Quote of the day
"Pelfrey asked to pitch. He stepped up and said, 'Hey I can do this.' " -- Mets manager Jerry Manuel, after Pelfrey pitched the 20th inning on Saturday to get a saveDaily blurb
If you have Mike Pelfrey on your roto team, I hope he wasn’t on your bench on Saturday – as often happens with starting pitchers between starts. If so, you missed a rare save from a starting pitcher!
The new stats recap tool (launched last Friday) has undergone a number of improvements over the weekend, and there are more enhancements that I plan to add this week. Thanks to those of you who provided feedback. You’ve clearly helped me to improve it.
This is Patriots' Day in Boston, which means that the Red Sox play at 11:05am ET. Think fast if your entire lineup locks at that time.
In GuruGolf, Under100 took the best ball honors with a -51, while worst ball honors went to Bob’s eagles (+47). On the player front, although Furyk won, I have him ranked as only the 15th most valuable golfer in the GuruGolf scoring format for this weekend. He garnered only 18 birdies, offset by 5 bogeys. The most valuable golfer was Ricky Barnes, who carded 21 birdies and an eagle, followed closely by Kris Blanks with 22 birdies. This explains why the latter two were the top GuruGolf price gainers, in spite of Furyk’s victory. It’s all about maximizing the below-par holes, and also considers the relative difficulty of each holes. A birdie on a tough par 3 or 4 is much more valuable than a birdie on an easy par 5.