In Some Depth: Upcoming Schedule Effects

Rather than discuss the merits of the White Sox's temporary carousel at designated hitter (A.J. Pierzynski and Dayan Viciedo should see the bulk of the time there with Adam Dunn subbing at first), I thought it might be more interesting/useful to take a more macro look at the rest of the season. More specifically, which parks have been the best and worst for hitters of both hands in 2012, and which teams will be visiting before the end of the season? We have reached the point in the calendar where there will be few repeat visitors, but that also means a park's effect will be less distributed the rest of the way out. Only a handful of batters will be able to take advantage of Coors' thin air, and only some select pitchers will benefit from the power-free confines on the west coast.

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