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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4002405, member: 1969"] Don't take the term "Regular Season Dynasty" the wrong way, but in the last 5 years the Dodgers have probably had the best 5 year regular season run in a long, long time. They are lucky to have financial resources to retain and sign away others. But you don't become dominant on that alone -- in factwe have seen teams dig holes that way at times. The player development and finding "Marginal" players from other teams is top level outstanding for the Dodgers as well. The Giants on the other hand have seemingly just spent money with no real vision, not a great farm system, and have put together one of the oldest teams in baseball that was on the track to nowhere. In an era where young players prosper more quickly and veterans tend to regress a bit faster than previous eras , the Giants did the opposite, And won 107 games. Brandon Crawford has his best season by far at the age of 34. (OPS of .895, when his best previous season was .782 in 2015) Buster Posey who had a .688 OPS in 2019 ... has his best OPS since 2012 at the age of 34. Brandon Belt has a best full season OPS at the age of 32. Evan Longoria has been a mediocre MLB performer at best between 2017-2020. He has by far his best season since 2016 at the age of 35. A 34 year old Darin Ruf has 0.2 career WAR after the age of 33. He was a very bad MLB player in his previous 900 appearances. Of course at 34 he has a WAR of 2.9 in only 262 at bats. And there are a few more 27-30 year old position players that have had unexpected years like Lamont Wade. We haven't even hit the pitching. Kevin Gausman has 11.5 WAR over 8 years (an average of 1.4 per year). At the age of 30 he gets a career year of 5.3 WAR. Anthony Descialfini has by far his best year of his career at the age of 31. Alex Wood who had been pretty good up to 2018, was regressing fast since. Of course he turns it around at 30. Johnny Cueto bounces back a bit at 35. Jake Mcgee becomes a successful closer at 34. Tyler Rogers has a career year at 30, with a WAR of 2.4 which might be the best amongst relievers this yar (Stand to be corrected). Finding a quality bullpen is very hit and miss and the Giants hit on the guys they scrapped together. [/QUOTE]

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