Rankings Update: Playboy Bunnies and Sweet Spots
Hello Sports Fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Grinders Rankings. Since our last update, we’ve had a $20k first place prize on DraftKings and a $75k first place prize/wild party at the Playboy Mansion courtesy of StarStreet. Lets see what shake-ups we’ve seen in the past week!
GrindersLive broadcast the evening’s PFBC event, leaving us exciting video footage, and a great gif of our fearless podcast host, who bravely traversed to Los Angeles to drink free booze and look at half nekkid women. Because despite how we rag on you sometimes, we ALL wish we got to do all the sweet things you get to participate in every year. My first exposure to RotoGrinders was through your podcast. That podcast kept me from being an absolute fish in my first months playing. A sincere thank you from all of us for all the hard work you do. Dan Back, we salute you!
Well known grinder Mike Leone took down the $75k at the PFBC in a well publicized finish. The field was tough and full of many high profile players. Congrats to Mike on taking down undoubtedly the most fun final of the year.
Over on DraftKings the night before, Monds6 took down the $20k top prize in the Sweet Spot. Another big qualifier field with a lot of tough competition. Also worth noting was Shanksalot running the train on 2nd and 3rd place.
Let’s take a look at the standings for this week.
Rankings Breakdown this Week
- Part One: Top-25 Overall
- Part Two: Movement in the Top 100
- Part Three: TPOY Leaderboard
- Part Four: Seasonal Leaderboard
- Part Five: Monthly Leaderboard
- Part Six: Aggregate Leaderboard
Curious about how the rankings are calculated? Check out our Rankings FAQ Page
TOP 25 GRINDERS LEADERBOARD OVERALL
| Rank | Player | Points | Rank Last | Change | Points Last | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | condia | 306383.52 | 1 | 0 | 306270.24 | 113.28 |
| 2 | mbomb44 | 177227.20 | 2 | 0 | 176877.52 | 349.68 |
| 3 | ehafner | 163540.99 | 3 | 0 | 162757.77 | 783.22 |
| 4 | BirdWings | 155164.47 | 4 | 0 | 154040.90 | 1123.57 |
| 5 | stlcardinals84 | 116894.07 | 5 | 0 | 114525.91 | 2368.16 |
| 6 | PrimeTime420 | 110999.48 | 6 | 0 | 112739.39 | -1739.91 |
| 7 | Notorious | 104269.06 | 7 | 0 | 100266.43 | 4002.63 |
| 8 | maxdalury | 87357.66 | 8 | 0 | 86022.30 | 1335.36 |
| 9 | dinkpiece | 77146.97 | 9 | 0 | 74531.49 | 2615.48 |
| 10 | csuram88 | 70352.09 | 10 | 0 | 71900.91 | -1548.82 |
| 11 | jlowery73 | 63925.87 | 11 | 0 | 64763.50 | -837.63 |
| 12 | TheTakeOVER | 62973.22 | 12 | 0 | 62762.34 | 210.88 |
| 13 | kaetorade | 60496.10 | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW |
| 14 | MrTuttle05 | 57136.81 | 13 | -1 | 57031.49 | 105.32 |
| 15 | metsfan828 | 55925.99 | 14 | -1 | 54893.45 | 1032.54 |
| 16 | Socrdave | 52952.10 | 15 | -1 | 52952.10 | 0.00 |
| 17 | headChopper | 52149.36 | 16 | -1 | 52100.01 | 49.35 |
| 18 | BJBJ | 51855.22 | 17 | -1 | 51498.24 | 356.98 |
| 19 | Kaiseroll13 | 51091.15 | 18 | -1 | 51347.94 | -256.79 |
| 20 | tfbelongia | 49899.87 | 19 | -1 | 48643.85 | 1256.02 |
| 21 | bripc23 | 46482.19 | 20 | -1 | 46483.45 | -1.26 |
| 22 | thebeesknees | 45224.48 | 21 | -1 | 45224.48 | 0.00 |
| 23 | woopdeedoo | 45195.46 | 22 | -1 | 45056.80 | 138.66 |
| 24 | naapstermaan | 44823.93 | 23 | -1 | 43773.71 | 1050.22 |
| 25 | dips56 | 41278.83 | 26 | 1 | 41278.83 | 0.00 |
Check out the full RotoGrinders Rankings Leaderboard here
Movement in the Top-25 This Week - #13 – kaetorade – Moves Up NEW Spots From #NEW
- #25 – dips56 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #26
Kaetorade leaps into the Top 25! On the strength of some strong baseball play, Kaetorade has jumped up into the Top 25. Dips56 has moved back up into the last spot on the 25.
Rankings #26-100: New Players and Players Moving Up
New Players to the Leaderboard - #89 – windchimesrrude – New to Grinders Leaderboard
Only one new player in the Top 100 this week. Congrats to windchimesrrude (sweet name btws), for joining the ranks of the elite!
Movers in the Top-100 - #73 – WhiskeyTavon4 – Moves Up 27 Spots From #100
- #66 – leonem – Moves Up 7 Spots From #73
- #79 – just2buff – Moves Up 5 Spots From #84
- #91 – monds6 – Moves Up 5 Spots From #96
- #75 – ERIII – Moves Up 4 Spots From #79
- #94 – Chrismo33 – Moves Up 4 Spots From #98
- #47 – emac – Moves Up 3 Spots From #50
- #59 – dailyleaguer – Moves Up 3 Spots From #62
- #50 – frogman – Moves Up 2 Spots From #52
- #69 – MrTobiasFunke – Moves Up 2 Spots From #71
- #39 – btjordan23 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #40
- #44 – neogamer – Moves Up 1 Spots From #45
- #45 – kirklandguy – Moves Up 1 Spots From #46
- #46 – adona72001 – Moves Up 1 Spots From #47
- #48 – alsmizzle – Moves Up 1 Spots From #49
- #67 – rotokevin – Moves Up 1 Spots From #68
- #74 – Rotomania – Moves Up 1 Spots From #75
WhiskeyTavon4 and leonem both used strong performances on StarStreet to jump up the leaderboard. (Leonem won 75k and was surrounded by Playboy Bunnies the whole night. I can’t stress this fact any more!) Neogamer continues to move up despite all of his pitchers being cursed (I can’t really back this up as fact). Alsmizzle is back from vacation and prepared to whip us all again.
Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Points | TPOY Cashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | naapstermaan | 10698.65 | 30 |
| 2 | alsmizzle | 6080.5 | 30 |
| 3 | PrimeTime420 | 5518.12 | 30 |
| 4 | stlcardinals84 | 5368.55 | 30 |
| 5 | woopdeedoo | 4889.93 | 27 |
| 6 | reztes757 | 4478.79 | 30 |
| 7 | headChopper | 4303.93 | 27 |
| 8 | boggslite | 4054.73 | 30 |
| 9 | Cal | 3866.31 | 30 |
| 10 | bripc23 | 3732.14 | 27 |
| 11 | monds6 | 3636.45 | 30 |
| 12 | Rotomania | 3282.31 | 30 |
| 13 | MrTuttle05 | 3198.29 | 20 |
| 14 | dinkpiece | 3182.71 | 13 |
| 15 | Notorious | 2956.76 | 7 |
| 16 | bluemonster12 | 2930.2 | 24 |
| 17 | TheTakeOVER | 2886.68 | 23 |
| 18 | youngkaiser740 | 2772.62 | 11 |
| 19 | pepsi7 | 2626.53 | 1 |
| 20 | leonem | 2436.51 | 3 |
| 21 | dips56 | 2333.49 | 27 |
| 22 | louiescards | 2275.46 | 17 |
| 23 | kypark01 | 2262.05 | 28 |
| 24 | dukedog71 | 2222.28 | 30 |
| 25 | Vegasken | 2132.79 | 13 |
Check out the full RotoGrinders TPOY Leaderboard here
Naapstermann extends his lead in the TPOY with a 6th place finish in the PFBC and a 8th place finish in the Sweet Spot. Leonem is making strides up the TPOY with only 3 qualifying finishes so far. Headchopper still has 3 more available cashes for the standings as well. RotoGrinders most exciting twitter feed Youngkaiser740 is making strong moves. How can you not love this guy? Follow him here to keep up with his hilarity. His live tweeting of the PFBC weekend was classic.
MLB 2013 Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ehafner | 79352.47 |
| 2 | BirdWings | 72388.52 |
| 3 | MrTuttle05 | 40521.3 |
| 4 | Notorious | 36285.35 |
| 5 | bripc23 | 36090.53 |
| 6 | PrimeTime420 | 30243.59 |
| 7 | metsfan828 | 28307.85 |
| 8 | stlcardinals84 | 24205.09 |
| 9 | maxdalury | 23124.48 |
| 10 | woopdeedoo | 22746.3 |
| 11 | dinkpiece | 22381.17 |
| 12 | dean78904 | 21151.06 |
| 13 | dips56 | 20653.49 |
| 14 | Hester8157 | 20414.29 |
| 15 | dukedog71 | 19553.43 |
| 16 | naapstermaan | 19153.32 |
| 17 | alsmizzle | 15805.7 |
| 18 | TheTakeOVER | 15263.88 |
| 19 | ERIII | 15059.77 |
| 20 | reztes757 | 14314.56 |
| 21 | tfbelongia | 14091.27 |
| 22 | UFBigSlick | 13719.37 |
| 23 | tshirt | 13298.85 |
| 24 | headChopper | 13132.09 |
| 25 | Kaiseroll13 | 12799.73 |
Check out the full RotoGrinders MLB Rankings Leaderboard here
This is a two horse race. BirdWings is making up some ground, and it will be interesting to see if either player’s volume changes now that football season is upon us.
August 2013 Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BirdWings | 17247.3 |
| 2 | bripc23 | 8641.31 |
| 3 | Notorious | 7912.59 |
| 4 | metsfan828 | 6926.04 |
| 5 | dinkpiece | 6805.03 |
| 6 | ehafner | 6359.49 |
| 7 | tfbelongia | 5945.11 |
| 8 | reztes757 | 5916.31 |
| 9 | naapstermaan | 5040.73 |
| 10 | stlcardinals84 | 4956.66 |
| 11 | dips56 | 4457.55 |
| 12 | ERIII | 4381.85 |
| 13 | emac | 4343.04 |
| 14 | woopdeedoo | 3855.38 |
| 15 | dean78904 | 3809.63 |
| 16 | Hester8157 | 3596.8 |
| 17 | tshirt | 3358.88 |
| 18 | JayJigga | 3353.21 |
| 19 | TheTakeOVER | 3269.8 |
| 20 | jhood681 | 3241.16 |
| 21 | just2buff | 3065.73 |
| 22 | Ryan138 | 2932.48 |
| 23 | leonem | 2836.93 |
| 24 | youngkaiser740 | 2820.73 |
| 25 | LobStars | 2767.59 |
Check out the full RotoGrinders MLB Rankings Leaderboard here
Congrats to BirdWings on winning August (we can call it I think).
Aggregate Leaderboard
Shown below are all players who are currently ranked on every leaderboard we have. The following players are in the Top-100 of the Overall, MLB, August and TPOY Leaderboards are listed here, in order of average rank.
| Player | Overall | Monthly | Seasonal | TPOY | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ehafner | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10.25 |
| PrimeTime420 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| stlcardinals84 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 11.75 |
| naapstermaan | 24 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 12.5 |
| woopdeedoo | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 13.25 |
| bripc23 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 13.75 |
| TheTakeOVER | 12 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
| MrTuttle05 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| dips56 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 15 |
| dinkpiece | 9 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 16.25 |
| metsfan828 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 18 |
| Notorious | 7 | 12 | 4 | 53 | 19 |
| dukedog71 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 21.25 |
| headChopper | 17 | 56 | 26 | 7 | 26.5 |
| reztes757 | 90 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 29.75 |
| tshirt | 56 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 31.75 |
| Rotomania | 74 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 35.25 |
| emac | 47 | 16 | 30 | 56 | 37.25 |
| jlowery73 | 11 | 88 | 28 | 23 | 37.5 |
| Cal | 57 | 49 | 59 | 10 | 43.75 |
| monds6 | 91 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 45.25 |
| just2buff | 79 | 26 | 31 | 69 | 51.25 |
| db730 | 37 | 84 | 56 | 50 | 56.75 |
| a25smith | 32 | 65 | 42 | 98 | 59.25 |
| waffles2003 | 100 | 47 | 72 | 37 | 64 |
| therayray81 | 97 | 64 | 65 | 39 | 66.25 |
Congrats to these top overall players!
This weekend marks the beginning of College Football, and the beginning of the best time of year to be a Grinder! With the massive prize pools and tons of NFL action coming up this fall, all of the races will be tight. If Pepsi7 can leap into the top 25 of TPOY with one $250k score, how high will someone who wins $1 million jump? The TPOY is now completely wide open due to the DSFC and the FFFC. We should have an awesome sweat come December to see who takes down the most prestigious prize in daily fantasy sports!