First and foremost they should lower the wall in Left Field because far too many balls end up being doubles instead of homers. Make the walls short enough so that an outfielder can bring a drive back into the park with a good jump. I like the spaciousness of the park itself which is tailor made for Jose Reyes penchant for triples but as I see it….both David Wright and Jason Bay are a bit intimidated by the left field wall height. Unfortunately, there are times where a team needs a homer to get back into a game and anything less kills the momentum of a rally…..We don’t want a bandbox like they have in Philadelphia and yes if a hitter really gets a hold on one the ball will get out but the fact is ….there are never any remotely cheap homers at Citi Field

Not understanding why our coaches can’t help our lousy pitchers to make picked that stay inside Citi.
BrewCrew sure made it look like a bandbox.

He is stating that you can score with hits, walks, x-base hits, SB but you should be able to put up quick runs also with a big blast whether a solo or runners on base HR.

Today during inning that Duda hit HR, Bay hit a ball off fence about 14 feet up that is a HR in other parks, those are the ones that Terry is talking about cause you want to be able to get a quick run or two with one swing if you can.

Now maybe it does get into your head, especially if you are a RH hitter.
LH hitters have a short porch in RF but RH have a 16 foot fence in Left field, why?

I realize how good pitching makes this park better but still RH power hitters will not want to play 81 games in this park, only those animals like Pujols, Fielder, Dunn, Reynolds, but they are few and in between.

Bring Left Field fence down 8-10 feet, color an orange line if you want and bring in that gap in RF. Simple.

and even if your arguemnt is that the mets cannot attract free agent hitters, then wouldnt the opposite be true of free agent pitchers?

So that would seem to explain their inability to score runs, and esp to hit home runs, at Citi Field. So why is it that while they’re 25-34 at home with a runs differential of 274 allowed to 254 scored, they are 35-31 with a diff of 310 scored to 294 allowed? Why are they so much better on the road than at home? What’s even more confusing is that while they’re so bad at home, their Slg % is actually BETTER at Citi (.405) than on the road (.389) and their OBP is better as well (.340 @ Home vs. .333 on the road). While the overall BA is a wash (.265 away vs. .266 home). On a stat sheet they get on base more often at home and hit with more authority as well. So why are they 9 games under .500 at home and 4 over on the road?

This team is, all at once, easy to pull for because they’re scrappy (mostly b/c of Collins) yet infuriating because they can’t get the job done at home! I’m not sure if adjusting the dimensions of the park will help or not. Obviously it won’t hurt, but guys like Wright and Bay, in theory, shouldn’t struggle to hit for power at home when visiting players don’t seem to have the same struggle. Is this team Jinxed? I just don’t get it.