I think he was talking about a longevity penalty. I don't know if there is a hitting penalty for Astro turf. (although I'm pretty sure the Astrodome had a Home run penalty)
There are many advantages/disadvantages that players get due to park adjusters. If it is strongly suspected that a player lost productive years due to playing on concrete, than that should be factored in.
Yeah it is an interesting question but it would take a little work to be able to attribute a particular player's production loss to playing on turf. Just completely off the top of my head it does seem possible. The generation just before the astro turf era (the 50s and 60's) did seem to have more guys with longer primes (Aaron, Mays,Robinson, etc.). I guess you'd have to compare the different eras with the "Turf Era" of maybe 1970-1995 and see how the players aged.
I think the idea of Gary Carter being better defensively is interesting because I guess I always associated controlling the bases and no one really even ran on Bench. Bench had a 43.5% Caught Stealing percentage while Carters is at 35%. Id imagine once factoring in innings difference, Carter gave up twice as many stolen bases. Carter's 3 best WAR years having barely any accolades is quite strange.
Bruh. No.
