Rise & Grind: August 12th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your Tuesday off with a look back at the weekend’s happenings and a peek at the upcoming day in the world of DFS.
In Case You Missed It
- Yesterdays Winners
- McJester took down last nights $50k Monster on FanDuel scoring an even 60 points. 1.4% owned Cole Figureroa’s 8.5 fdp performance helped him beat 2nd place finished Jeremyshow by 0.25 points.
- Grinders member Roknows79 put up one of the higher FanDuel scores of the evening. In the $18k Squeeze he scored 72.25 points with a lineup that had 6 dongs and 2 double dongs from Giancarlo Stanton and Travis Snider.
- On DraftKings UnderJones pretty much took down everything last night with a low owned Pirates stack. He won the $40k Silver Slugger with a score of 166.85, the $60kPerfect Game with a score of 214.1, the $25k Payoff Pitch, the $15k Check Swing, the $18k Moon Shot and he had 7 winning entries in the $20k Super Booster.
Fanduel iPhone App – Yesterday FanDuel released its new iPhone mobile app along with a RotoGrinders exclusive contest to go along with it. The full story and Dan’s interview with FanDuel regarding the app can be found here.
- Monday Dongs There were 20 dongs in Mondays MLB action. Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins and Travis Snider of the Pirates both had double dongs.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | 470ft |
| Nelson Cruz | BAL | 442ft |
| Travis Snider | PIT | 433ft |
| Darian Ruf | PHI | 428ft |
| Anthony Recker | NYM | 423ft |
- 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
Today’s Events
Tonight’s MLB – Here’s a snapshot of tonight’s MLB slate of 15 games and Vegas odds from othe RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page.
Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $50K Tue MLB Monster | $200 | $50,000 |
| $100K Tue DFBC Warm Up | $25 | $100,000 |
| $9K Tue MLB Pickle | $535 | $9,000 |
| $15K Tue MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $15000 |
| $18K Tue MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $10K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $10,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $400K FBC Mega Qualifier | $200 | $400,000 |
| MLB FBC Qualifier #41 | $27 | $75,000 |
| MLB $25K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $25,000 |
| MLB $15K Check Swing | $12 | $15,000 |
| MLB $18K Moon Shot | $2 | $18,000 |
| MLB $18k Gold Glove | $1060 | $18,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Booster 5x | $11 | Salary Pro |
| MLB 10k Survivor Qualifier | $12 | 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 $2.5k Field of Dreams | $109 | $2,500 |
| MLB $1.5k Knucleball | $15 | $1,500 |
| MLB $1k Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $1000 |
| MLB Big League Blast Qualifier | $116 | $1060 |
| MLB $250 R.A Pickey (Pickem) | $5.50 | $250 |
| 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 | Dean 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) | Head-to-Head vs. GPP | Pepsi7 separates the high floor players from the high ceiling guys to help you construct your rosters for every game type. |
| #6) | MLB First Look | Notorious gives you an early peek at tomorrows games, matchups, and players to target. |
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from BritDevine and BoggsLite. | |||||
| 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 Pepsi7 serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | STLcards and DraftCheat 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!