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Originally Posted by aks62
That makes sense. Not to cherry pick at your example, but so I can at least specify, more of the issues have been with pitchers losing velocity than the hitters declining too rapidly. While pitchers can certainly drop year to year, I question how common it would be that pitchers would lose ticks on their fastball before their prime.
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Yeah, I generally wouldn't expect pitchers to lose velocity in their mid-20's absent injury issues.
That's certainly something we can keep an eye on going forward.