Wednesday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball —
... If you thought NL hitters would see an increase in their stats when Shea Stadium was torn down, think again: It turns out Citi Field may be even more of a pitcher's park. ...
Links: F-Mart’s Swing, W, Predictions and Citi Field
MetsBlog.com —
... In a post to Amazin Avenue, Eric Simon tries to determine whether Citi Field will be a pitcher’s park, while speaking with Greg Rybarczyk of The Hardball Times, who recently wrote, “Citi Field is poised to become MLB’s new Grand Canyon.” ...
Simon: Citi Field: Where Homeruns Go To Die
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Simon: Citi Field: Where Homeruns Go To Die Talk about bad patches… Eric Simon: For starters, what makes Citi Field a “Grand Canyon” where Shea Stadium was merely a decent pitcher’s park? The park dimensions are nearly identical, with Shea actually slightly deeper in many cases. Greg Rybarczyk: I’m sure most people have not had access to the drawn-to-scale Citi Field prints, as I have, but when you compare the dimensions you get there for Citi Field with the ones for Shea Stadium that you get from overhead satellite photos, you will see that Citi Field is actually deeper in ...
Dimensions
The Hardball Times —
... Against this backdrop is an interesting interview of Hit Tracker's Greg Rybarczyk over at Amazin' Avenue. Rybarczyk -- who, like some other brilliant guys, has a piece in this year's Hardball Times Annual -- expands on a point he made in the Annual about how he thinks the Mets' new park is going to kill home runs. It's not just speculation based on published distances on his part. He uses satellite images and everything, so it's like science and stuff. ...
Citi Field: Pitchers' Park?
Fantasy Baseball - RotoAuthority.com —
Eric Simon talked to Greg Rybarcyzk of HitTracker, who believes the Mets' new stadium will play as an extreme pitchers' park. Might be worth inflating your projections for Johan Santana, John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, Francisco Rodriguez, and J.J. Putz. And whatever other starter they end up signing.
HitTracker is useful for fantasy baseball players, by the way. For example, Mark DeRosa led MLB with nine "lucky" home runs in 2008. A ...
H/T AmazinAvenue
Beyond the Box Score —
... H/T AmazinAvenue
How will the Mets' new ballpark play?
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... 's Greg Rybarczyk, some fascinating stuff about the Mets' new home : That last bit is hyperbolic, of course; nobody hits inside-the-park homers any more, not unless an outfielder falls down and can't get up. But otherwise I don't know why a bigger outfield wouldn't help the Mets, and Santana in particular. My one concern is that aside from Beltran, their outfielders aren't the fleetest afoot.
Links: Citi Field, Derek Lowe, Will Ohman and Rickey Henderson!
Mets Tailgate —
... 1) Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue takes a look at how pitcher-friendly Citi Field will be. He interviews Greg Rybarczyk of the excellent home run tracking site ...
Corporate Taxpayer Bailout Field: Where Home Runs Go To Die (Link)
The Mets Police —
A tip of the Mets hat (blue of course) to Amazin' Avenue for this really cool piece about Corporate Taxpayer Bailout Field being the place where home runs go to die.
It's going to be really weird being in a new ballpark. I bought tix to 30 games yesterday and fellow Mets Policeman Osh41 asked me how my seats are....I don't know. I can tell you the section (5-somethings, I'm not rich like you) but I don't know what that means. You tell me "Uppers Section 1" at Shea and I know what you mean....section 5something means nothing to me yet. I ...
A Note On Shea in ‘08
Hot Foot —
... Yesterday, there was some chatter about a Hardball Times article, with a subsequent Amazin Avenue article/interview about how Citi Field will potentially be extremely unfriendly to home runs. ...
Perez Over Lowe, In Brief
Hot Foot —
... As discussed in this Amazin Avenue post, that I have also linked to earlier in the day, Citi Field is going to be a very unfriendly ball park to home runs. This sort of spacious ballpark behooves fly ball pitchers, such as Ollie. Naturally, he’ll be the same erratic pitcher that has trouble on occasion throwing strikes no matter what stadium he is pitching in, it will certainly help him on the balls that do go into play. ...
BASEBALL: Welcome to the Big Citi
Baseball Crank —
... Eric Simon at Amazin Avenue talks to Greg Rybarczyk about his theory that Citi Field is going to be a very hard place to hit home runs, which if true is terrible news for Delgado in particular (he's suffered enough from Shea) but great news, of course, for Johan Santana. ( ...
‘We drifted on down into no man’s land / We crossed the river called the Rio Grande’
Uni Watch —
... . … Citi Field will be a serious pitcher’s park, at least according to this analysis (thanks, Vince). … Also from Vince: Here’s one of the most beautiful ...
1/9/09 - Friday Rewind
Roto Savants —
... Eric Simon talked to Greg Rybarczyk from hittrackeronline.com (that we reference often here) and found out how much of a pitchers park Citi Field is going to be. Move Met pitchers up in you draft boards a bit. ...
Leitch : What’s Up With The Tightwad Wilpons?
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... Perhaps Citi Fied’s alleged status as “a homer happy park” has been underreported because some persons who’ve actually researched the topic have come to the opposite conclusion? ...
Mets don't have nearly enough in their rotation
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
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First, it's not at all clear that Citi Field will be "homer-happy" -- in fact, it might be precisely the opposite . But either way, the Mets are short a starting pitcher. Or two, if you don't count Redding, whose numbers over the past five seasons include 18 wins, 30 losses and a 5.30 ERA. A contending team simply has no business relying on a pitcher like Redding for more than spot duty, but right now, he's the Mets' No. 4 starter. The Mets also have a question mark at No. 2. Pelfrey's ERA was 3.72 in 2008, but he struck out only 110 hitters in 201 innings, for a ratio ...
Ben Sheets, Every Parent's Nightmare?
Archie Bunker's Army —
... the Wilpon Idiot Collective is willing to pay, does it? Clearly not. Losing out on Lowe and getting stuck with stiffs like Perez, Wolf and Sheets is evidence enough. Be that as it may, we still don't know what kind of place Citi Park will be to pitch in so it's difficult to say - do we want Sheets' or Perez's or Wolf's fly-ball tendancies in what is one the one hand expected to be a hitter's park or do we not care who is pitching because it will be a pitcher's park. How can we not know this yet? Will someone go out there and hit a few fly ...
Amazin’ Avenue: Jose Reyes, Slugger
Mets Geek —
... Also, I’m still reserving judgment on how CitiField will play for any hitter until we’ve seen how the wind moves during games. After all, it was not really Shea’s dimensions that made it a pitcher’s park so much as her swirling winds. If they follow the Mets into their new digs, it could mean CitiField becomes PETCO East. ...
Tip Drill: What's in my wallet
Roto Arcade —
... : I believe in the sinker, I believe in the pedigree, and I'm starting to think this park is going to be a pitcher's best friend, even more than Shea Stadium was. You don't have to reach for Pelfrey, you just take him late when everyone else ignores him. ...
Somewhat Less Than 10 Questions About the NL East
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine —
... but it’s closed in center field, unlike Shea. SI’s Jon Heyman cites a secret batting practice the Mets held at theirnew park last summer as evidence that it’s going to be hitter-friendly:“A secret batting practice session with David Wright, Daniel Murphy andNick Evans last September at [the place where the Mets play] convincedall the players that the Mets' new home won't be the pitching park Metspeople expected, but rather a launching pad for home runs.” AmazinAvenue has a diagram and an interview with batted-ball expert GregRybarczyk: “[The new ...
Personal Park Effects (Part 1)
Baseball Analysts —
... Shea Stadium
If you thought Shea Stadium was a pitcher's park, wait until you see how Citi Field plays.
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Breaking down David Wright's power outage
MVN RSS —
... Wright does have power to the opposite field, but clearly not as much as when he goes up the middle or pulls the ball. Now, not even considering the wind factors, take a look at the difference in dimensions between Citi and Shea (image via this article from ...
