With fantasy baseball drafts for the 2010 season in full swing, I indulged a particular question of mine and did a little research. What intrigued me is this question: What is the age of an average Major League Baseball player?
While I am unsure whether there is a discernible correlation that can be discovered between age and performance, knowing the benchmarks may yield some pattern that can be useful for fantasy managers. Basically, as I sift through rosters and statistics in preparation for my drafts and a comment mentions a player had reached the "peak" of his playing days, I want a point of reference for how long major league players generally play, or at what point players reach their prime.
A well-known example outside baseball would be that ATP players seem to fade out of the game ...
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