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Originally Posted by Skipaway
First of all, the Coors Field is not the same as it used to be. Its park factors is about the same as Royals Stadium now, and only boosts homeruns by 10%.
Secondly, his defense value should increase.
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Nah. 2006 is the outlier. If Gary Mathews, Jr. sucks one year, sucks one year, sucks one year, sucks one year and then is good one year, that doesn't mean that you should assume that now he's good. By the same principle, Coors Field is not different because of 2006. You should build the team for the way the stadium played from 1995-2005.
I do agree that his defensive value increases in Coors Field over Minute Maid, but not nearly enough to outweigh the decrease in his offensive value.