Citi Field = Death Valley

As Mets fans we can try to deny that Citi Field isn't too big and that the park got in David Wright's head not the actual dimensions themselves. I don't know what the truth is, I know some players hit bombs out of the park, while the entire Met team both home and away was the worst power hitting team in the league.

It seems like the place plays tougher to righties then lefties and I'd like to see the left field wall which is two panels high be lowered to a one panel height ( where the seem is in the picture). This would allow hard hit line drives to make it out of the park while giving a better view to those very expensive seats.

But preception is reality and whether the park is too big or not it has the reputation of being one. This is the third seperate reference this early into the off-season in which someone has called Citi Field "Death Valley" for righties.

Here's my concern, if this is the preception then we're either going to over pay the top right handed players to come here ( Holliday/Bay) or we're going to fall to the next level of guys and even some of them could be reluctant to sign here if they're not confident in their power powess or desperate to prove themselves in a rebound year.

Cafardo wonders why a power-hitting right-hander, like the New York Mets covet, would want to play in Citi Field, which he calls a "death valley" for righties. source MLBTR

Up date: As I finished this post Circling the bases completing a post countering the "Death Valley" idea, as I said in my post I had no idea whether the park was too big or not, my concern and it still is, is the preception of the free agent players...

Consider for a moment that according to homerun park factor Citi Field was actually 12th in majors in 2009 at 1.057, higher than even Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. This means that 5.7% more home runs were in games at Citi Field than in games played on the road. source Circling the bases