Overdone Do-Overs – The Official EFL Web Site

Dear Mr. EFL Answer Man:

Sam Miller has granted a do-over to each MLB team in today’s BP. I think that EFL owners are worthy too, at least as much (perhaps even more, since we’re better) as an MLB owner.

Will you grant each of us a do-over? I’m keeping Altuve, and if I am granted a second one, I’m giving back Logan Morrison.

— Samuel F. B. Remorse

Dear Mr. Remorse:

Hmmm… let me think about that. If you got Logan Morrison back, you’d regain the second pick in the 2012 draft. You could use it to get Mike Trout! Maybe. The team that got that pick from you — one of the original EFL franchises, who at that time had immense advantages over the Cheese in experience and wiles — didn’t use it to pick Mike Trout. So maybe you wouldn’t have, either. So — what’s the point? You got the chance to steward the resources of that pick, and of Altuve, and you blew it.

In fact, here is the probable effect of giving everyone in the EFL do-overs: all the good players would end up in Pittsburgh. The only things that keep the Alleghenys from dominating us even worse are the limitations we put on the marketability of our assets. To make each asset doubly marketable would just give the A’s more chances to bilk us out of them.

Here’s proof: we essentially executed an informal d0-over rule on both Morrison and Altuve. When I traded you Morrison, it was my way of undoing what I’d done drafting him the previous year. What was the net effect? Pittsburgh got Trout because I wasted your pick on Moore.

When you traded me Altuve, you were executing a do-over on acquiring him in the first place. Then I turned around and executed another do-over by sending him on… to the Alleghenys!

So, no, the last thing we need is more volatility in the markets, at least until some of the rest of us have figured out how Pittsburgh does it.

EFL
Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB	RS	RA
Peshastin Pears	2	1	.820	—	8.4	3.9
Haviland Dragons	2	1	.653	0.5	17.6	12.8
Cottage Cheese	1	1	.660	0.6	6.4	4.6
Kaline Drive	2	1	.585	0.7	8.9	7.5
Canberra Kangaroos	2	1	.544	0.8	19.2	17.6
Old Detroit Wolverines	1	2	.500	1	9.9	10.0
Portland Rosebuds	1	2	.256	1.7	11.2	19.1
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0	2	.078	1.8	3.1	10.6
Flint Hill Tornadoes	0	3	.163	2	6.6	15.0

Peshastin: W, 4 – 0.5; .270, .372, .351; 8 ip, 0 er. Brett Lawrie went 3 for 5 and De

von Travis added 2 hits in 4 trips (even though he’s inactive, it was an inspiration to his teammates). I think if the Pears had a do-over, they’d have activated Mr. Travis at second and shifted Lawrie to third. Travis is batting .500, .625, 1.000 so far.

Haviland: W 1, L 1; 7 – 7. Alcides Escobar went 3 for 5 to raise his season totals to .556, .600, .667. But most of his teammates went hitless, to leave the team batting .190,.271, .333 on the day. Carlos Carraosco pitched 6.3 scoreless innings. But some replacements came in to pitch the second game. A Dragon Do-over might see Casey McGeehee get more than a 50% allcoation, what with his 1.051 OPS.

Cottage: L, 4 – 2. .250, .321, .313; 7 ip, 2 er. Solid pitching and not totally incompetent hitting is a rare and enviable achievement so far this season. I suppose the Cheese still want some sort of do-over. Well, there is this: Arismendy Alcantara is batting .000, .200, .000 so far. But now that I think of it, the entire league paid a heavy price for that Cheesey choice, so I’m not sure it’s appropriately considered for a do-over.

Kaline: W 1, L 1; 7-6. .225, .262, .325; 7.7 ip, 2 er. I can’t imagine why the Drive would want a do-over right now. They did well the first time, by all appearances. Other people might want to use their do-overs to snatch away some Drives: Travis Snider (4 for 9 with a double and three walks), Brad Miller (4 for 10 with a homer); Nori Aoki (6 for 14 with a two doubles and a walk).

Canberra: W 2, L (-1); 3 – (-5). .424, .500, .485; 10 ip, 3 er. The Kangaroos are a perfect object lesson for all you whiners out there who want do-overs. Amid a flurry of re-allocations last night occasioned by demotions and injuries, the Kangaroo Captain asked if he might have one, too. When I explained that, no, he was ineligible since his players were put on the DL before the roster deadline (in one case, only one day before), he was sad but took the news bravely, without a complaint.

Well, as it turns out, his players were watching. Inspired by the Captain’s quiet courage, they went out and romped! Five players had multihit games, everyone in the starting lineup — all 9 of them — reached base safely at least once, and Rick Porcello finally gave the team some real starting pitcher innings. And the ‘Roos raced from last to fifth.

Old Detroit: W 0, L 2; 7 – 7. .209, .292, .372; 0.3 ip, 0 er. I’m not a whiner or anything, but I sure wish I could have another whack at my shortstop allocation. Segura is doing ok, I guess… 3 for 9 with a walk so far this season. But Jose Iglesias! 4 for 4 yesterday with a double and a walk, making his season stats 6 for 7 with a 1.875 OPS! But I only have Iglesias at 33%, so the OPS stays at 1.875 but he’s only 2 for 2.33 for EFL purposes.

Portland: L, 3 – 8; .167, .250, .361; 6 ip, 5 er. A day after the sad passing of Yordany Ventura, fallen to that fatal thumb cramp, Danny Duffy went out and bespoiled Ventura’s memory with a 5 ip, 5 er stinker. I bet he wants a do-over now. The lone bright spots for the Rosebuds were two playes with only 1 AB each. Wilin Rosario used his one AB to hit a home run for a 5.000 OPS on the day. Alex Avila used his AB to get a walk, then he did it again, then again, and then he got a hit. Maybe even more impressive, but his OPS is only 2.000.

Pittsburgh: L, 1 – 1. .114, .135, .200; 18.7 ip, 6 er. That’s a whole lot of good pitching for one day — three starts and two relievers. But the hitters didn’t take advantage. Five took 0-fers and the other four took 1-fers. Hmmm… Jose Altuve is batting .125, .125, .125 right now. Hey, Mr. Remorse! Maybe if you act quickly you can arrange your own private do-over on Altuve!

Flint Hill: W 0, L 2; 4 – 11. .162, .262, .270; 6.3 ip, 6 er. I was about to comment on all the poor hitting we are seeing this year, but then the Tornado hurlers did their bit to solve that problem. I remember the Top Tornado apologizing for drafting Ross Detwiler, and it turns out that was a precaution well-taken: 4.3 ip,, 5 er yesterday.

Actually, we all get do-overs when we meet for our end-of-April managers meetings. Well, all except the Wolverines, who will only have $500,000 to spend which is nowhere near enough to do over all the Woeverine mistakes. But, especially for politely apologetic Flint Hill, grace is just three weeks away!

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