Earlier this month, Isiah Kiner-Falefatold our Jose Negron, “It is a very, very hard place to hit here” in describing hitting at PNC Park and also alluded to the tall infield grass and deep power alleys.
Then last Sunday, during Ben Cherington’s radio show, he talked about those impacts and whether it would be prudent to mess with the fences.
PNC Park is always going to favor the pitchers unless drastic changes are made to the outfield dimension, especially lefties, but building your positional player group to take advantage of those dimensions wasn’t a focus for Cherington and the organization, “I think there is certainly a point in the process that we were in where we were just trying to accumulate as much talent as we can and develop that talent, Cherington said, "But you know, at some period of time, we weren’t thinking as much, or maybe just not prioritizing as much. What is the specific combination of players that fits this ballpark.”
Cherington admitted the team was “… a little bit more right-handed than we are left-handed.”
According to Baseball Savant’s ballpark factors, over a three-year period, PNC Park has been the hardest ballpark to hit a home run with a 78 value, for right-handed hitters that value drops to 68.
When I asked about acquiring Spencer Horwitz as a left-handed gap hitter that goes more to the opposite field, he described the first baseman as not “having elite power, not a 40-home run guy but he’s got enough to get out of here at PNC.”
Horwitz’s spray chart:
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7:16 pm - 06.28.2025NORTH SHOREEarlier this month, Isiah Kiner-Falefa told our Jose Negron, “It is a very, very hard place to hit here” in describing hitting at PNC Park and also alluded to the tall infield grass and deep power alleys.
Then last Sunday, during Ben Cherington’s radio show, he talked about those impacts and whether it would be prudent to mess with the fences.
PNC Park is always going to favor the pitchers unless drastic changes are made to the outfield dimension, especially lefties, but building your positional player group to take advantage of those dimensions wasn’t a focus for Cherington and the organization, “I think there is certainly a point in the process that we were in where we were just trying to accumulate as much talent as we can and develop that talent, Cherington said, "But you know, at some period of time, we weren’t thinking as much, or maybe just not prioritizing as much. What is the specific combination of players that fits this ballpark.”
Cherington admitted the team was “… a little bit more right-handed than we are left-handed.”
According to Baseball Savant’s ballpark factors, over a three-year period, PNC Park has been the hardest ballpark to hit a home run with a 78 value, for right-handed hitters that value drops to 68.
When I asked about acquiring Spencer Horwitz as a left-handed gap hitter that goes more to the opposite field, he described the first baseman as not “having elite power, not a 40-home run guy but he’s got enough to get out of here at PNC.”
Horwitz’s spray chart:

Baseball Savant
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