... is that not all parks in the Cal League are hitter friendly. We sometimes have a skewed view of the league because of our close association with High Desert, which is by far the most hitter friendly park in the known universe (and I attend a lot of games here in Colorado Springs!). Actually, there are some parks in the league that are decidedly pitcher friendly. They may not be over the top pitcher friendly like what you see in the early part of the season in the Midwest League, or the year round pitcher friendly Carolina League, but they do exist.
Rancho Cucamonga, where Landry has been playing, grades out as the second best pitcher's park in the Cal League, but it still grades out as a hitters park when compared to the Carolina League.
In essence, what this all means is that you can't look at players in the Cal League and automatically place a High Desert stigma on them. That is inherently unfair.
As to the player himself, I really like NeonLeon3 (his twitter handle as he chose it).
Lonnie
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