It's almost like young players who aren't superstars need time and games to develop.
Being a positive contributor at a young age with fewer than a season of games is rare enough that anyone who does it is a potential All-Star and is jealously guarded by his drafting team.
Yes, that's also an argument for having more vets on a contending team. But if you want to have any young guys in the pipeline, you generally have to deal with significantly negative contributions on one or both ends early on.
The posters here who are positive on young guys generally think in terms of flashes of stuff they show that they can build on. If you go just by advanced or traditional stats, you'd give up on most guys who become rotation players eventually.
Being a positive contributor at a young age with fewer than a season of games is rare enough that anyone who does it is a potential All-Star and is jealously guarded by his drafting team.
Yes, that's also an argument for having more vets on a contending team. But if you want to have any young guys in the pipeline, you generally have to deal with significantly negative contributions on one or both ends early on.
The posters here who are positive on young guys generally think in terms of flashes of stuff they show that they can build on. If you go just by advanced or traditional stats, you'd give up on most guys who become rotation players eventually.