San Diego Moving Fences in (Petco Park)

[Ben Grimm]

According to SD's chairman, they want to neutralize things a bit concerning the home run suppression. Apparently, this has been mentioned as a probability but wasn't made official until today. It won't suddenly be a hitters' park, but those warning-track shots to the gaps will now make it out.

Source: AP

The wall will be moved in 11 feet from the right-field porch to the right-center gap and lowered to match the rest of the outfield wall. The out-of-town scoreboard on the right-field wall will be relocated to a new spot above right field as part of seating modifications.

In left-center, the fence will be moved in from 402 feet to 390 feet to allow for the visiting team's bullpen to be relocated.


@FollowThePadres

It's official: #Padres dimension changes: RF wall in 11 feet; RC from 402 to 391; LC from 402 to 390. More soon http://Padres.com #MLB

[GiambiJuice]

Well, it sure worked out great for the Mets!

[dominik]

who cares? it's the padres

[drdg]

the seattle Mariners
are also doing the same

http://seattletimes.com/html/larrystone/2019324766_stone03.html

[Ben Grimm]

the seattle Mariners
are also doing the same

http://seattletimes.com/html/larryst...6_stone03.html

As well they should. That park is ridiculous.

[Blue387]

Well, it sure worked out great for the Mets!

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Yeah I heard Seattle is doing the same thing. Cracks me up.

[PlanetZoltan]

I wonder how long until the Marlins do this as well.

[UnderPressure]

I just don't understand why they keep building these big pitchers parks. Maybe they'll also shorten the fences at AT&t, too. That park had less home runs than Petco this year. Maybe because the Giants had the better pitchers. Comerica Park benefited from moving the fences in. I can't count how many home runs the Tigers would've lost had their park still had the original left field wall.

[ian2813]

who cares? it's the padres

Believe it or not, some of us actually care about every team in baseball, including the Padres.

I think this is a good move for San Diego. I like the fact that certain parks favor hitters and others pitchers, but it gets hard to make judgements about players when their park factors are so extreme.

[metfan13]

Believe it or not, some of us actually care about every team in baseball, including the Padres.

I think this is a good move for San Diego. I like the fact that certain parks favor hitters and others pitchers, but it gets hard to make judgements about players when their park factors are so extreme.

So then, when are the Yanks pushing back that RF fence?

[ol' aches and pains]

Well, it sure worked out great for the Mets!

Unfortunately, when you move the fences in, it benefits your opponents, too. If your bullpen is stocked with batting practice pitchers, it may not be the best move.

[Afterglow]

It's about time they did that.

Why did it take them this long?

I have no idea why they made it so big to begin with.

Edit: That part was for the Seattle thing.

It's good for the Padres to, atleast it might be for attendence

[KHenry14]

I remember Jed Hoyer talking about how it was almost impossible for the Padres to sign any type of decent hitters because of the ballpark, whereas they could attrack pitching prospects. IMO, this is something they just HAD to do.

With that said, they still need to build teams around speed, defense and pitching....AND keep their good prospects instead of trading them..

[Cap78]

San diego seems to have its own timeframe for things, which is why they are pretty much obsolete in my opinion