Editing Oracle Park (section)

===2020 renovations===
The Giants renovated the center field section of Oracle Park between October 2019 and June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/giants/fans/construction/bullpens|title=Construction Updates|website=mlb.com|publisher=San Francisco Giants|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/check-out-first-look-giants-new-completed-bullpens-oracle-park|title=Check out first look at Giants' new completed bullpens at Oracle Park|website=nbcsports.com|publisher=NBC Sports Bay Area|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> The bullpens were moved from foul territory into center field, so the Giants decided to make their garden smaller to fit the bullpens behind the center-field wall. With this renovation, the dimensions of the park have slightly shrunk. Left-center was trimmed down from 404 feet to 399 feet, right-center (known as Triples Alley) was trimmed down from 421 feet to 415 feet (to represent the San Francisco area code), and dead-center was trimmed down from 399 feet to 391 feet, making it the second shortest dead-center field distance in MLB, behind only [[Fenway Park]] in [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2019/12/11/21012225/sf-giants-oracle-parks-new-dimensions-move-bullpen-mounds|title=Oracle Park's new dimensions|website=mccoveychronicles.com|publisher=SB Nation|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref> With this renovation, approximately 650 bleacher seats had to be removed, so the two terraces could be built for fans to watch the relief pitchers warm-up from up close.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-announce-changes-oracle-park-move-bullpens-outfield|title=Giants announce changes to Oracle Park, move bullpens to outfield|website=nbcsports.com|publisher=NBC Sports Bay Area|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> The center field wall shortened from eight feet to seven feet, but after the Giants first exhibition of the [[2020 San Francisco Giants season|2020 season]], the dead-center field part of the wall (covering the garden) was raised from seven feet to ten feet to improve visibility to the hitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/why-giants-raised-oracle-park-center-field-wall-10-feet-last-week|title=Why Giants raised Oracle Park center field wall to 10 feet last week|website=nbcsports.com|publisher=NBC Sports Bay Area|date=July 28, 2020|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref>

Despite having the unique moniker of the least home-run friendly field over several seasons prior to the renovations, it is believed that these renovations were made to increase home run output from the Giants. The MLB has seen a surge in home run production in recent years, and the Giants consistently ranked well towards the bottom in this category in large part because of Oracle Park's extreme advantage to pitchers. This hurt the run production of Giants players and also discouraged power hitters from wanting to play for the Giants. From 2017 to 2019, one of the common criticisms of the Giants was their lack of offensive output and unwillingness to adjust to a home run-heavy offense. However, the Giants significantly improved in 2020, the first year the dimensions were moved in. Things would trend upward with a massive bounce-back season in 2021; several Giants such as [[Brandon Belt]] and [[Mike Yastrzemski]] fueled the offense with more home runs, especially to a shortened triple's alley (which was infamous for turning what would be a long HR in several ballparks into deep 420-foot+ flyouts, killing several promising San Francisco scoring opportunities in the past). Oracle Park still ranks towards the bottom of the home run category, but this designation is not as consistent anymore.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=What is the hardest MLB ballpark to hit a home run in? |url=https://www.nbcsportschicago.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/what-is-the-hardest-mlb-ballpark-to-hit-a-home-run-in/329713/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=NBC Sports Chicago |language=en-US}}</ref>

During the 2023–24 offseason, the Giants installed new programmable [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] lighting technology providing full color spectrum capabilities and motion lighting effects for Giants home runs, wins and other special occasions. Oracle Park became the first MLB ballpark to have spotlights, in the form of 12 advanced moving light features. [[Loudspeaker|Speaker]] upgrades were also done with the addition of subwoofers, allowing a more immersive audio experience.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-announce-improvements-2024-special-events-at-oracle-park | title=Giants to light up the night at Oracle Park | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>