Here are this morning’s standings. There’s a story of abject suffering here. And no, it’s not about the Seraphim.
There are many stories here, actually, but Melanie is finally coming home this evening from her Juniors Abroad + Accompanying of Quarantined Students to Costa Rica. She’s walking across the border about now at Tiajuana, and will catch a plane from San Diego to Portland this afternoon. I have lots to do on my list before she gets home — not just cleaning the house, but even some EFL stuff. (Eg., the defense ratings update).
Also — today is the last day of Week 8. I need to fill your May allocation sheets with YTD stats, like I said I’d do.
Anyway — here’s the story that most caught my eye:
That is the Peshastin Pears’ pitching for Week 8 through Game 5. One starter, who struggled to a 5.40 ERA in 5 innings. One reliever, who triple chulked in 1.7 innings. And Kendall Graveman who, true to his name, laid the game to rest with a quiet 1/3 of an inning. That’s it — 1 day’s worth of pitching, 7 ip, 8 earned runs, an ERA of 10.86. So the other 4 games, completely covered by replacement pitchers, brought the ‘Roos ERA DOWN by four runs.
Perhaps some real Pear pitchers will perform today. But if they don’t, I think this is the most abject pitching performance I’ve ever seen in the EFL or anywhere else over a 5-game stretch.
Did the batters bail them out at all? No. Ten Pears have appeared at the plate this week. Cal Raleigh is having a pretty good week — OPSing .750. To lead the team by a substantial margin. Superstar Juan Soto is 1 for 12. Even with his four walks, he’s only creating 1.1 runs per game. The human batters are, altogether, creating 2.0 runs per game. They need 30 replacement at bats to get the team total up to 2.2 rc/g.
I know the Seraphim, despite some improvement yesterday, still carry the largest disadvantage from facing MLB teams, costing them 0.096 in their winning percentage. But I’m afraid my empathy is spent after contemplating the sad fate this week of the pitiable Peshastin Pears.
The Pears have an all-star pitching staff, but it is on the injured list: Flaherty, May, Patino, Soroka–or in the minor leagues.