Jay isn’t saying that he has no platoon split (are you?) – most players do. But it’s worth noting that platoon splits are largely overhyped and are subject to regression to career numbers.

He started out horrible, now he’s doing fine. Small sample, sure, but it’s something.

The Midwest League is notoriously difficult to hit in and so what would be a blip on the radar elsewhere becomes more of a big deal. Aliant Energy Field has a home run factor of something like 1.05, favoring left-handed bats a bit more, which is part why you see Franklin with seven dingers at home and only one on the road (bizarrely). It also favors triples and hey, what do you know, the Lumberkings are sixth in that category.

Even those factors would be hardly noticeable some place like the California League. Additionally, Wisconsin was the second-best hitting park, so it’s not like us moving from Inland Empire to High Desert. I’d actually prefer to have a decent park for hitting in the MWL, so long as we had something more oriented towards pitching in the Cal League.