"Contract Year" Theory??

[Yoda]

Yoda is wrong, there are loads of ballplayers that are not in the best shape they could be in. Its one of the things a good fantasy manager looks for in spring training, guys that came to training camp in much better shape than previous years.

Just because you get in better shape doesn't mean you will increase your perfomrance. As someone noted, some people have enough talent to not have to train and still be better than anyone else.

So how am I wrong again?

[Yoda]

How is it a load? 750 people out of 6,519,207,831 people in the world today are MLB players. Half of 750 are marginal players whose jobs are threatened by younger, faster and better players. You are seriously telling me that these players can just coast through their career.

That's just completely illogical. You don't believe in the existence of players who possess enough talent to play in the major leagues without training and working to the fullest of their abilities? Mickey Mantle partied like a rock star his whole career and took horrible care of his body. Staying out drinking all night doesn't constitute the optimum training regime IMO.

Did you read the whole thread? What you are saying is the same as what I'm saying. Just because you train harder doesn't mean you will perform. You increase the chances that you might but it doesn't guarantee that you will have a career year as some people believe.