Rise & Grind: August 11th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your Monday off with a look back at the weekend’s happenings and a peek at the upcoming day in the world of DFS.
- Site Update – Due to the site update over the weekend we were unable to obtain the weekend gpp links, this feature will return in the coming days. Riley has posted a thread in the forum with updates and information on pending fixes and updates to the site. It can be found here
- PGA Championship – Rory McIlroy won his second major of the year this weekend after overcoming a 3 shot deficit going into the final 9 holes on Sunday at Valhalla. An eagle at the 10th hole and bogeys from Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson and Rickie Fowler got Rory back into contention, and by the 17th hole he pulled away from the field with a 2 shot lead. Phil Mickelson shot a 66 on Sunday and finished 2nd in a major championship for the 9th time in his career.
- Sunday Dongs There were 26 dongs in Sundays MLB action. Devin Mesoraco of the Reds had the only double dong.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Devin Mesoraco | CIN | 447ft |
| Lucas Duda | NYM | 423ft |
| Ian Desmond | WAS | 420ft |
| Ben Paulsen | COL | 409ft |
| Corey Dickerson | COL | 402ft |
- MLB Championship Events
- Draftkings – $3.3 Million FBC – August 26th
- FanDuel – $3 Million DFBC – August 16th
- StarStreet – $200k PFBC – August 23rd
- DraftDay – $250k Big League Blast – September 2nd
- FantasyAces – Survivor Championship – August 25th
- Our new 4:30 pm Daily Fantasy Happy Hour sponsor FantasyAces is running a $22, 3 day survivor tournament tonight. It’s limited to 50 people with a max of 4 entries per person tonight. Top prize is $450. If you haven’t tried FantasyAces yet you can take advantage of our 100% deposit bonus up to $500 Here
Today’s Events
Tonight’s MLB – Here’s tonight’s MLB slate of 10 games starting at 7:05 and a few random game notes.
7:05pm – Yankees (61-55)@ Orioles (67-49) – Chris Capuano will try to turn the Yankees luck around against the Baltimore Orioles team that has beaten them 6 of 9 times times season. Capuano is 0-1 with an ERA of 2.84 since joining the Yankees in July and has yet to give up a home run. Caleb Joseph’s 5 game dong streak came to an end Sunday night against the Cardinals. Baltimore will start Bud Norris who is 9-7 with a 3.68 ERA.
7:05pm – Tigers (63-51) @ Pirates (62-54) – Justin Verlander has allowed 80 earned run this season skyrocketing his ERA to 4.57, but is 4-0 with a 1.97 ERA vs the Pirates. At PNC park this season Jeff Locke carries a 2.57 ERA this season.
7:10pm – Dodgers (66-52) @ Braves (59-57) – Kevin Correia will get the spot start today for the Dodgers in place of Dan Haren, lifetime Correia is 3-3 with an ERA of 4.24 vs the Braves. Justin Upton has faced Correia 44 times and is 16-44 with a dong. Julio Teheran takes the mound for the Braves this evening. He has been excellent at home in his last 11 starts at Turner field he is 4-0 and has struck out 51 batters. Hanley Ramirez was placed on the disabled list over the weekend with an oblique injury.
7:10pm – Cardinals (61-54) @ Marlins (57-59) Giancarlo Stanton hit his 29th dong yesterday and has hit 6 home runs in his last 9 games. Garrett Jones has had some success against Cardinals starting pitcher Shelby Miller he is 7-13 with 2 home runs lifetime against him. Tom Koehler 7-9 with a 3.80ERA takes the mound for the Marlins.
8:05pm – Rays (57-59) @ Rangers (45-71) – Drew Smyly and the Rays take on Colby Lewis and baseball’s worst team the Rangers this evening. Lewis has an ERA of 5.50 but a lot of the reason for it being so high was giving up 13 earned runs to the Angels last month. Since then he has gone 2-2 with a 2.30 ERA.
8:05pm – Brewers (66-52) @ Cubs (49-66) – Stalin Castro has a 9 game hitting streak going for the Cubs and he will have a good chance to keep it going tonight against Yovani Gallardo. Castro hold an average close to .400 lifetime vs Gallardo in 37 at bats. Jake Arrieta takes the mound for the Cubs, he is 6-3 with a 2.80 ERA this season.
8:10pm – Athletics (72-44) @ Royals (62-53) – Yordano Ventura will take on baseball’s best team for the first time. He is 9-8 this season with a 3.47 ERA. Sonny Gray takes the mound for the A’s, in his last start on August 6th he gave up 6 earned runs in 4 innings against the Rays.
8:10pm – Twins (51-64) @ Astros (49-68) – Tommy Milone will get his first start as a Minnesota Twin tonight since being traded by the A’s for Sam Fuld. Astro’s starter Brad Peacock has allowed 15 runs in his last 8 2/3 innings pitched and is 3-8 with a 5.44 ERA this season.
10:10pm – Rockies (45-71) @ Padres (53-62) – Seth Smith has crushed the Rockies in his last 10 games facing them, he has 9 rbi’s and an average of .464. Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez was placed on the Disabled list again on Sunday with a left knee issue.
10:10pm – Blue Jays (62-56) @ Mariners (61-55) – Felix Hernandez 12-3 with a 1.97 ERA will take on a Blue Jays
team that played 19 innings yesterday then flew to Seattle for today’s game. Drew Hutchison will likely have to pitch deep into the game for the Blue Jays after their bullpen was used extensively yesterday. Melky Cabrera reached base 8 times yesterday in the 6-5 19 inning win over the Tigers.
Today’s GPPs
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $50K Mon MLB Monster | $200 | $50,000 |
| $8K Mon MLB Pickle | $200 | $8,000 |
| $35K Mon MLB Strikeout | $25 | $35,000 |
| $18K Mon MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $18000 |
| $18K Mon MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $11K Mon MLB Line Drive | $10 | $11000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $60K Perfect Game | $200 | $60,000 |
| MLB $40K Silver Slugger | $530 | $40,000 |
| MLB $25K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $25,000 |
| MLB $15K Check Swing | $12 | $15,000 |
| MLB $15K Moon Shot | $2 | $15,000 |
| MLB $20k Super Booster | $55 | $20,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Guarantee | $11 | Salary Pro |
| MLB 3 day 1k Survivor | $22 | Classic |
| MLB 50/50 Guarantee | $11 | Classic |
| MLB 50/50 Guarantee | $22 | Classic |
| MLB Salary Pro 50/50 | $55 | Salary Pro |
| MLB $109 Winner Take all | $109 | Classic |
DraftDay
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $2k Field of Dreams | $109 | $2,000 |
| MLB $1.5k Knucleball | $15 | $1,500 |
| MLB $750 Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $750 |
| MLB Big League Blast Qualifier | $116 | $1060 |
| MLB $200 R.A Pickey (Pickem) | $5.50 | $200 |
| MLB $1k $109 Double Play | $109 | $1000 |
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) | Pitcher Breakdown | Psporer digs deep into the advanced pitching stats to find you the arms with the best matchups tonight. |
| #4) | Hitter Breakdown | Varcass shows you all the splits and points out the bats in the best situations for tonight’s slate. |
| #5) | STL: GPP Recap | STLCardinals84 continues his experiment with three different GPP styles to compare how effective each strategy is in the FanDuel Line Drive. |
| #6) | MLB First Look | Notorious gives you an early peek at tomorrows games, matchups, and players to target. |
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from BritDevine and Pepsi7. | |||||
| 4:30 PM | Daily Fantasy Happy Hour | FantasyAces | 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 | CSUram and HeadChopper 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!