Mets Lower Center Field Wall

In hopes of aiding their home run power, the Mets have lowered the center field wall at Citi Field from 16 feet to 8 feet. The Mets hit a total of 95 home runs in 2009, the lowest of any team in the league by far. Forty-nine of their home runs were hit at home and 46 were away from Citi Field. 

Citi Field plays big but I can’t only blame the stadium’s dimensions for the Mets lack of home runs in 2009. If there were a huge discrepancy between the amount of home runs they hit away from Citi Field compared to at Citi Field then maybe we could have concluded the size of the stadium was the main factor but that’s not the case. The Mets didn’t have healthy power bats and David Wright didn’t have a big power season which contributed to the power outage. Injuries played a major factor in the low total as well. With the addition of Jason Bay and a healthy lineup, the Mets should increase their home run total in 2010 no matter how tall the center field wall is.

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