The thread about Santana prompted me to see how our old friend Torii
Hunter is doing this year. I say old but I really mean that he'll be
34 just after the All Star break, supposedly an age where players are
on the decline. I believe a study has shown that most hitters peak at
about age 28 or 29.
Torii's hitting .305/.354/.524 this year. Then I glanced at his stats
since he was 28 years old. Have a look:
OPS at age
28 .762
29 .805
30 .788 (injured, only played in 98 games)
31 .826
32 .839
33 .878 so far this year
Notice the trend? He's not dropping off, he's improving. It will be
interesting to check in at the AS break at also at the end of the year
to see if Torii can keep it going.
