Daily blurb
Tyreke Evans seems to have recovered nicely from his concussion. But before going out to pick him up, be aware that the Kings play only twice in the next week.

The Shell Houston Open teed off this morning, and Alex Prugh retains the honors as the most widely owned GuruGolfer. Meanwhile, returning champ Paul Casey played a mean trick on 16 GuruGolf managers, withdrawing this morning due to a shoulder injury.

It was pointed out to me this morning that the scoring formula for the RotoHog Salary Cap game was revised sometime after the initial launch. Originally, all scoring points were exactly halved from the TSN formula of recent years. But after that, the points for saves were cut in half again. RotoHog's rationale for that seems to be flawed relative to the structure of the game, but then, no one asked me. The consequence is that most closers become irrelevant, since all pitching spots are available for any pitcher, and closer prices were never readjusted to compensate for the formula change. The highest ranking closer in total points for 2009 was Broxton, but that now ranks behind about 35 starting pitchers. So it really makes no sense to own a closer unless you find one that is grossly underpriced. And since all pitchers are grossly underpriced to begin with, it is inefficient to go dirt cheap on pitching.