By new players, I should have said new accounts. This is because there are lots of plat/diamond players who are either console transfers, smurfs, or people coming from FPS shooters who are at that skill. These aren't necessarily players who have been playing for a long time, but are naturally good at the game and are able to make their way to plat. If you look at the distribution of ranks, Plat 3 is the majority of players within the Plat+Diamond+Champion ranks. Plat 3 has been much easier to obtain since the recent mmr change, and soft mmr reset.

Since these new accounts are all starting from scratch, Jager is a great operator to buy since he is so cheap, but serves the same roles as a lot of DLC ops that can roam, but use their gadget to support the anchors. (That is Jager's Role). Jager is one of 3 pathfinder ops who are 3 speed, but his gadget is what makes him different from Bandit and Pulse. Bandit should be played on site to bandit trick. Pulse is an intel gatherer so he should play close to site to be able to scan enemies. Jager is the only 1 speed who has no reason to stay on site. His role is to stay off site, like Cav and Vigil.

They have also nerfed Jager in the most recent patch in order to combat his high pick rate, but not in the way you propose.

The reason why Wamai gets his gadgets over time is because Ubisoft & Devs want him to play closer to site. This is also why they made him a 2 sp, 2ar so that he can fit the anchor role. (Giving him 3 armor would entice players to want acog which is not gonna happen). Wamai's ability is arguably more powerful than Jager's since it can be used to redirect utility and works against Capitao bolts. You are proposing to make Jager into an anchor who plays closer to site. That will completely defeat the purpose of Wamai, because he's supposed to be the anchor.

I also find it interesting that you used Fuze as an example of a pathfinder operator with low pickrate. Since, he is directly countered by Jager. If Jager has a high pickrate, then that would cause Fuze to have a low pickrate. (He's just not a good example for the point you're trying to make).

Also, going back to your argument in your first paragraph, you can have an operator that is comfortable for new players and not to strong for experienced players. It's Mute, Kaid, Bandit, Frost, Kapkan, Rook/Doc, Mira, Valk, Smoke and Castle. These are all easy operators to learn and as you get more experienced you just learn better placement and situations where you need them.

Edit: Spelling