Our Experts

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  Notorious

  Top-ranked Derek “Notorious” Farnsworth graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Utah. He is currently spotted in the Top 25 Overall rankings on RotoGrinders, and has been ranked has high as 5th. The talented Mr. Noto was a 2012 DSBC Finalist, 2013 DSBBC Finalist, 2013 DSBC Finalist (x2), 2013 DD BLB Finalist, and 2013 DFBBC Finalist. Additionally, Notorious was nominated for the 2013 Fantasy Golf Writer of the Year award by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA).

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  STLCardinals84

  Justin Van Zuiden (fantasy alias “STLCardinals84”) is a leading RG contributor for NFL, NBA, MLB, CFB and golf. One of the game’s best, he is currently in the Top 10 in the 2015/16 Tournament Player of the Year race and has six live final appearances to his name, as well as a second place finish in the FantasyAces College Football Championship in 2015.

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  DB730

  Dan Back (fantasy alias DB730) is one of the original hosts of GrindersLive and has found tremendous success both as a player and broadcaster in DFS. He started the first Daily Fantasy Sports exclusive podcast on RotoGrinders in 2011 and has steadily been a top 75 ranked Grinder over the years. He is known as one of the very best college football DFS players (placing highly in the 2015 FanDuel College Football Championship), but he has also garnered much success in NBA basketball, qualifying for both the DFBBC in 2012 and PBC in 2013. Dan co-hosts the daily RotoGrinders show on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio. His podcast also received recognition from the FSWA as Podcast of the Year for 2014.

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  Hoop2410

  In 2014, Mike “Hoop2410” Petta left his career as an Accountant behind when he decided to pursue Daily Fantasy Sports full-time. Since then, life’s been great. Hoop2410 is currently ranked in the top 20 in the Overall Rankings, is ranked in the Top 5 in the NBA Rankings, & the Top 10 in MLB rankings. This former accountant has quickly turned into one of the industry’s elite players,

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  headChopper

  Since beginning his Daily Fantasy voyage in 2008, headChopper has been crushing the competition. His accomplishments in DFS include: 2013 DFBBC Champion, a 3x FFFC Finalist, 2x DFFC Finalist, PFBC Finalist, PFFC Finalist, & a DSBBC Finalist. With all that said, College Football might be his best sport. He’s been near the top of rankings since 2009, during the infancy stages of Daily Fantasy. He’s been ranked as high as #3 Overall, and is respected as one of the best GPP Grinders in the community. He finished runner-up for the 2012 TPOY, and finished 10th in the 2013 TPOY.

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  JMToWin

  JM “JMToWin” Tohline is a novelist in his spare time (no, really). The rest of the time, he studies and plays DFS. He began playing DFS at the beginning of the 2014 MLB season; by the end of that year, he had won three Qualifiers into million-dollar tourneys and had won two separate trips to the Bahamas. His tendency to type a lot of words leads to a corresponding tendency to divulge all his DFS thoughts, strategies, and secrets…which is exactly what he does in his RotoGrinders articles and RotoAcademy courses. You can find JM on Twitter at JMToWin.

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  Dean78904

  Dean Shavelson (fantasy alias “Dean78904”) entered the world of DFS around the 2012 MLB All-Star game with an initial deposit of around $140. Thanks to a Cody Ross dong (vs. a LHP of course), Dean took down his first GPP and he never looked back. Dean is indefinitely committed (some may say obsessed) to tracking down Doc Brown, Biff Tannen, and a very specific almanac. Despite his lack of success in locating the infamous “Grays Sports Almanac”, Dean is consistently ranked as a Top 25 Overall Grinder. Additionally, Dean is putting his UCF Radio-TV degree to good use as an on-air GrindersLive co-host and contributor of written RG content.

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  CheeseIsGood

  Dave Potts (CheeseIsGood) is a full-time fantasy baseball player and analyst. Dave has won at the highest level of both season-long and DFS baseball, including not one but TWO $1 million wins in the 2014 FanDuel DFBC and the 2015 DraftKings MLB Main Event. He has also previously won the Main Event Overall Championship in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship.