Since being built, hitters have complained about Petco.  In recent years fans have been vocal about the entertainment value of a game at Petco.  On one hand, fans are able to get out of the park in only a few hours.  On the other hand, repeatedly watching the Padres with two hits through six innings is now referred to as boring baseball.  With the lose of Adrian Gonzalez in the off season, most fans felt a Padres 2010 team that struggled to score runs would only get worse.  

The front office told fans otherwise, the lineup is better from top to bottom, fans were told.  At the Friarhood we have been vocal about finding creative ways to make baseball more entertaining at Petco Park.  I thought I would take a little time to see how much of an impact Petco was having on offensive numbers for key starters on the Padres. 

With 155 games as my ending point, I took the players numbers on the road, divided them by the numbers of games and then multiplied those averages by 155, I then did the same to project current numbers (with home stats included)  Not rocket science by any stretch, but fun nonetheless. The point of the excercise is to see what the Padres players stats would look like if they didn't have to play a game in Petco compared to playing half their games in the grand canyon. 

For those of you that listened to Friarhood Radio I brought up my concern about retaining position players.  Outside of all the other reasons to make Petco less pitcher friendly is the question of why a position player would re-sign with the Padres.  When a player is able to hit the free agent market, why would they stay in San Diego?

Below are the numbers, some of them are somewhat laughable, but for players such as Chase Headley and Ryan Ludwick, it's obvious that Petco park has an huge impact on their overall numbers.  

Now I ask you, if you were a Padres position player, if given other options why would you re-sign to play for the Padres?