I suggest being wary of investing too much<\/a> in Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez, who is supremely talented but needs to overcome some limiting factors this year.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Petco Park<\/p>\n
Petco has long been known as a pitcher\u2019s park. There isn\u2019t much to glean from this selection from a fantasy perspective, as the Padres didn\u2019t add many fantasy-relevant players in the offseason.<\/p>\n
PNC Park<\/p>\n
The Bucs\u2019 home park plays well for doubles and triples, but in 2025, it was the toughest park in baseball to hit a home run. In fact, its HR park factor of 66 was far lower than the 29th total (77, Busch Stadium). The Pirates added a trio of power hitters in the offseason, Brandon Lowe, Marcell Ozuna and Ryan O\u2019Hearn, who may be adversely affected by their new venue.<\/p>\n
Myths, dispelled<\/p>\n
\u2014 American Family Field in Milwaukee is widely regarded as a hitter\u2019s park but leaned slightly to pitchers last year.<\/p>\n
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\u2014 Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati continues to accentuate home runs but was an average park for overall offense. The same thing can be said about Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u2014\u00a0Oracle Park is regarded as one of the best venues for pitchers but was in the middle of the pack last season. It remains a tough park to hit home runs, though.<\/p>\n
Handedness splits<\/p>\n
Best Overall Park Factor – RHB (2025)<\/p>\n
Worst Overall Park Factor RHB – 2025<\/p>\n
Coors Field (COL) 115<\/p>\n
Globe Life Field (TEX) 90<\/p>\n
Sutter Health Park (ATH) 108<\/p>\n
T-Mobile Park (SEA) 91<\/p>\n
Chase Field (ARI) 106<\/p>\n
Rate Field (CWS) 94<\/p>\n
Rogers Centre (TOR) 105<\/p>\n
Petco Park (SD) 95<\/p>\n
Dodger Stadium (LAD) 105<\/p>\n
Wrigley Field (CHC) 95<\/p>\n
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Citi Field NYM (95)<\/p>\n
Best Overall Park Factor – LHB (2025)<\/p>\n
Worst Overall Park Factor LHB – 2025<\/p>\n
Coors Field (COL) 115<\/p>\n
T-Mobile Park (SEA) 92<\/p>\n
Sutter Health Park (OAK) 108<\/p>\n
Progressive Field (CLE) 92<\/p>\n
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (BAL) 108<\/p>\n
Globe Life Field (TEX) 93<\/p>\n
Comerica Park (DET) 106<\/p>\n
PNC Park (PIT) 94<\/p>\n
Fenway Park (BOS) 105<\/p>\n
Petco Park (SD) 95<\/p>\n
Citi Field (NYM) 105<\/p>\n
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\u2014 Citi Field was one of the most favorable parks for left-handed hitters but near the bottom of the list for righty batters. Unfortunately, three of the Mets most prominent newcomers, Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien and Luis Robert Jr., bat from the right side.<\/p>\n
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\u2014 Fenway Park is slightly favorable for right-handed hitters but one of the best parks in baseball for lefty batters, thanks to the pesky pole. Unfortunately, the newest members of Boston\u2019s lineup, Willson Contreras and Caleb Durbin, bat from the right side.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Chase Field and Rogers Centre had some similarities last year, as both parks were favorable for right-handed hitters and neutral for lefties. Fortunately, Toronto newcomer Kazuma Okamoto and D-backs addition Nolan Arenado bat from the right side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Throughout the season, fantasy baseball writers will often refer to certain ballparks as hitter-friendly or pitcher-friendly. While we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[3418,5,88,141,1751,226,3297,3615,535,5782,135,167,7214,1009,384,4816,147,2196,39,1350,10546,76041,1950,400,3917,13,7530,865,3685,29,999,78,386,620,101,843,4,459,1028,1792,4377,125,79804,12867,74,1545,667,3285,626,3442,41187,8980,5694,1567,1949,282,129,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-632683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-adolis-garcia","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-bo-bichette","11":"tag-boston","12":"tag-brandon-lowe","13":"tag-brandon-nimmo","14":"tag-cal-raleigh","15":"tag-caleb-durbin","16":"tag-cincinnati","17":"tag-citizens-bank-park","18":"tag-cleveland","19":"tag-colorado","20":"tag-comerica-park","21":"tag-coors-field","22":"tag-corey-seager","23":"tag-daikin-park","24":"tag-detroit","25":"tag-dodger-stadium","26":"tag-dodgers","27":"tag-fenway-park","28":"tag-globe-life-field","29":"tag-globe-life-park","30":"tag-jacob-wilson","31":"tag-jake-burger","32":"tag-jake-mccarthy","33":"tag-joc-pederson","34":"tag-jonah-heim","35":"tag-jose-ramirez","36":"tag-kazuma-okamoto","37":"tag-kyle-tucker","38":"tag-luis-robert-jr","39":"tag-marcell-ozuna","40":"tag-marcus-semien","41":"tag-mariners","42":"tag-mets","43":"tag-milwaukee","44":"tag-mlb","45":"tag-nick-kurtz","46":"tag-nolan-arenado","47":"tag-oracle-park","48":"tag-oriole-park-at-camden-yards","49":"tag-orioles","50":"tag-park-factors","51":"tag-petco-park","52":"tag-pete-alonso","53":"tag-pnc-park","54":"tag-progressive-field","55":"tag-rogers-centre","56":"tag-ryan-ohearn","57":"tag-shea-langeliers","58":"tag-sutter-health","59":"tag-sutter-health-park","60":"tag-taylor-ward","61":"tag-texas","62":"tag-the-athletics","63":"tag-toronto","64":"tag-willi-castro","65":"tag-willson-contreras"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}