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Old 01-23-2019, 03:28 PM   #703
ISiddiqui
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Originally Posted by BishopMVP View Post
I also think Schilling's peak starts at age 30, and he had obvious control issues early in his career that I don't think steroids would cure. Curt Schilling Stats | Baseball-Reference.com

Schilling's 34-37 years include 3 of his top 4 seasons according to WAR (including two 8+ WAR seasons) and the one that was as high as the others was due to injury. He was good 30 and 31 (6+ WAR years), but then started to decline... until he hit 34 and hit a career best year.

I think in that era it's only natural to ask questions about that.

Interesting enough Randy Johnson, as you mentioned, also had something similar... and both Johnson and Schilling hit this late 30s career highs while playing for Arizona.

Which raises the question - did they have a SP whisper for the ages, or was that a PED factory club?
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