Good thread on the Oriole Park at Camden Yards redesign

According to ESPN park factors, Camden Yards has gone from the easiest park to homer at in 2021 to the most difficult in '22. The deader ball and deeper LF/wall is converting a number of extra base hits to outs. Santander just had a grand slam turned into a F7 pic.twitter.com/43xt326J6T

— Travis Sawchik (@Travis_Sawchik) May 1, 2022

So the Orioles are making left field in Camden Yards deeper. How many home runs is this going to take off the board? Uh, a lot. On how many, and who it will help and hurt … https://t.co/wXHwWikJww

— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) March 28, 2022

More views of Oriole Park at Camden Yards and changes to outfield walls. pic.twitter.com/uCwmegQXDb

— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) March 22, 2022

Austin Hays can’t rob homers anymore. Ryan Mountcastle figures he needs a little more time in the weight room. John Means, Bruce Zimmermann and Zac Lowther are pumped.

The Orioles are certainly curious about Camden Yards’ new left-field wall. https://t.co/gtm7YuWcCw

— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) March 21, 2022

A look at the off-season work done on left field at Camden Yards pic.twitter.com/rbBCZqKiRD

— The Base Hit (@the_basehit) March 23, 2022

We posted some cool old photos of the area during construction last week. Here's a great video that we dug up from around the same time. https://t.co/AtKaoFTHmr

— Ghosts of Baltimore (@GhostsofBmore) July 21, 2022

Home runs pulled by RHBs in Baltimore…
2021: Orioles 38, Opponents 61
2022: Orioles 27, Opponents 17 pic.twitter.com/jmTlmVCKaC

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 6, 2022

Unsurprisingly, #Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle has lost the most home runs due to the '22 LF wall change at Camden Yards, per Statcast, with 11. (Austin Hays has lost 8, Anthony Santander, Adley Rutschman, Jorge Mateo each 7).

Cole Irvin has benefited the most, having 10 HRs saved. https://t.co/rRJxzfaGRM

— Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) August 22, 2024