Much fuss has been made about the Mets moving in the fences at Citi Field this season, in an attempt to make the ballpark much more neutral -- as opposed to the pitcher's paradise it has been in the past three seasons. And thanks to The Wall Street Journal's "News Graphics" Twitter account, we now have art to illustrate just how much the old dimensions cost David Wright and Jason Bay in 2011:



That's pretty significant. In looking at Wright specifically, he was only able to play in 102 games due to an injury. He hit nine homers away from Citi Field and five at home. This chart shows the new dimensions would have seen Wright club 23 homers in those 102 games (51 at home). That's a full-season pace of about 36.5 homers. Wright's current career high is 33 -- which not coincidentally came in his last season in Shea Stadium.

And let's not forget about psyche. Now, I understand the belief of some new-school sabermetric guys is that baseball is played by robots. So my saying "psyche" is meaningless to that crowd, but I'm guessing the ones who truly believe mentality has nothing to do with performance have never stepped into the box in the midst of either a slump or hot streak. Feeling like you just hit a home run and hearing the thud of the ball slamming into the wall has to be disheartening, especially when it happens a whopping nine times in 51 games.

The best guess is that Wright has a big season in the new Citi Field. Once those formerly long doubles start clearing the fence, he'll feel much more comfortable in the batter's box at home.

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