New York Mets Continue To Look For Easy Home Runs

By Ted Schwerzler | Oct 27, 2014

Sep 8, 2014; New York, NY, USA; General view of sunset over Citi Field during the first inning of a game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

The New York Mets are looking to fix their home run deficiency by moving in the fences for the second time since Citi Field became their MLB home in 2009.

The New York Mets have really struggled to hit home runs since moving from Shea Stadium to Citi Field in March of 2009. Despite the new ballpark being one of the newest in Major League Baseball, the Mets can’t seemingly figure out how to place the ball over the fence. The answer to their problem is in changing the ballpark, at least that’s how they see it.

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For the second time since opening Citi Field in 2009, the New York Mets will be moving the fences in. The original fences lasted until 2012, and when David Wright still struggled to reach the center field porch, New York decided another move would be necessary.

Thanks to Marc Carig, a Mets writer for Newsday, we have a tweet breaking down the relocated fences for the 2015 season.

And here’s another comparison of the changes at Citi Field, with some help from @TomKaminskiWCBS’s chopper shot: pic.twitter.com/inuncuc7Sb
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) October 27, 2014

With the new dimensions, the Mets have significantly reduced the distance for the ball to travel over the wall to the right of the infamous apple. Last season, Lucas Duda clubbed a Mets leading 30 home runs, followed by 20 from Curtis Granderson, and 13 from Travis D’Arnaud. No one else on the club had double digit home run totals.

David Wright, the face of the Mets franchise and starting third basemen, only hit eight home runs in 2014.

The hope is that the moving in of the fences would be of benefit to the Mets and their pitchers, and not so much the opponents. New York, having moved the fences in twice now, is on the verge of silliness. Should things not work out in 2015, the club will likely be looking at investing in some sort of plastic removable fence to accomplish their home run goals.

Look for New York to add more pop to their lineup as well, possibly in the form of Michael Cuddyer or Yoenis Cespedes.

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