One of the unique things about baseball is that the game isn't always played under the same conditions. Unlike football, basketball, hockey or most other sports, the dimensions of the playing ...

To get a single park factor number, the results are scaled to a league average of 100. So the higher the park factor, the more hitter-friendly the stadium.

Like the A's, the Tampa Bay Rays are playing in a minor league stadium after Hurricane Milton shredded the roof of Tropicana Field and local government plans for a new ballpark fell through.

While Las Vegas will soon become an MLB city, others, including Salt Lake City, are putting themselves in the on-deck circle should baseball expand.