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[bukie]

How, exactly, would you tailor a team to Wrigley?

 

The impossibility of doing it has always been a big disadvantage for the Cubs, imo.

Morning people, maybe? I got nothing.

 

The Cubs are unique in all the day games, but the park itself varies wildly from week to week as to whether it functions as a hitters park or a pitchers park, specifically based on the wind. It's difficult to build a team around that kind of volatility to do anything to "take advantage" of it.

[CubColtPacer]

How, exactly, would you tailor a team to Wrigley?

 

The impossibility of doing it has always been a big disadvantage for the Cubs, imo.

 

I tend to agree. Wrigley is the field in MLB that changes the most based on what part of the year you're in. Fly ball pitchers and line drive hitters are the ones you want with the wind blowing in, and home run hitters (specifically ones with uppercut swings) and ground ball pitchers are the ones that you want when the wind is blowing out.

 

The Cubs have had success going after strikeout pitchers in the last 10 years because that is the only type of pitcher who will do consistently well at Wrigley. Ground ball pitchers can also do well but aren't ideal for the park.

 

There are no types of hitters that will be ideal all season at Wrigley. It's the hardest ballpark in the majors to build a lineup that will be more suited for the ballpark than their opponents will.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

You could probably get away with an inferior defensive CFer there, too, and get some extra offense from the position.

[Derwood]

How, exactly, would you tailor a team to Wrigley?

 

The impossibility of doing it has always been a big disadvantage for the Cubs, imo.

 

You just need a team full of hitters who put the ball on the ground when the wind blows in and in the air when the wind blows out, and a staff of pitchers who induce ground balls with the wind blowing out and fly balls with in blowing in. How hard is that?