So much can change in five years. In the span of a normal human life, it’s enough time to meet your future spouse, get married, and have children. For a teen it’s the difference between starting and finishing high school, going on to college. In a job it can represent positional changes, raises, any number of projects, and tens of thousands of emails.
What does five years mean for a baseball team?
It can be the entire duration of a player’s contract. It can be the peak of their career. It can mean the difference between slogging away in the minors, and spending time in the big club.