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Although I suppose at this point it would be divided up a little too much to be worth it. But this is kind of my point about him, I don't think he's trying to pull fly balls at home at all, because too many would end up in the right fielders mit. But in regards to his hits to left field, I still don't think it would affect him much because my previous point stands. The BABiP reduction is probably highly linked to homeruns turning into flyball outs, whatever magic Kotchman is using to OPS .877 to the opposite field, doesn't use homeruns. In his career, he has 2 of his 40 homers to left, so I don't think Safeco will have very many of his left field hits to eat on the warning track. His line drive rate to left though, is easily his best rate at 23% career, and I think that will remain very strong helper for his opposite field numbers, especially considering how large left plays at Safeco.

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