Shorter Fences
October 3rd, 2012 by terrybenishIn the little part of yesterday’s post, I talked about home and road splits and showed how punishing the dimensions have been to young Mariner hitters.
It has also benefited Mariner pitchers.
Without saying it yesterday, the results of this should essentially be neutral over time and as such is a gimmick. You win by having a mix of players cheap to expensive, that build up a great run differential over their opponents.
This does not really touch on that at all.
It is far, far cheaper to move the fences in than it is to sign free agents.
Look for Chone Figgins and Gutierrez to be on the opening day roster.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 11:01 am
What Mariners management seem to forget is in addition to helping the Mariners hit home runs it helps our opponents just as well.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Thanks for writing Harry! You are correct it is neutral to the Ms.
There is a core group here that has advanced this year and should do it again next year. There are some others that have really struggled and some in between.