: Seager (160), OF: Pence (162), Bruce (160), Jones (156), DH: Butler (150, remember interleague). Catchers do not play as much. Buster Posey for example played in 148 games last year with 121 as a catcher, 21 and firstbase and 5 as a designated hitter (plus a pinch hitting performance I assume). The question is how should fatigue be assessed in Showdown for catchers? This is put here instead of catcher because of the added value players like Posey would get in some formats.
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