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People seem to think that a players road stats represent a guy's "real" talent, but that just isn't the case. First, you're cutting your sample size in half. Second, players perform worse on the road. Third, players can adapt to their park.
Colorado hitters often have huge splits, but when they play for other teams they do fine. For example, Matt Holiday hit .357/.423/.645 (1.068 OPS) at home when he was with the Rockies and only .280/.348/.455 (.803) away. If you just looked at his road stats you'd think that he was an average hitter for a corner outfielder who was mostly a Coors Field illusion and so giving him a big contract would be a mistake. But after he left Colorado, he hit .305/.388/.517 (.905). So he was a lot closer to his overall Rockies numbers than his road numbers.