11-16-2010, 08:09 PM
You haven't been here for that whole process MstrPR. Irish is a good example - he went into full rebuild mode and all the specs he acquired peaked within like a year, two tops. That's nothing against him, that's just completely unrealistic. This is not a matter of perception bias - in the many, many years I have played mogul I had never seen a 22 year old peak until this league. I've seen some 22 year olds stay at 64/67 for four or five years, but to peak at 22? Never. And we've all benefited, shit, Hank Hughes hit the minors 4 years before he should've in real life, but it's totally out of whack.
All kinds of teams are retooling on the fly using 21 year olds they acquire, have season in a year, and then are magically back in the mix. Then these same players that peaked way early are slowly dying off in rating and production in their mid-20s to keep the talent level balanced. So right when they SHOULD be peaking, many of our players are actually going into decline.
The Yanks are spot on with that first point they made.
All kinds of teams are retooling on the fly using 21 year olds they acquire, have season in a year, and then are magically back in the mix. Then these same players that peaked way early are slowly dying off in rating and production in their mid-20s to keep the talent level balanced. So right when they SHOULD be peaking, many of our players are actually going into decline.
The Yanks are spot on with that first point they made.