{"id":36223,"date":"2022-06-04T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T09:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cleveland-guardians-get-their-first-look-at-the-great-wall-of-baltimore\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T09:03:12","slug":"cleveland-guardians-get-their-first-look-at-the-great-wall-of-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cleveland-guardians-get-their-first-look-at-the-great-wall-of-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Guardians get their first look at the Great Wall of Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Guardians have history with Camden Yards.<\/p>\n

When the Orioles’ new ballpark opened on April 6, 1992, Cleveland was the opponent. Rick Sutcliffe threw a five-hit shutout for Baltimore in a 2-0 win. Charles Nagy threw a six-hitter and lost in 2 hours, 2 minutes.<\/p>\n

Billy Ripken had a sacrifice fly and Chris Hoiles hit a double to account for the two runs. Camden Yards was not known as a home run haven then, but it did not take long for that to become part of the park’s personality.<\/p>\n

The Orioles decided to change that this year. They moved the left field wall back 26 1\/2 feet and raised it by more than 5 feet to an estimated 13 1\/2 feet.<\/p>\n

It has turned the Camden Yards launching pad into a dead-ball era ballpark.<\/p>\n

The Guardians will get their first look a Camden’s new dimensions when they open a three-game series on Friday night. Shane Bieber will get the start for the Guardians.<\/p>\n

If the new dimensions had been in place from 2018 through 2021, according to research by mlb.com, the Orioles would have lost 80 homers and the opposition 116.<\/p>\n

There have already been complaints this season. On May 8, Aaron Judge of the Yankees lost a homer on a drive that bounced off the top of the wall for a double. He complained after the game and called Camden Yards “Create-A-Park.”<\/p>\n

Trey Mancini, Baltimore’s DH and first baseman, agreed with Judge.<\/p>\n

“Nobody likes it,” Mancini told the Baltimore Sun. “No hitter likes it, myself included.”<\/p>\n

From 2017 through 2021 there were 1,140 homers hit at Camden Yards, the most in the big leagues. The Orioles decided to do something about it to help their pitchers and put them back into contention in the AL East.<\/p>\n

It seems to be working.<\/p>\n

Through Baltimore’s first 25 home games this season, there have been 40 homers hit – 22 by the Orioles, 18 by their opponents. After 25 home games last year, there were 76 homers hit in Camden.<\/p>\n

The decrease in homers has led to fewer runs being scored. After 25 home games last year, the Orioles and their opposition scored 236 runs at Camden. After 25 home games this year, 191 runs have been scored.<\/p>\n

Camden Yards, according to ESPN’s MLB park factors, has the fourth-lowest home run rate in the big leagues this year at .686. Last year it had the highest.<\/p>\n

Anything over 1.000 favors hitters, anything under 1.000 favors pitchers. Coors Field leads the way as a hitter’s best friend with a 1,755 rating.<\/p>\n

Camden Yards, however, still isn’t the place where home runs go to die. That honor belongs to Progressive Field with a rating of .554, last in the big leagues. The Guardians should be right at home when they open Friday’s series. They have to contend with a 19-foot wall that extends from the left field foul pole to the power alley in left center at their home park.<\/p>\n

Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians with 13 homers and 52 RBI. He is a .317 (19-for-60) career hitter at Camden Yards with three homers and four RBI. So the new wall is unlikely to alter his game by him.<\/p>\n

There have been 10 homers hit over the left field wall, according to the Baltimore Sun, through Baltimore’s first 25 home games. In the same period of time, according to the Sun and Statcast, 23 homers have been lost to the wall.<\/p>\n

While the hitters have complained, the pitchers have to be loving it.<\/p>\n

Baltimore pitchers are 13-12 with a 3.27 ERA (85 earned runs in 234 innings) with 18 homers allowed at home. On the road, they’re 9-18 with a 4.91 ERA (124 earned runs in 227 1\/3 innings) with 38 homers allowed.<\/p>\n

Last year Baltimore’s pitching staff went 27-54 with a 6.00 ERA at home. In the process they allowed 155 homers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s still a beautiful ballpark,\u201d GM Mike Elias told the New York Post. “We wanted to make it less a homer haven.”<\/p>\n

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Guardians have history with Camden Yards. When the Orioles’ new ballpark opened on April 6, 1992, Cleveland was the opponent. Rick Sutcliffe threw a five-hit shutout for Baltimore in a 2-0 win. Charles Nagy threw a six-hitter and lost in 2 hours, 2 minutes. Billy Ripken had a sacrifice fly and …<\/p>\n

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