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I just acquired Andy Hawkins for my mired in the cellar team. His card features 4 years in which he played for the Padres. His highest ERA was 4.68.

Those years were in Jack Murphy Stadium while my Sactown Bullies, should be Wussies, play in Dodger Stadium.

Any thought as to how the switch from a hitter's park to a pitcher's park is likely to play out?

sponedal

Just ask the TSN "staff" to switch your home park for a few games and try it out. :roll:

You need better pitching in a pitcher park than a hitters park because you will score less runs. Be big advantage could be the BP # Hawkins has. These are more likely to be outs in Dodger than in Jack Murphy.

Good pitchers can pitch anywhere, bad ones can't.

Good luck with Hawkins

Pitcher's from hitter's parks that are pushed into pitcher's parks will perform better if the move is an extreme one. Take ANY non Houston pitcher and put them in the Astrodome, and they're going to do from marginally to significantly better.

With hitter's in pitcher's parks, you need OBP and some average somewhere. It also helps to have a slugger who played in a pitcher's park (Canseco, Strawberry, McGwire). When you hit the road, the team will score more runs.

If you go pitcher's park, get a couple of frontline starters (at LEAST two). You have to win on the road, as well, and you'll need guys who don't depend so much on the park to be effective.