wanting to see the dimensions of cincy’s park, i looked it up through mlb.com, and its 325′ down the line in right. thinking 9 feet is going to add 15 home runs is silly

I’m not surprised but for a lefty power hitter, nothing can compare to Yankee Stadium. And as Raf’s numbers show, there were only a couple of seasons that Dunn showed anything like a significant difference at home, and over the last two seasons was exactly 50/50 in his splits.

I am not saying you’re right or wrong but I always thought that Great American Ballpark in Cincy profiled as a hitter-friendly park.
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It appears that it became a hitter’s park during the 2005 season, if I read the park factors correctly.

HR H/R splits
02: 13/13
03: 16/11
04: 25/21
05: 26/14
06: 22/18
07: 19/21
08: 21/19 (16/16 CIN)(5/3 AZ)

Anyone who gets on at a near .400 clip and hits 40 homers a year (and would surely hit more in a more conducive park)
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I am not saying you’re right or wrong but I always thought that Great American Ballpark in Cincy profiled as a hitter-friendly park. Maybe I’m wrong but that was always my impression.

Dunn is a major drag on defense but its ridiculous to look at a guy with his slugging and OBP and think this guy can’t be a big help on offense. Yeah he strikeouts too often and the BA sucks too. But factor in the dimensions of Yankee Stadium and you probably end up with 55 homers instead of his usual 40.

And as for that so-called “clutch” stat: does it factor in that he has mostly spent his career as the only significant bat on his team, and that maybe opposing teams hardly ever pitch to him in those situations?

Anyone who gets on at a near .400 clip and hits 40 homers a year (and would surely hit more in a more conducive park) is a huge help to any team’s offense. The Yankees ought to see what they can get for Matsui and install Dunn as full time DH, with maybe 20 or 30 starts in the field. No different than what Matsui will give, except that Dunn will double his home runs and easily exceed his OPS.

Except that Steve will miss Matsui’s clutchiness.

Don Mattingly Clutch Stats

85: -.17
86: -.17
87: -.83
88:-1.03
89: 1.20
91: .81
92: .61
93: .25
94:1.93
95:-.89

Why this guy is so revered is beyond me

I know that, I just threw the numbers out there for context.
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OK, gotcha.

Raf, I’m not saying Brosius was better
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I know that, I just threw the numbers out there for context.

I’d say the best thing this clutch stat could be used for is qualifying pinch hitters…

Raf, I’m not saying Brosius was better, I’m simply remarking that it sounded like Steve was trying to say that.

This whole notion of stat padding makes no sense to me. A guy hits a solo homer in the first, strikes out with a man on in the seventh, the Yanks win 1-0, and somehow the strikeout in the seventh is remembered but not the fact that A-Rod provided the only run of the game.

The guy hits a homer in a game when the team is ahead by five runs? Yanks end up losing by four. OK. What would you have him do, strike out instead? Fly out? Or is bringing the team to within four runs not a good thing because it’s then his fault that no one was on base and no one after him did anything else.