Thursday, September 29, 2005

Question

Here's (what we think is) an interesting question: if your team plays in an extreme hitters or pitchers park, are you better off building your team to take advantage of the extreme nature of the park?
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4 comments:

Erik said...

That seems right. On the other hand, by maximizing your advantage at home, do you run the risk of maximizing a disadvantage on the road? If, for example, the Nats build a staff with fly ball pitchers who tend to do well in spacious RFK, those pitchers might be at a big disadvantage on the road.

1:33 PM
Anonymous said...

It you want to follow this strategy, then you should make the following calculation: of the 162 games in a season, how many will your team play in an "extreme" hitters park v. "extreme" pitchers park. If your home games are in an extreme hitters park, you start with 81 and then look at the rest of the games you'll play on the road. The ballparks in your team's division no doubt will affect the results--for example, the NL Central has more hitters parks than the NL East.

Jeff

10:35 AM
Anonymous said...

I think if your park favors RH batters, ie with a short porch, then load up on RH pull hitters, to get more HR at home. Same idea for LH. If your park has big alleys and lots of OF space, then you must get fast, rangy CF, at least, if not all three OF. If you put lugs out there, then expect to allow lots of doubles and triples up the gaps. See Comeria Park for an example.

10:42 AM
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