Quote Originally Posted by BCR View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
I saw the same video about the Royals being suspected of cheating at home.

After the 2017 Astros, anything is possible.

But of course many MLB teams have tremendous home/road disparities, some for tangible reasons (Rockies), others just because they play better at home. Could just be an extreme this year with the Royals and their hitting.

Definitely something to watch though... and perhaps bet on?
I thought the same thing. I have bet on the Royals a lot this year but started thinking about home/road w/l and k props home/road given the sample size of half a season. I didn't jump into conversation without evidence because we could be cheating as easily as they are if one simply wanted to look at being elite at home. I just found it interesting to be 1st in home average and 29th on the road. Thats quite the disparity.
Havent seen the video but I doubt there is anything egregiously shady going on. Talking about 40 games, easy to have disparities. Road teams hit better at Kauffman also, its the third best park for total offense over the last 3 years, despite suppressing home runs.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leade...t-park-factors

Then you mix in individual player preferences, maybe Witt and Sal and others really prefer the park. Now Dodger OF Teoscar Hernandez played last year in Seattle, his only year with the team, and was dreadful at home. He said after the season he had trouble actually seeing the ball there.