jspearlj1 wrote:

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I don't get the extreme pull hitter thing going around with Hermida. Sure his HR power is pull, which is rather normal for MLBers, its usually only the guys with insane power that can spray HR to all fields, but if you carefully look at Hermida's 2B, 3B and FB he goes to LF a LOT.

He seems to me a guy who should be fine in Fenway. He has the raw power to still pull balls for HR but if he's hitting well he should love the monster and still be able to hit balls into the gaps. I'm actually wondering if the Marlins tried to get him to get away from a pull approach too much, Dolphins/LandShark stadium is deeper to RF than LF and the humidity really kills how a ball travels. I'm thinking the Marlins wanted him to spray the ball and rely less on pull HR (since they would be at a premium) and doing so he may have been supressing some of his power for more avg. RH power isn't supressed too much there, but LH power is, then again, a pull approach may not help him too much here. However, he is supposed to have the type of natural pull power to still hit it out of Fenway well.

Yirmiyahu wrote:

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You didn't exactly respond to jspearlj1's post here. He specifically acknowledged that "sure his HR power is pull," but pointed out that his double/triple power is very evenly dispersed, perhaps even somewhat opposite-field (and provided a link). And I don't think its reasonable to look for any lefty to regularly hit homeruns over the Monster. The Monster will be good for Hermida in the sense that it'll turn a bunch of outs into singles and a bunch of singles into doubles. Which should make up for the fact that some of his pull power will be sapped by Fenway's right field.