Ron Coughlin has served as Petco’s CEO for more than five years and has been instrumental in transforming the company into a health and wellness business.
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After spending his first five seasons with the Rays, Snell heads to the National League for the first time. Unfortunately, we still don’t know whether the DH will be in play in the NL again, so there’s the potential that the league switch could be a major positive if the DH ends up being just a 2020 thing. If the DH is back, though, then the league switch won’t have the same impact, and it will primarily come from the park switch and his team’s offensive and defensive support.
To begin, both parks have suppressed batting average, with Petco suppressing it slightly less than Tropicana. We don’t know how each park affects strikeout rate and BABIP specifically, but can still look at Snell’s marks to get an idea of how much each could potentially be affected. Obviously, Snell has been one of baseball’s best strikeout artists, as he has posted a strikeout rate of at least 31% each season since 2018. Those marks have been supported by strong SwStk%