MLB The Show 16: The Best Pitcher and Hitter Ballparks

[RaychelSnr]

As you progress through your Road to the Show career, there are certain games you “circle on the calendar.” Sometimes it’s because you’ll be playing a division rival or going up against a tough pitcher. If you’re like me, however, you’re licking your chops when you know your team is traveling to a particular stadium.

If you’re a hitter, your eyes get wide for a multi-game home-run derby. As a pitcher, you get hyped to lower your ERA to Pedro Martinez levels. So which stadiums are hitters' havens and which are an oasis for pitchers, you ask? Well, let me hit you with a couple of my favorites on each end of the spectrum.

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[N51_rob]

You forgot to mention the silly XBH numbers you can dial up at coors, hitting the ball into the alley in RC is more often that not a legit shot at a triple.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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As a pitcher, I love the huge foul territory at Oakland Coliseum. Aside from that, I also love that it seemingly plays perfectly neutral. Sometimes I hit great there, sometimes I pitch great there. Sometimes I hit poorly there, sometimes I pitch poorly there. Sometimes I hit average there, sometimes I pitch average there. Forrest Gump could have very well been talking about the O.Co. when he said life is like a box a chocolates lol. One of the (smaller) reasons I chose Seattle as my season mode team this year.

[TattooedEvil]

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You forgot to mention the silly XBH numbers you can dial up at coors, hitting the ball into the alley in RC is more often that not a legit shot at a triple.

im not completely understanding this but gappers in Coors is a easy triple if u got a guy that can run at all in RL or MLBTS, unless u play the OF at deep depth all day

[TattooedEvil]

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AT&T is the most notorious pitchers park in the league so.....

[KBLover]

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AT&T is the most notorious pitchers park in the league so.....

Triple or bust at that place.

[TattooedEvil]

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Triple or bust at that place.

thats why u set ur defense up to defend against it as well as pitch away from that spot

[prestwood90]

minute maid park for hitters

[jawgee]

Where's the Monstah love??

[Aensland]

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No Great American Ballpark? That parks makes Globe Life look like Yellowstone. Only thing the Rangers park has that gives the hitters a big advantage is the summer heat, which doesn't even factor into the game. The overall dimensions actually make it a big ballpark.

Also, Comerica has to be listed for pitchers parks.

[BruinsHockey08]

I haven't been to all of the ballparks and I am not close to doing so, but with that said, I love doing home run derby's at the Skydome, so much fun blasting the ball to center field on this years game.

[VonRye]

I've found Safeco to be wonderful for HR's, especially righties with opposite field power.

[Kalkano]

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You're wrong about Coors. The dimensions are not cookie-cutter. The homeruns are not nearly as big a factor as the massive outfield, where outs turn into singles, and singles turn into doubles or triples.


We've also got some raised fences now, but they won't be in The Show until next years game. They've already robbed Trevor Story of 3 homeruns.

[JPCaveman13]

For pitcher's parks, Comerica has to be tops on this list. You mention expansive outfields in each of the other parks, but fail to mention the largest outfield in Comerica Park. If you don't have a lot of speed in that outfield, then shots down the line or into the gaps are easily stretched an extra base.

Chase is another park that plays large in the outfield. That tall wall in center can give off crazy hops depending on where it hits, adding an extra base onto the hit.

Safeco is more of a hitter park for me, like others have said as well. Hitting to right field yields a fair amount of XBHs, whether pulling as a lefty or going opposite as a righty.

Playing in Great American Ballpark is like being a lefty at Yankee Stadium, any kind of pop on a flyball and it's either off the wall or over it.

[Aensland]

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Also want to mention Target Field seems to favor hitters more in the game than in RL? I dunno, it could be just me, but the balls seem to love flying over the OF gap walls.

We've also got some raised fences now, but they won't be in The Show until next years game. They've already robbed Trevor Story of 3 homeruns.

IMO dumb move by Rockies. Why rob a team built on offense? This will hurt them more than the opposition.