Norm de Plume
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Norm de Plume
@amnesialab.bsky.social
Stand up guy. Baseball nerd. Spreadsheet enthusiast.
On an unrelated note, as a huge Mariners fan and general baseball nerd, I'm very much looking forward to your article about why you can't hit in Seattle, and I definitely won't care that it's stupid long.

Cheers!
January 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
There are other parks good for righty pull hitters, and his stadium splits favor them. His Camden stats pre- and post-Walltimore: 1.148 OPS vs .752 OPS. I'm not saying he can ONLY hit in Houston. But Citi Field is bad for righties, and he won't have a feature to prop him up there. 4/5
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here's the spray chart for every homer he's hit, which so densely favors the boxes that it perfectly outlines left field in Houston. Your article only judges their influence by how many of those are only homers in 1 park of 30-- and he still ties for the league in those types of homers. 3/5
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yes, as seen here, Houston is an average hitting environment for righties in Breggy's career-- because it's average for H/OBP, weak/bad for 2B/3B, good for HR. Without the boxes, Houston's likely bad for righties, but they level it out, which is why I say the boxes prop up his home results. 2/5
January 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Jesus. I definitely had "fascist dog whistles" on my inauguration bingo card, but this is a fascist wolf whistle.
January 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM