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[Drew Doughty]

Prime years are 26-29. I don't see how it's arbitrary to say a player who is 31 is past his prime. Soriano has an OPS+ of 126 right now, below what he had at 26, 27 and 30.

Kinda blows a hole in your entire argument to point out that Soriano's two lowest OPS+ seasons since his rookie year came at ages 28 and 29, right square in the middle of his alleged peak, doesn't it?

 

so one player shatters the evidence that 26-29 are generally peak years?

[davearm]

Prime years are 26-29. I don't see how it's arbitrary to say a player who is 31 is past his prime. Soriano has an OPS+ of 126 right now, below what he had at 26, 27 and 30.

Kinda blows a hole in your entire argument to point out that Soriano's two lowest OPS+ seasons since his rookie year came at ages 28 and 29, right square in the middle of his alleged peak, doesn't it?

 

so one player shatters the evidence that 26-29 are generally peak years?

Of course not. Indeed, prime years are generally 26-29.

 

Key word there is generally. Some guys peak earlier, and some peak later.

 

For that reason it's foolish to make definitive statements such as, "Prime years are 26-29" and "a player who is 31 is past his prime."

 

Particularly foolish would be to apply this tortured logic to a guy that at age 31 is outperforming his age 28 and 29 seasons.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

For that reason it's foolish to make definitive statements such as, "Prime years are 26-29" and "a player who is 31 is past his prime."

 

more foolish than to believe the guy on your team is one of the rare exceptions to the rule?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

For that reason it's foolish to make definitive statements such as, "Prime years are 26-29" and "a player who is 31 is past his prime."

 

more foolish than to believe the guy on your team is one of the rare exceptions to the rule?

 

What do you mean "believe"? He's putting up the two best seasons of his career at 30-31. It's not like people are thinking/hoping that he might do this, it's happening/happened.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

For that reason it's foolish to make definitive statements such as, "Prime years are 26-29" and "a player who is 31 is past his prime."

 

more foolish than to believe the guy on your team is one of the rare exceptions to the rule?

 

What do you mean "believe"? He's putting up the two best seasons of his career at 30-31. It's not like people are thinking/hoping that he might do this, it's happening/happened.

 

I'm not necessarily referring to just Soriano and davearm. It's been thrown around numerous times about several players.

[davearm]

For that reason it's foolish to make definitive statements such as, "Prime years are 26-29" and "a player who is 31 is past his prime."

 

more foolish than to believe the guy on your team is one of the rare exceptions to the rule?

Soriano absolutely IS an exception to the rule.

 

There are no maybe's or could be's about it.

 

And exceptions to this particular rule are hardly rare.

[Mephistopheles]

just because he's been the exception to the rule thus far it doesnt mean he will continue to be one.

[abuck1220]

even if 30-31 ends up being his peak years, you can beat your sweet ass that 37-38 won't be.