2026 Fantasy Baseball Park Factors: Ranking the best (and worst) MLB stadiums by hitting boosts

Throughout the season, fantasy baseball writers will often refer to certain ballparks as hitter-friendly or pitcher-friendly. While we use those broad definitions to save space and maintain the flow of a paragraph, those terms do not always give the full picture of a ballpark. Additionally, some writers use the terms incorrectly, as they cling to impressions of ballparks that are outdated or were never accurate.

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Here are the highlights of the 2025 Statcast ballpark data, which should be useful when setting draft rankings and lineups throughout the coming season:

Hitter-friendly parks

Coors Field

The hitter’s paradise in Colorado remains the top ballpark by a mile. It enhances home runs and batting average while reducing strikeouts. Most pitchers need to be benched in Colorado. Coors could help Rockies’ offseason additions Willi Castro and Jake McCarthy have their best seasons.

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Sutter Health Park

Minor League parks often play well for hitters, which makes it unsurprising that the Athletics temporary home is a bandbox that maximizes power numbers and overall scoring. The time at Sutter Health is the best thing that could have happened to an organization that is flush with emerging offensive stars, such as Nick Kurtz, Jacob Wilson and Shea Langeliers.

Comerica Park

This one is surprising, as Comerica is usually more of a neutral park. In 2025, it was a top-five venue for both homers and runs. Hitters are known to have problems in Detroit during the cold weather in the spring, but the park played very well for hitters during the warmer months. Personally, I’m going to need to see more proof in 2026 before I value Comerica as a true hitter-friendly venue. It’s something to monitor as the season progresses.

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Dodger Stadium

Many fans are so busy attributing the Dodgers’ high-scoring offense to their terrific talent that they overlook the contributions of a home ballpark that has become the best in baseball for producing home runs. The homer-happy nature of Dodger Stadium is another reason to want Kyle Tucker on your 2026 roster.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Camden Yards ranked second in terms of inducing home runs, which led to a fifth-place finish in overall park factor. The changes to the outfield wall had significant effects, which is good news for the newest Orioles, such as Taylor Ward and Pete Alonso.

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Pitcher-friendly parks

T-Mobile Park

T-Mobile is annually among the best venues for hurlers, as it not only suppresses run scoring but also accentuates strikeouts. Partly thanks to a historic season from Cal Raleigh, the Mariners ranked ninth in runs scored (766) last season. The club last scored more than 768 runs in 2007, which means that even with a talented group, their offense may be hampered by their park and take a small dip this year.

Globe Life Park

Globe Life has quickly emerged as one of baseball’s toughest parks on hitters. Corey Seager has managed to thrive anyway, but players such as Marcus Semien, Joc Pederson, Jake Burger, Adolis García and Jonah Heim have all had disappointing fantasy seasons as members of the Rangers in recent years. Fantasy managers shouldn’t get too carried away with projections for Texas hitters, including newcomer Brandon Nimmo.

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Progressive Field

The combination of Progressive Field and Cleveland’s mediocre lineup should result in the Guardians finishing near the bottom of the league in runs scored for a second straight year. It’s another reason that I suggest being wary of investing too much in José Ramírez, who is supremely talented but needs to overcome some limiting factors this year.

Petco Park

Petco has long been known as a pitcher’s park. There isn’t much to glean from this selection from a fantasy perspective, as the Padres didn’t add many fantasy-relevant players in the offseason.

PNC Park

The Bucs’ home park plays well for doubles and triples, but in 2025, it was the toughest park in baseball to hit a home run. In fact, its HR park factor of 66 was far lower than the 29th total (77, Busch Stadium). The Pirates added a trio of power hitters in the offseason, Brandon Lowe, Marcell Ozuna and Ryan O’Hearn, who may be adversely affected by their new venue.

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Myths, dispelled

— American Family Field in Milwaukee is widely regarded as a hitter’s park but leaned slightly to pitchers last year.

— Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati continues to accentuate home runs but was an average park for overall offense. The same thing can be said about Yankee Stadium.

— Oracle Park is regarded as one of the best venues for pitchers but was in the middle of the pack last season. It remains a tough park to hit home runs, though.

Handedness splits

— Citi Field was one of the most favorable parks for left-handed hitters but near the bottom of the list for righty batters. Unfortunately, three of the Mets most prominent newcomers, Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien and Luis Robert Jr., bat from the right side.

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— Fenway Park is slightly favorable for right-handed hitters but one of the best parks in baseball for lefty batters, thanks to the pesky pole. Unfortunately, the newest members of Boston’s lineup, Willson Contreras and Caleb Durbin, bat from the right side.

— Chase Field and Rogers Centre had some similarities last year, as both parks were favorable for right-handed hitters and neutral for lefties. Fortunately, Toronto newcomer Kazuma Okamoto and D-backs addition Nolan Arenado bat from the right side.