Thread: Aging too fast?
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Old 04-06-2018, 01:35 PM   #13
LegalEagle80
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Originally Posted by highandoutside View Post
MLB is becoming a young person's game. For a variety of reasons, players are declining earlier and more often.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...are-all-right/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...are-all-right/

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/hitt...-only-decline/
Very interesting. This makes me think maybe I keep the aging as it is, and slightly increase the development so younger players get to their peaks faster. I'd like to see a peak of ~5 years, so if guys are getting into the show at 22 or so and their peak goes into their late 20s.
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