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Originally Posted by kutulu
My earlier point was not that players cannot be effective after age 34, it was that chances are they have a short shelf life after that age. They will usually cost a lot and should not be given a long term deal. Also, for every guy who is able to be a great player into his mid 30's, there are 10 who lost it out of the blue.
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Usually I would agree, but when your talent level is so far above everyone elses, as with Rodriguez, it takes longer for skills to drop.
Maybe when he's 36-37 he's 80-85% of what he used to be, but that means he's still a very good major-league player, if not a great one.