Left field at OPACY going through a big change

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

16 minutes ago, Ravensfan1996 said:

Is this your photo? or where did you see it posted?  Just want to follow them for more images.   Also if you just follow where the seats were removed, some part of the Orioles bullpen will need to be redesigned or moved. 

I saw it posted on Twitter, and it was from a newly created user with only that one photo posted. Seeing it under construction makes it easier for me visualize how much of an impact the change will have on home runs.

Definitely going to need a rangy left fielder to cover all that territory. 

[Can_of_corn]

20 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Oh, I think this will affect him a good deal.   The thing to remember though is that a bigger OF means the LF plays deeper and more hits fall in front of him.   Doubles and triples should be up too.  

I was talking specifically about HR, since that is the stat that was mentioned in the post I was referring to.

Did you see his spray chart?  He isn't a pronounced pull hitter so I don't think the impact is going to be that substantial.

[ExileAngelos]

2 hours ago, wildcard said:

If the O's wanted to lower the capacity of the Park they would take seats out of the upper deck not seats that next to the field.     This is being done to make the Park less hitter friendly IMO.

They can't do too much in right field because the Flag Court is an interesting part of the Park.   Its much easier to make the park more pitcher friendly by making left field bigger.

The power alley in left center was the obvious part of the ballpark that needed to be moved back regardless.

[sportsfan8703]

This helps our future. We can’ get into discussions with stats, it is a message board after all, but we’re in a RH heavy power hitter division, with a majority LH rotation, and we’ve drafted a bunch of LH and SH with our draft capital. 

Also, this in theory weakens our opponents when playing in OPACY because they can’t stick a DH in LF.  

 

Edited January 13, 2022 by sportsfan8703

[Dipper9]

17 hours ago, fansince1988 said:

Looks good, I think they will go deeper down the LF line though. The seats in the three sections near the pole are awful, always empty, and not likely to put a dent on revenue by eliminating them. 

I'd say 75% of the fans in the left field bleachers are there to drink, party, and the game is secondary.  It's always annoyed me sitting out there with the drunks who think I'm there to watch them perform, tell stupid jokes, or yell at the opposing team's players. 

 I would remove all the seats from this section, level it off, and have another beer/food court with standing room only tickets sold for this section.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, sportsfan8703 said:

This helps our future. We can’ get into discussions with stats, it is a message board after all, but we’re in a RH heavy power hitter division, with a majority LH rotation, and we’ve drafted a bunch of LH and SH with our draft capital. 
 

 

While this is currently true you don't make a move like this for that reason. 

Five years from now the complete opposite could easily be true. 

[Frobby]

9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I was talking specifically about HR, since that is the stat that was mentioned in the post I was referring to.

Did you see his spray chart?  He isn't a pronounced pull hitter so I don't think the impact is going to be that substantial.

He’s right in the middle (69/132 qualifiers) when it comes to pull%.   I count 13 of his homers between the foul pole and about the 387 sign.   I’d certainly expect him to lose a few of those.  At the same time, he may get more hits that the LF can’t reach.   

[DrungoHazewood]

4 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure, I'll agree that is a factor.

I just don't think it's the only one, which is what they are insinuating.

Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a world where Elias would just come right out and say "we're making the fences deeper not only because we like the style of baseball that makes possible, but also because we like sticking it to the Maryland Stadium Authority and making them pay for stuff that the Angeloses won't and something, something, conspiracy, something, screw all of you."

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, DrungoHazewood said:

Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a world where Elias would just come right out and say "we're making the fences deeper not only because we like the style of baseball that makes possible, but also because we like sticking it to the Maryland Stadium Authority and making them pay for stuff that the Angeloses won't and something, something, conspiracy, something, screw all of you."

I'd find it more entertaining.  Wouldn't you?

[DrungoHazewood]

9 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

This helps our future. We can’ get into discussions with stats, it is a message board after all, but we’re in a RH heavy power hitter division, with a majority LH rotation, and we’ve drafted a bunch of LH and SH with our draft capital. 

Also, this in theory weakens our opponents when playing in OPACY because they can’t stick a DH in LF. 

Nobody with three functioning brain cells changes significant parts of ballpark architecture based on the current team and opponent's makeup.  Maybe 75 years ago with Greenberg Gardens, but that didn't work.  I don't think I've ever heard of a team messing with fences and having it definitively impact a team's on-field performance in any way.

[DrungoHazewood]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'd find it more entertaining.  Wouldn't you?

For about 10 minutes until people got fired for it, and then nobody would ever do anything even slightly controversial.  If everyone was always 100% open-kimono about everything then everyone would also be above-board, by the books, and completely boring, too.

[DrungoHazewood]

4 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

Personally, I was okay with it, just wish they had left it alone.

The don't ever change anything crowd never wins.

[Aristotelian]

6 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Nobody with three functioning brain cells changes significant parts of ballpark architecture based on the current team and opponent's makeup.  Maybe 75 years ago with Greenberg Gardens, but that didn't work.  I don't think I've ever heard of a team messing with fences and having it definitively impact a team's on-field performance in any way.

 

16 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

While this is currently true you don't make a move like this for that reason. 

Five years from now the complete opposite could easily be true. 

Next generation of ballpark design, make the components modular and change every year based on who is on the roster. Sig could go nuts with this. 

I do find it interesting that three of our top prospects (and five of top seven) are S or L, and everyone says we can't sign good FA pitchers because of our ballpark.  

[LookinUp]

56 minutes ago, Orioles0615 said:

I don't think where the seats were removed will be all field. That seems extremely overdone, and would give us the furthest left field in baseball I think 

Agreed. They probably removed extra to allow room for construction. Certainly seems like more than 30 feet in most of that.

It might be interesting (probably in a bad way) if they actually didn't move the bullpen though. One of those crazy cutouts that some fields have.

[Frobby]

8 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

 

Next generation of ballpark design, make the components modular and change every year based on who is on the roster. Sig could go nuts with this. 

I do find it interesting that three of our top prospects (and five of top seven) are S or L, and everyone says we can't sign good FA pitchers because of our ballpark.  

Perhaps we can’t sign good FA pitchers because we never offer the most money, or anything close to it.