I am now over 10 seasons and looking to take my game to a next level. My question is in regard to playing the ballparks and building my team to operate well in my own.

I have learned that parks with shallow LF/RF and deep LCF/RCF favor players with a lower push/pull tendency.

I understand that flyb ball pitchers and high velocity pitchers work well in deep parks.

Are there any other elements to be aware of with regard to ballparks?

Fielding attributes?
Hitting attributes?
Pitching attributes?

Posted by seattleace on 1/28/2011 6:22:00 PM (view original):
I am now over 10 seasons and looking to take my game to a next level. My question is in regard to playing the ballparks and building my team to operate well in my own.

I have learned that parks with shallow LF/RF and deep LCF/RCF favor players with a lower push/pull tendency.

I understand that flyb ball pitchers and high velocity pitchers work well in deep parks.

Are there any other elements to be aware of with regard to ballparks?

Fielding attributes?
Hitting attributes?
Pitching attributes?

According to anything official ever said, the actual depth of fences, etc. is merely cosmetic. I'm not sure what you've seen/learned in your 10+ seasons that has led you to conclude differently, but I'd be interested in hearing it.

As far as high velocity pitchers for example, I think the conventional forum wisdom is actually contrary to your own understanding, in that the hitters' parks (which I think would be the opposite of what you call deep parks) are where you get the most bang for your buck from high velocity guys. Not that they'll do better there than in a pitchers' park, but that they'll do better than the otherwise equivalent low velocity guy will, because fewer balls will be put into play.

If a player hits he 360 feet, it's a HR in one park and a flyout in another. Velocity pitchers jam batters and crack bats, causing flyballs. That's just me applying actual baseball assessments to HBD.

Wasn't bragging about the 10+ seasons, just looking for a little veteran help

Posted by seattleace on 1/28/2011 7:24:00 PM (view original):
If a player hits he 360 feet, it's a HR in one park and a flyout in another. Velocity pitchers jam batters and crack bats, causing flyballs. That's just me applying actual baseball assessments to HBD.

Wasn't bragging about the 10+ seasons, just looking for a little veteran help

Ah, OK, gotcha. You may get differing opinions as to how much those real life facts translate to HBD.

With respect to distances, at least, they are - by every single official account - irrelevant in HBD. If the dimensions say it is 400 feet to RF in Ballpark A and 360 feet in Ballpark B, but the +/- rating is identical, then it is equally difficult to hit a HR to RF in both parks. If it helps, think of it as though the 360 RF park is at elevation, or has a persistent wind blowing out, that the 400 RF park does not.

This isn't to say that all "0" ratings or all "+/- 1" ratings are created equal, they are not. That is, what is +1 in one park may actually be something like +1.49 while the +1 from another park may actually be something like +.51, but neither is impacted by the actual distance.

As far as jamming batters or cracking bats (and so creating popups), I just don't personally think the engine is that complex, but (to the best of my knowledge and recollection) no one has asked that question of WhatIf and gotten an answer.