Rise & Grind: August 27th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your Wednesday off with a look back at the weekend’s happenings and a peek at the upcoming day in the world of DFS.
In Case You Missed It
- Yesterdays Winners
The DraftKings Atlantis Fantasy Baseball Championship wrapped up last night and Daily Fantasy Sports newest $1 million dollar prize winner was named.
A huge 7 run 11th inning from the Boston Red Sox sealed the victory for RotoGrinders host and one of DFS best ambassadors CSUram88 his Red Sox stack scored 170.4 DK points.
DirtyGirl15 (grinders username Woopdeedoo) finished in 2nd place bringing home $350k in prize money after scoring 150.2 points.
Full RotoGrinders coverage of this incredible event put on by DraftKings can be found here.
Tuesday also brought some huge online GPP action, DraftKings ran a special 300k Championship Day Special GPP. This tournament had 1343 entries and paid an incredible 100k to first. Drewboski put up 231.5 points with a low owned Red Sox stack to take the first place prize. He also shipped the 40k Payoff Pitch , the 17k Moon Shot , the 12k Check Swing , and the WPT Borgota Qualifier with this incredible lineup.
FanDuel also ran some giant tournaments yesterday. The biggest was the $25 150k Super Strikeout. This tournament had 5289 entries and paid out $20,000 to first place.
sluthut (yes, that’s correct his username is sluthut) put up a score of 81.25 points and it was just enough to beat second place finisher DudeOfLife who scored 80.5 points.
The rest of yesterdays tournament links can be found here
- Tuesday Dongs There were 24 dongs in Tuesdays MLB action and double dongs from Jacoby Ellsbury and Buster Posey.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Napoli | BOS | 451ft |
| Ike Davis | PIT | 442ft |
| Jose Bautista | TOR | 419ft |
| Zach Walters | CLE | 417ft |
| Anthony Rizzo | CHC | 414ft |
- MLB Championship Events
- DraftDay – $250k Big League Blast – September 2nd
There is still time to qualify for this event, satellites are running daily.
-$116 Big League Blast Qualifier
-$27 Qualifier to Super Qualifier
-$11 Qualifier to Super Qualifier
Today’s Events
Tonight’s MLB – Here’s look at todays MLB games and Vegas odds from the RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page. Most sites are running early and late games today.
| TIME | TEAM | PITCHER | Run Line | Moneyline | Over/Under | Projected Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:35 PM | St. Louis | Wainwright – R | -1.5 | -138 | 7.5 | 4.04 |
| 12:35 PM | Pittsburgh | Locke – L | 1.5 | 128 | 7.5 | 3.46 |
| 3:40 PM | Texas | Lewis – R | 1.5 | 134 | 8 | 3.64 |
| 3:40 PM | Seattle | Ramirez – R | -1.5 | -144 | 8 | 4.36 |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Fister – R | -1.5 | -162 | 8 | 4.48 |
| 7:05 PM | Philadelphia | Kendrick – R | 1.5 | 152 | 8 | 3.52 |
| 7:07 PM | Boston | Kelly – R | 1.5 | 134 | 8.5 | 3.87 |
| 7:07 PM | Toronto | Stroman – R | -1.5 | -144 | 8.5 | 4.63 |
| 7:05 PM | Tampa Bay | Smyly – L | 1.5 | 102 | 8 | 3.93 |
| 7:05 PM | Baltimore | Gausman – R | -1.5 | -112 | 8 | 4.07 |
| 7:08 PM | NY Yankees | Greene – R | 1.5 | 159 | 7.5 | 3.25 |
| 7:08 PM | Detroit | Price – L | -1.5 | -169 | 7.5 | 4.25 |
| 7:10 PM | Atlanta | Teheran – R | -1.5 | -136 | 6.5 | 3.49 |
| 7:10 PM | NY Mets | Wheeler – R | 1.5 | 126 | 6.5 | 3.01 |
| 7:10 PM | Chicago Cubs | Turner – R | 1.5 | 151 | 8 | 3.55 |
| 7:10 PM | Cincinnati | Leake – R | -1.5 | -154 | 8 | 4.45 |
| 8:10 PM | Cleveland | Kluber – R | -1.5 | -176 | 7.5 | 4.29 |
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox | Noesi – R | 1.5 | 166 | 7.5 | 3.21 |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | Hughes – R | -1.5 | -138 | 7.5 | 4.04 |
| 8:10 PM | Kansas City | Hendriks – R | 1.5 | 128 | 7.5 | 3.46 |
| 8:10 PM | Oakland | Pomeranz – L | -1.5 | -160 | 8.5 | 4.75 |
| 8:10 PM | Houston | Peacock – R | 1.5 | 150 | 8.5 | 3.75 |
| 10:10 PM | Milwaukee | Gallardo – R | -1.5 | -140 | 7 | 3.78 |
| 10:10 PM | San Diego | Despaigne – R | 1.5 | 130 | 7 | 3.22 |
| 9:40 PM | LA Dodgers | Kershaw – L | -1.5 | -205 | 7 | 4.12 |
| 9:40 PM | Arizona | Miley – L | 1.5 | 185 | 7 | 2.88 |
| 10:05 PM | Miami | Alvarez – R | 1.5 | 134 | 8 | 3.65 |
| 10:05 PM | LA Angels | Santiago – L | -1.5 | -144 | 8 | 4.35 |
| 10:15 PM | Colorado | Morales – L | 1.5 | 180 | 7 | 2.90 |
| 10:15 PM | San Francisco | Hudson – R | -1.5 | -200 | 7 | 4.10 |
Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $4K Strikeout (Early) | $25 | $4,000 |
| $75K Wed Monster | $200 | $75,000 |
| $50K Wed MLB Strikeout | $25 | $55,000 |
| $25K Wed MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $25000 |
| $30K Wed MLB Squeeze | $2 | $30,000 |
| $17K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $17,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB 100k Super Booster | $55 | $100,000 |
| MLB 10k Mini Booster | $22 | $10,000 |
| MLB $50K Perfect Game | $200 | $50,000 |
| MLB $12K Check Swing | $12 | $12,000 |
| MLB $10K Moon Shot | $2 | $10,000 |
| MLB 40k Gold Glove | $1060 | $40,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Booster 5x | $11 | Salary Pro |
| MLB NFL Week 1 Qualifier Qualifier | $11 | Classic |
| MLB Top 5 Guarantee | $11 | Classic |
| MLB 50/50 Guarantee | $22 | Classic |
| MLB Salary Pro 50/50 | $55 | Salary Pro |
| MLB $109 Winner Take all | $109 | Classic |
DraftDay
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $1.5k Field of Dreams | $109 | $1,500 |
| MLB $1k Knucleball | $15 | $1,000 |
| MLB $750k Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $750 |
| MLB Big League Blast Qualifier | $116 | $1060 |
| MLB $250 R.A Pickey (Pickem) | $5.50 | $200 |
On the Grinders Schedule
| Daily Articles | |||||||
| #1) | MLB Grind Down | Notorious breaks down all the matchups in tonight’s action on the diamond in one quick, easy to read location. | |||||
| #2) | MLB Daily Plays | Pepsi gives you all the plays you’ll need for tonight’s schedule. | |||||
| #3) | Pitcher Breakdown | Psporer digs deep into the advanced pitching stats to find you the arms with the best matchups tonight. | |||||
| #4) | Hitter Breakdown | Varcass shows you all the splits and points out the bats in the best situations for tonight’s slate. | |||||
| #6) | MLB First Look | Notorious gives you an early peek at tomorrows games, matchups, and players to target. | |||||
Grinders Live
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from Notorious and BeerMakersFan. | |||||
| 4:30 PM | Daily Fantasy Happy Hour | FantasyAces | Does your local happy hour have awesome baseball analysis? Didn’t think so. Join us this afternoon and let Dean and Pepsi7serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | STLCards and BoggsLite will take you right up to first pitch with our flagship Grinders Live show. | ||||
Is there something else you’d like to see in this column? Questions or comments? Leave them below and we’d be happy to consider them. See you tomorrow!