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The plan for ages in this league is to take 36 - ((rookie year-1900)/4.5). The lowest age I'll allow is 17. By virtue of doing 40 guys a roster, I wanted to make sure that all of these guys would have an opportunity to play at some point. So older teams like the Yankees and Giants will have a lot of veterans as well as some younger guys, while younger franchises will have a lot more younger guys. This will make interesting trade cases. Do the Yankees trade an aging Babe Ruth for a young Vladimir Guerrero? Do Astros trade young guys like Bagwell and Biggio for a veteran pitcher like Bob Feller. If I had made everyone 20 years old it seems like there would be no dynamic as far as trades, call-ups, the like. This way will keep older players in the game and productive for a few years, but have the prime of the league focus on more recent players.
Age examples:
Ty Cobb: 35
Babe Ruth: 33
Ted Williams: 27
Hank Aaron: 24
George Brett: 20
Alex Rodriguez: 17 (rounded up from 15)
GH
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