Home run heaven

by vetteman on Jun 8, 2009 9:40 PM EDT

This new stadium is going to make all the yankee hitters superstars..Even the ones that are on the way out of the game..IE...Derek Jeter....If his swing gets any slower he will start to put them out over the back stop..Guess the Bosses did there homework on the jet stream in the stadium...What a joke... Maybe they needed to do this in order to get the fans into all those empty over priced seats.

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The Homers

I’ve been trying to pay extra attention to the homers right now. With all the talk of the “jet stream” effect, it seems to be that we should also pay attention to the hitters and the swings.

Seems to me that the guys hitting homers ARE home runner hitter types. Tex, ARod, Swisher….Damon has some pop….Jeter—-I’m not sure if he is on record pace or anything. Anyway…one thing I’m noticing is that when that ball comes off the bat, it looks like homer RIGHT AWAY. Only been a few that seem to drift a bit.

So, my point is….maybe the “jet stream” card is being over played, and maybe, just maybe these guys with power are really hitting the ball a ton. Sure, maybe there’s some wind….but enough wind to make that ball fly off the bat from the get go? I’m not so sure.

Food for thought…that’s all.

by Ragnar808 on Jun 8, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

Jeter's power numbers are up..

…so I guess we can safely say he is way above his normal halfway point (not even there yet!) But then again, this year he is hitting in front of Damon.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=3246

by Ragnar808 on Jun 8, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I like the idea that the New YS will make the hitters superstars. As though they hadn’t earned 32 All Star appearances before the place was built.
Yes, balls are flying out at a record rate, but it’s not like the Yankees are controlling it in some way (which team was it with a domed stadium that was accused of turning the air conditioning on and off in the top and bottom of innings to change the wind patterns?).
I seriously doubt that the Yanks would have invested 250 million in CC and AJ just to drop them in a bandbox.

Hate all you want. The Yanks are in first.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Jun 8, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions

One more thing

Jeter
Home: .295/.373/.491
Away: .319/.389/.416

That’s a 124 OPS+ home and a 122 OPS+ away. When you adjust for league average and ballpark, it’s pretty obvious he doesn’t need the help.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Jun 9, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions

wow those stats are great. jeter wants to get paid again!

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by kdog on Jun 9, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions

The Yankees definitely didn’t intend to build a bandbox, but the deeper we get into the season it’s looking more and more like that’s the way the new park is going to play all year. The problem to me isn’t the number of balls being hit out to right… Yankee Stadium always favored left handed hitters and left handed pitchers… it’s the number of balls being hit out to left and left center. It used to be hard to hit homers to left and only true righty sluggers like A-Rod could do it on a regular basis. Now you see guys like Willy Aybar and Gabe Kapler routinely going deep to left. In the old stadium, the left field corner was only 316 but then there was a noticable jutting out. That curve is gone so the left field power alley seems to be considerably shorter than it used to me. I’m not sure if there’s anything the Yankees can or will do about this in the offseason but they should look into it.

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Jun 10, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions

The verdict is in

I had read back in the winter that the walls of the new stadium were not the same distance as the old stadium. Someone had looked at satellite images and overlaid them and measured out differences that are very close to what the study shows. Seems as though the study shows that wind is a non-factor at the new stadium and it is truly all about wall height and wall distance.

Check it out:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/06/10/2009-06-10_study_says_yankee_stadium_is_off_the_wall.html

by Ragnar808 on Jun 10, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions