Well, they aren't very strategic if they are hurting their own players. Correct. Thus they trade away players hurt by it. I mean, I am not trying to be tinfoil hat guy here, but just think of the scenario: Eventually build a roster where everybody sees fine in your stadium, while your opponents all have, as sveumrules would call it, a couple two tree guys who can't pick up the spin for diddly in your stadium. It would be a pretty nice home field advantage if you could pull it off. And what the hell, let's take a look at their home/road splits on the season: Split W L RS RA W-L% Home 27 16 194 138 .628 Road 25 20 240 212 .556 It's probably nothing, but they would be brilliant if they actually were doing that.