Mr. EFL Answer Man Answers A Man

Mr. EFL Answer Man Answers A Man

EFL Answerman, Why am I paying Craig Gentry three times what the Angels just signed him for? Besides being a fool, that is. Soggy in Seattle Dear Soggy: You are not a fool, no matter how many people tell you so.  You merely paid the market rate at the time you drafted...
More on the rookies who graduated in 2015

More on the rookies who graduated in 2015

More interesting little notes on this year’s end-of-season roster purge:   1. EFL teams lost 112 players altogether when their contracts expired at the end of the season, for an average of 12.45 per team.   2. Pittsburgh lost the most (22) while...
Offseason Web Site Purge

Offseason Web Site Purge

I’ve removed the menu links to all of the stats and standings pages, the draft pages, and the allocation pages. None of them will work anyway. I figure we all know who won. The pages are still there, and will be put back on the menu when their information is...
Out the window, or “elf” — take your pick

Out the window, or “elf” — take your pick

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball,” Hornsby once said. “I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” I celebrated Thanksgiving in part by updating all the EFL rosters this evening while the family watched Elf.  (Not...
The Wolverines Demand A Congressional Investigation

The Wolverines Demand A Congressional Investigation

    I was poking around for political news this afternoon when I found myself at the 538 website run by Nate Silver.  There, tucked among articles explaining why Joe Biden was right to not run, and how old a person will be before everyone else in his fantasy...