Cal League fans know this well, but MiLB.com’s Ashley Marshall quantified the park factors for the Advanced A-ball parks (Carolina League, Cal League, Florida State League) and, guess what…? The ball flies out in California.
The three Advanced A-level leagues play quite differently, with the Florida State League seeing the least offense in all of full-season minor league ball in the States. The Carolina League comes in right in the middle of that pack. But the California League….oh yeah.
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The Houston Astros have famously switched to full-on rebuild mode, after languishing in the shadow of a 2005 World Series appearance. A star-studded team lost to the Chicago White Sox that year, and the club held on to some big names in the next few years, trying to get back to the Fall Classic, but ultimately a huge move was made. Continue reading
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