The Nationals have only hit 22 HR's at home all year and 56 overall, third worst in the majors.
Shows you how tough on hitters their new ball park is and that's hurt the fantasy value of guys like Wilkerson and Castilla and to a lesser extent Guillen.
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He also seems to be on everyone of my opponenet's teams this week.
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New Zealand Fan wrote:The Nationals have only hit 22 HR's at home all year and 56 overall, third worst in the majors.
Shows you how tough on hitters their new ball park is and that's hurt the fantasy value of guys like Wilkerson and Castilla and to a lesser extent Guillen.
According to ESPN.com Park Factors, RFK is the 3rd-lowest-scoring park as far as Runs are concerned and the toughest park to hit a HR in (.575 park factor for HR).
Brad Wilkerson is another guy who's been hurt by the ballpark:
Home--.231/.375/.356, .731 OPS (1 HR, 6 RBI in 128 PA)
Away--.306/.377/.517, .894 OPS (3 HR, 22 RBI in 165 PA)
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wow. wilkerson's struggles had confused me quite a bit. those are nice splits. perhaps i'll start playing him for his away games only. (what an odd thing to have to do....)
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well, chad cordero has good numbers because he's got great ability. you don't K 1 per inning because the field is spacious. incidently, his ERA is actually 1.00 lower on the road than at home.
'course, the Nat's team ERA is about 2.20 lower at home than on the road, so yeah, there's probably some park effect going on there.
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What's most annoying of all is that no one's getting on base in front of him for these bombs. Only 41 RBI with 15 HR? Solid, but I'd expect more RBIs. He may end up like Wilkerson last year, with his 30+ HR and 60-something RBI. It's a waste almost.
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by RynMan » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:54 pm 
incidently, his ERA is actually 1.00 lower on the road than at home. 
