Age

by Lord Duggan on Jan 18, 2012 11:00 AM EST

Averaging the top ten players in each age bracket.

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Makes you wonder if Angels should have gone with Fielder over Pujols

by ArunK on Jan 18, 2012 4:47 AM EST via mobile reply actions

What is actually being plotted here?

Are these means and medians over the top ten last season, or does it extend over multiple seasons? (I’d suggest the latter to build up sample size. It’s tempting to want to say based on these numbers that the elite players’ defense declines a lot faster than their offense. But that just might be noise.)

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by Q-TDSK on Jan 18, 2012 10:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Without “scientific” research I would say that’s absolutely the case.

Romine!

by david d on Jan 18, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions

This is just last season. I originally intended to go into previous seasons, but the amount of data collection was pretty prohibitive.

My conclusion was also that defensive value peaks early while hitting progresses more slowly. However, the amount of production from guys on the wrong side of 30 was pretty thin on the ground. The fact that A-Rod’s 4.2 fWAR put him in a tie for the 3rd most valuable player over the age of 33 is pretty terrifying for the future.

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by Lord Duggan on Jan 18, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions

Horrifying for anybody's future.

The fact that only five players above 33 put up WARs over 3.5 is pretty astonishing.

Understood about the amount of data to sift through, though I bet it wouldn’t be difficult for someone at Fangraphs.

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by Q-TDSK on Jan 18, 2012 8:10 PM EST up reply actions

I'll take that bet

/gambling addiction

"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"

by I'mGivingYouARaise on Jan 18, 2012 10:48 PM EST up reply actions

The over 33 leaders were:

Lance Berkman (5.0)
Carlos Beltran (4.7)
Alex Rodriguez (4.2)
David Ortiz (4.2)
Michael Young (3.8)
Carlos Lee (3.2)
Paul Konerko (3.1)
Marco Scutaro (2.9)
Placido Polanco (2.8)
Todd Helton (2.6)

Comparatively, 10 of the top 15 players by fWAR were in the 28-30 bracket, with Jose Reyes being tenth at 6.2.

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by Lord Duggan on Jan 19, 2012 12:57 AM EST up reply actions