Monday Morsels

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Flint Hill Tornadoes	26	13	.661	—	233.0	167.8
Portland Rosebuds	27	16	.622	1	258.8	199.1
Canberra Kangaroos	23	17	.575	3.3	234.4	204.7
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	20	20	.496	6.4	185.8	186.7
Old Detroit Wolverines	19	20	.486	6.8	205.7	210.3
Kaline Drive	20	22	.481	7.1	162.9	170.5
Bellingham Cascades	18	22	.462	7.8	199.4	220.1
Peshastin Pears	19	24	.443	8.7	191.4	211.9
Cottage Cheese	17	21	.437	8.7	188.1	213.5
Haviland Dragons	18	24	.436	9	188.2	214.7
Brookland Outs	14	24	.371	11.2	171.9	225.2
D.C. Balk	14	26	.345	12.5	169.6	233.8

Portland:  DNP, 3 – 3. (25 PA, .318, .400, .636; 11.7 ip, 6 er, 4.63 ERA)  Brad Peacock spun a nice 5 innings, with only 1 earned run.  But he is allocated at 0%.  Jose Berrios twirled 5.7 ip, resulting in 5 er. He’s allocated 100%. This is how a raw 4.63 ERA results in a pitching staff allowing as many runs as a 1.036 OPS scores. It was an off-day, too which shrinks impacts, making any differences between offense and defense less apparent.  So could the Rosebuds invade some of that seemingly impenetrable 1.0 game buffer zone around the Tornados’ mountaintop hilltop moundtop castle by simply activating Peacock?  Maybe.  But the Commissioner is not in the business of coaching other owners on how to run their teams.

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Canberra: L, 5 – 8.  (27 PA, .231, .259, .538; no pitching).  The K’s amassed 14 total bases out of only 6 hits, for an isolated power of .307.  That is elite slugging stacked up on mediocre hitting. Had there been any pitching, the ‘Roos might have gained ground they’ve been gradually losing.

Pittsburgh: L, 3 – 11. (18 PA, .235, .278, .235; 1 ip, 3 er, 27.00 era).  Do you see that triple chulk?  That was by prize rookie-draft first round-pick Lou Trivino. Who was the meanie who did that to him? Hmmm….

Old Detroit: DNP, 1 – 0. (19 PA, .333, .474, .533; 12 ip, 4 er, 3.00 ERA).  …well, what do you know?  It was Dan Vogelbach, bringing the Mariners back from the brink of another loss, tying the game with a three-run homer.

Kaline: “L”, 4 – 4. (18 PA, .188, 263, .188; 2 ip, 0 er, o era)  Omar Narvaez was the other Mariners hero, who drove in the winning run to win the game.

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Bellingham: “L”, 6 – 3. (19 PA, 263, .263, .421; 5.3 ip, 1 er, 1.69 ERA).  Bryce Harper got booed in Philadelphia Tuesday evening.  He kind of deserved it: 0 for 4 with 3 k’s. Harper’s May line: 48 PA, .175, .313, .300.  Harper’ season line: .222, .367, .438.  Things started ok, but have been ugly lately. Of course, they’re paying about twice as much for Harper’s services in Philadelphia.

Peshastin: DNP, 1 – (1). (15 PA, .167, .333, .417; 4 ip. 1 er,. 2.25 ERA). Mitch Haniger led off the game Tuesday with a homer… but that was about it.

Cottage: W 1, L (-1); 4 – 3.  (26 PA, .391, .462, .957; 5 ip, 4 er, 7.20 ERA).  Yoan Moncada led that monster offense: 3 for 4 with two homers. But the headlines went to Shohei Ohtani who blasted his first homer as part of a 2 for 3 day with two walks.

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Haviland: L, 3 – 6. (9 PA, .111, .111, .556; 2 ip, 1 er, 4.50 ERA). One of the slimmest lines you’ll see in the EFL — just one hit all day, but it was a Ramon Laureano homer. Brandon Brennan earned a win by holding the Athletics to one run in two innings.

Brookland: DNP, 0 – 2. (9 PA, .143, .333, .143; 6.3 ip, 5 er, 7.11 ERA).  Almost as slim as the Dragons, but the added bulk was, unfortunately, extra runs given up.

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D.C.: L, 3 – 7.   (14 PA, .231, .286, .385; 1.7 ip, 1 er, 5.40 ERA). The problem with a light MLB schedule is the light line it can generate for your team, which isn’t a big deal unless your division’s best MLB team played a game.  If that happens your ship is likely to take on a lot of replacement innings and/or at bats, which can swamp what your real players do.

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AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Flint Hill Tornadoes	26	13	.661	—
Tampa Bay Rays	24	15	.615	1.8
New York Yankees	24	16	.600	2.3
Boston Red Sox	22	19	.537	4.8
Old Detroit Wolverines	19	20	.486	6.8
Toronto Blue Jays	16	24	.400	10.3
Baltimore Orioles	14	26	.350	12.3

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	24	16	.600	—
Canberra Kangaroos	23	17	.575	1
Atlanta Braves	21	20	.512	3.5
New York Mets	19	20	.487	4.5
Washington Nationals	16	24	.400	8
D.C. Balk	14	26	.345	10.2
Miami Marlins	10	29	.256	13.5

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Minnesota Twins	25	15	.625	—
Cleveland Indians	21	19	.525	4
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	20	20	.496	5.2
Chicago White Sox	19	21	.475	6
Detroit Tigers	18	21	.462	6.5
Bellingham Cascades	18	22	.462	6.5
Kansas City Royals	14	27	.341	11.5

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Chicago Cubs	24	14	.632	—
Milwaukee Brewers	24	19	.558	2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	22	19	.537	3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	20	18	.526	4
Cottage Cheese	17	21	.437	7.4
Cincinnati Reds	18	23	.439	7.5
Brookland Outs	14	24	.371	9.9

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Houston Astros	27	15	.643	—
Los Angeles Angels	20	21	.488	6.5
Kaline Drive	20	22	.481	6.8
Seattle Mariners	21	23	.477	7
Texas Rangers	17	21	.447	8
Oakland A’s	19	24	.442	8.5
Haviland Dragons	18	24	.436	8.7

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	27	16	.628	—
Portland Rosebuds	27	16	.622	0.2
San Diego Padres	23	19	.548	3.5
Arizona Diamondbacks	22	19	.537	4
Colorado Rockies	19	21	.475	6.5
Peshastin Pears	19	24	.443	8
San Francisco Giants	17	23	.425	8.5