Rise & Grind: April 15th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders cup o’morning joe. Start your day off on the right foot with yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the 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
- Huge DFBC Gamble Doesn’t Pay Off – The $109 qualifier ran last night and was taken down by Grinder 3putts with two mini stacks of the Braves and the Mets. Whoever thought that the Mets would give someone a shot at a million bucks!? The big story going into the night was a user by the name of kingofqueens, who had bought about 25% of the entries (this was last I checked, it could have been more). The investment didn’t pay off though, as he only had one entry in the top 20, and only 2 entries cashed.
- Home Run Derby in the MLB – It looked like batting practice in Philadelphia and Cincinnati last night. Between the two games there were 17 home runs, and the Pit/Cincy game didn’t even make it past the 7th inning! Two of the biggest stars were Atlanta’s catcher Evan Gattis, who hit two dongs, and second baseman Dan Uggla, who hit a monster Grand Slam in the 9th inning to give the Braves back their lead.
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action – We have a full 15 game schedule in MLB tonight, all of which begin on or after 7pm. These are the schedules we all love, because with so many options, the skill aspect of DFS truly shows. Unfortunately baseball is the only sport you’ll find any real action on tonight. There are only 2 games in the NBA and 3 games in the NHL this evening, so baseball looks like the way to go.
- Today’s GPP’s – There are some pretty big tournaments around baseball tonight. On FanDuel there is a $125k version of their Monster tournament, with a $200 buy in and $20k to first place. They are also running the $25 level Strikout, which posts a $60k prize pool. DraftKings announced today it is running a “Crossover-esque” version of it’s Payoff Pitch tournament tonight. $27 entry fee and the top 50 places win $1,000. All aboard! They are also running the second Fantasy Baseball Championship qualifier tonight at a $200 buy in with the winner taking home a trip to Atlantis for their epic finals event.
On the Grinders Schedule
Articles
- #1) MLB Daily Plays – Get all your daily picks from one of the brightest minds in DFS, the recently PFBC qualified, headchopper.
- #2) MLB Grind Down – Notorious continues his one stop shop analysis of everything you need for the MLB games on the slate this evening.
GrindersLive
- 3:30: The Afternoon Grind – We’ve got three hours of shows coming at you today, and BoggsLite and DraftCheat start off your afternoon the right way with full MLB analysis of tonights games.
- 4:30: The Daily Fantasy Happy Hour sponsored by DraftStreet – CrazyGabey and Dean78904 take a break from their rock ‘n roll tour of the U.S. to bring you all the MLB analysis you can handle leading up to tonight’s full fifteen game schedule.
- 5:30: Grinders Live sponsored by DraftKings – Al_Smizzle and csuram88 wrap up our huge day of coverage with our flagship show, as they give you another run at the action on the diamond tonight.
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!