Rise & Grind: July 24th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your day off on the right foot with yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the upcoming day in the world of DFS.
So kick back, grab your first cup of coffee, and catch up on the latest news!
In Case You Missed It
- Last Night’s Winners
- McJester Had a big night on FanDuel Wednesday taking down first in the 45k Mlb Monster, 2nd in the 30k MLB Strikeout and 3rd in the $200 MLB DFBC Qualifier.
- Over on DraftKings Grinders Live host StlCardinals84 took first, second, and fifth in the 50k Golden Glove. Plord64 won his way to Atlantis in the FBC Qualifier #26 with a score of 161.35. McJester and Db730 fell a bit short finishing 2nd and 3rd.
- For more recent winners check out the MLB Big Event Recap by sbk5065.
- Wednesday’s Dongs – There were only 14 dongs on Wednesday. Even though Yoenis Cespedes left the game in the 7th inning last night he still managed to sneak in a double dong! Mark Reynolds also had a double dong for the Brewers.
DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Snider | PIT | 426ft |
| David Ortiz | BOS | 425ft |
| Yoenis Cespedes | MIL | 402ft |
| Mark Reynolds | MIL | 415ft |
| Mark Reynolds | MIL | 402ft |
- Tournament of Shame – Duckie’s latest blog is up with all of the the Tournament of Shame details for this week check it out Here
Today’s MLB
Be sure to check the MLB strategy thread in the Forum for today’s MLB discussion
- Today’s Action – Another strange Thursday slate today with 4 early games and 7 late games. Most sites have early and late contest today. Here’s a quick snapshot of today’s MLB action and a few game notes for the early slate.
Boston @ Toronto – David Ortiz is 5-14 with 4 dongs in this series against the Blue Jays. Toronto is averaging almost 6 runs scored per game in the last week and today face Rubby De La Rosa who has struggled in his three road starts this year. Brock Holt will return to the lineup today after sitting out Wednesday’s game.
Giants @ Phillies – Ryan Howard hasn’t hit a dong in his last 19 games at home, but might be able to change that today against Tim Hudson. In his career Howard is 22-67 with 7 dongs vs Hudson. Buster Posey is 7-11 of Phillies starter Cole Hamels while Hunter Pence is 6-17.
Astros @ Athletics – Yoenis Cespedes status is still unclear for today’s game after a thumb injury took him out of last night game in the 7th inning. George Springer was placed on the 15 day DL with a strained left quad yesterday. Jed lowrie hit a dong last night and is 4-9 vs Scott Feldman in his career.
Rangers @ Yankees – The Rangers have lost 18 of their last 21 games and hold the worst record in baseball. Brandon McCarthy has been pitching well lately and is 3-0 1.78 ERA in his last 4 starts.
Today’s GPPs
- Here’s a look of some of the biggest games available today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $20K THU MLB Mini Monster (Early Only) | $200 | $20,000 |
| $18K THU MLB Strikeout (Early Only) | $25 | $18,000 |
| $5.5K THU MLB line Drive (Early Only) | $10 | $5,500 |
| $11K THU MLB Squeeze (Early Only) | $2 | $11000 |
| $8K THU MLB Pickle(Early Only) | $535 | $8,000 |
| $50K THU MLB Monster | $200 | $50,000 |
| $18K THU MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $30K THU MLB Strikeout | $25 | $30,000 |
| $11K THU MLB Line Drive | $10 | $11,000 |
| $3K THU MLB Rally | $5 | $3,000 |
| $535K THU DFBC Qualifier | $535 | $45,857 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $20K Perfect Game (Early Only) | $200 | $20,000 |
| MLB $10K Silver Slugger (Early Only) | $530 | $10,000 |
| MLB $18K Payoff Pitch (Early Only) | $27 | $18,000 |
| MLB $6K Check Swing (Early Only) | $12 | $6,000 |
| MLB $6K Moon Shot (Early Only) | $2 | $6,000 |
| MLB $1.5K Pinch Hit (Early Only) | $55 | $1,500 |
| MLB $20K Gold Glove | $1060 | $20,000 |
| MLB $12K Check Swing | $12 | $12,000 |
| MLB $14K Moon Shot | $2 | $14,000 |
| MLB $35K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $35,000 |
| MLB $14K Moon Shot | $2 | $14,000 |
| MLB $60K Perfect Game | $200 | $60,000 |
DraftDay
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $500 Field of Dreams (Early) | $109 | $500 |
| MLB $500 Knucleball (Early) | $15 | $500 |
| MLB $300 Wiz Walkoff (Early) | $3.30 | $300 |
| MLB $1500 Field of Dreams | $109 | $1500 |
| MLB $1000 Knucleball | $15 | $1000 |
| MLB $600 Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $600 |
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 | Beermakersfan gives you all the plays you’ll need for tonight’s schedule. | |||||
| # 3 ) | Daily Pitcher Breakdown | Psporer digs deep into the advanced pitching stats to find you the arms with the best matchups tonight. | |||||
| # 4 ) | Daily Hitter Breakdown | Varcass shows you all the splits and points out the bats in the best situations for tonight’s slate. | |||||
| # 5 ) | STL: GPP Weekly Recap | STLCardinals84 continues his experiment with three different GPP styles to compare how effective each strategy is in the FanDuel Line Drive. | |||||
| # 5 ) | MLB First Look | Notorious gives you an early peek at tomorrows games, matchups, and players to target. | |||||
| 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 | Does your local happy hour have awesome baseball analysis? Didn’t think so. Join us this afternoon and let Dean and Draftcheat serve you up some knowledge. | |||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | StlCardinals84 and AL Smizzle 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!