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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
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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.