FANALYTICS: Park effects of early player moves

With the conclusion of the winter meetings, we can begin to take an early look at the effects of players changing uniforms. There are many variables to take into account when a player switches teams, and most of those variables will be baked into our initial player projections release next week. But in the interim, let's take a look only at the impact of league and park effects.

In general, there are slight benefits moving from one league to another, depending on the player. Park effects can shape that further. But fantasy leaguers tend to overreact to these impacts. In truth, the only moves worthy of meriting major changes to your player values are those when players move from one extreme venue to one at the other extreme. A batter...

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