MLB Big Events Breakdown: Grinders Dominate the Qualifiers!
In the first edition of the MLB Big Events Breakdown, we’ll cover some of the major GPP’s/Qualifiers across the industry, preferably those that are won by our members! Last night was full of notable tournaments; DraftKings ran a Showcase Q and a Legends Series Super Satellite, while FanDuel and DraftStreet ran Q’s for there Fantasy Baseball Championships. Let’s take a look at Wednesday night’s big winners!
FanDuel $270 DFBC Qualifier
Several members finished in the top-ten, with the highest being dooger1234 (281st overall) in 3rd place. Stlcardinalsfan84 (1st in TPOY, 2nd on the MLB Grinder leaderboard) continued his early season success with a 4th place finish, and he recently passed McJester to take over the top spot on the TPOY leaderboard. Tipandpick (217th overall) and acslater77 (709th overall) tied for 6th place, with al_smizzle (7th TPOY, 13th overall) and miggytoddbest rounding out the top ten.
DraftKings $500K Showcase Qualifier
A big congratulations to Al_Smizzle (the real one, with the underscore) on taking down a Showcase Golden Ticket last night! He managed to get the W even with Tony Cingrani as one of his pitchers, but he benefited from 65.5% of the field following suit. All but one of his hitters scored at least 10 points (the other was Buster Posey at 8), but Anthony Rendon, Martin Prado and Zack Grienke carried most of the weight. Smizzle was followed by headchopper (3rd TPOY, 17th overall) in 2nd place (Chop also had a 7th place entry), Deadmonay (523rd overall) in 4th, PrimeTime420 (6th TPOY, 7th on the MLB Grinder leaderboard) in 5th, bw5216 (172nd MLB) in 8th, csuram88 (5th overall, 11th MLB) in 9th and radthad (81st overall, 91st MLB) in 10th.
DraftStreet $109 DSBC Qualifier
Radthad954 edged out DraftStreet’s million dollar man, rickmilitar, by 7 points to secure his spot in the DSBC in just the second qualifier of the season! He went with the two SP approach on DS, and both C.J. Wilson and Tim Hudson delivered 8+ innings and a win, and he also got a save out of his reliever (Kenley Jansen). Anthony Rendon, Yoenis Cespedes, Coco Crisp and Starlin Castro were his difference makers offensively, with help from Denard Span and Sandy Leon as part of his Nationals stack. Miggytoddbest finished 3rd, with tipandpick and bw5126 in 4th and 6th place. Devo1099 and driverseati round out the RG members in 8th and 9th place.
FanDuel $125K Monster
Cdabest (727th overall) was the only RG member in the top ten of this one. He took down $1,500 with his 9th place finish.
DraftKings $100K Perfect Game
Congratulations to reztes757 (26th on the TPOY and MLB Grinder leaderboards) on winnings the Perfect Game last night, which landed him a cool $25,000! C.J. Wilson and Jordan Zimmermann both performed well to give him a nice leg up in pitching, and a few big performances from his hitters (Rendon, Cespedes, Gonzalez, Pena) put him over the top. He also managed to have entries in 6th and 7th place, good for a combined $3,500. Bchcky took down $10K for his 2nd place finish, and was followed by CSURAM88 in 3rd, DraftCheat in 4th, Al_Smizzle in 5th and saulgoodman23 in 10th.