When is a player "Old"

[JADE77]

Hey boys quick question.

What is a good age to cut bait on players in a keeper.

I'm new to baseball, and wonder when we can expect to see a small decline in hitting prowess.

I know that in hockey a 32 year old player is still 3-4 years away from an actual decline. Is that similar to baseball.

I certainly don't want to be the manager of an aging team, but I also don't want to turn my back on quality players with 4 or 5 years of prime hitting left.

thanks as always.

GP

[GoldenSeals]

You can have guys like Mariano Rivera who are still very productive, but usually for batters the power decline starts at 34, while pitchers typically start their decline a little later, 35-36. When you start hearing velocity loss with pitchers it usually means that the decline is about to begin.