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Originally Posted by voxpoptart

Oh, that isn't what I was saying. Many young players fail to improve much, either because they have little talent or, like Mike Trout or Al Kaline, they maximize it really fast. Sometimes their Current Ratings clearly go backwards as they develop bad habits or the league learns to exploit a hole in their game and they don't adjust: Jesus Montero, Dustin Ackley, Jose Bautista, Chris Davis, druggie-era Josh Hamilton, Jean Segura, Jeff Francouer, Yuniesky Betancourt, or the aforementioned Royals Alex Gordon/ Mike Moustakas/ Eric Hosmer (and before them Carlos Febles and Mark Quinn and.... go on, guess my favorite baseball team.)

But given two youngish players with similar recent playing records, one of whom *used* to be quite good, you bet on the one who used to be quite good. Because the Potential, or at least most of it, is still there.

I wasn't implying you were saying that I was saying that's my opinion of what should be happening. Most younger player should get better even if just a little bit for a few years. Granted some will tank and never make it and obviously most will never be stars but for the most part most younger players should have small increases every year.