Fantasy Baseball: HR/FB Park Factors
FakeTeams —
Back at it after a day away from it all yesterday. Should have a few more posts today. Today's post is courtesy of Dan Turkenkopf from The Hardball Times. Do you consider this datapoint when drafting hitters and pitchers on draft day?
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/hr-fb-park-factors/
Team Park 2009 4 Year
Angels Angel Stadium 110 96
Astros Minute Maid Park 104 108
Athletics McAfee Colisuem 95 92
Blue Jays Rogers Centre 105 108 ...
Assorted Links
Beyond the Box Score —
... Dan Turkenkopf peeks his head above ground and declares four more years of HR/FB park factors. "Notorious Hitter's Park" Citizen's Bank Park's four-year average is a scant 94, while the bottom three are Petco (75), Kaufmann (78), and Busch Stadium (84). ...
11/24 - Opinions Can Be A Pain
Over the Monster —
... way of doing it than name-calling via Twitter, Mr. Simmons was not in the wrong to speak his mind. It may be part of the conditions that he agreed to when he signed onto ESPN, but I'm sure an insanity plea wouldn't be that hard to make for Mr. Simmons' case.
And now, onto the other links: some interesting, in not confusing, stuff about different parks and their effects upon stats; a couple of takes on recent Sox news; and plans for MLB domination!
HR/FB Park Factors - THT
For those of us that get a kick out of the wind ...
Analyzing Curtis Granderson
Pending Pinstripes - A New York Yankees Minor League Blog —
... There is no doubt that this bodes well for Granderson. Comerica Park is known for having a very spacious outfield, which is a tiny bit different from what you hear about the New Yankee stadium. The four-year home run factor for Comerica Park was 101(100 is average). In the new stadium's first year, the home run factor was a whopping 130. I'd definitely expect that to regress, but it will be very exciting to see the type of power numbers that Granderson will put up for the Yankees. I think it is quite likely that he tops 35 home runs in a season in his Yankee tenure. ...
Wolf Signs with Milwaukee
FanGraphs Baseball —
... While staying in the National League is good for Wolf, he will find that his new digs are less than friendly than what they were at Chavez Ravine. Dodger Stadium has a four-year HR/FB park factor of 95. Miller Park’s is 106. Wolf could get away with some of his fly-balling tendencies for Los Angeles, but not so much with the Brew Crew. ...
Reviewng the Winter Meetings for the Marlins
Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog —
... expendable. And since Lindstrom was a reliever, and one who struggled in the majors last year according to traditional statistics, he was dealt for a very low price. If Lindstrom is to succeed for the Astros, he has to go back to inducing ground balls and keeping the ball in the park. Of course, you would expect him to find this task a bit more difficult moving from Landshark Stadium to Minute Maid Park. According to Dan Turkenkopf of The Hardball Times, “The Juicebox” has a HR/FB park factor of 1.04 (four-year weighted average) compared to Landshark’s 0.99. If Lindstrom ...
