Greatness Among Us!

[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by 53toppscollector

its kind of wild that ohtani is already 29, feels like he just arrived in the league a year or two ago. him missing so much time his first few seasons is going to hurt his ultimate counting stats.
still, the best overall player of this generation

It's still an "if" but if Ohtani stays healthy, he could play another 15 years and retire in his mid-forties. Ruth retired at age 40 I believe. Ohtani has a definite advantage in that players these days have access to better trainers and health care, and tend to take care of their bodies at least a bit better than those from Ruth's era. Even if he switches to DH full-time in a few years, I think he'll be able to make up for starting so late through by extending the back end of his career---this will take care of the stats even if he performs at just a "good" level his last few years.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by jethrod3

... Ohtani has a definite advantage in that players these days have access to better trainers and health care, and tend to take care of their bodies at least a bit better than those from Ruth's era.

Ruth had hot dogs, beer and women. What more could a man ask for??