Rise & Grind: August 15th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your Friday 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
The 2014 FanDuel High Roller Championship is in the books. If you missed the RotoGrinders live coverage with pictures, interviews, and analysis of this incredible live event FanDuel put together be sure to check it out here.
- FanDuel also hosted the single entry event championships last night. The largest of these tournaments was the $100K Thu MLB Single Entry Championship $200 entry. User yearlydynasty took down the 15k first place prize with a solid score of 62.5 points. RotoGrinders own DB730 had another strong tournament performance finishing in third place with a score of 58.5.
- In the $75K Thu MLB Single Entry Championship $50 entry scoring only .25 points separated first and second place. User Kmidget edged out second place finisher dell721 and took home the $10k first place prize.
- $50K Thu MLB Single Entry Championship $25 entry
- Grinders member hackstack99 beat out the 2491 player field in the $25K Thu MLB Single Entry Championship $10 entry event with a score of 65.25.
The action continues tonight on FanDuel with the $1 Million King Of The Diamond
- Wednesday Dongs We only had 14 dongs in Thursdays MLB action. Here’s at look at the 5 longest.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Ludwick | CIN | 445ft |
| Charlie Culberson | COL | 428ft |
| Matt Dominguez | HOU | 427ft |
| Bryce Harper | WSH | 417ft |
| Jhonny Peralta | STL | 408ft |
- 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
FantasyAces has posted their week 1 CFB games. They are offering a 1k freeroll and a $2400 guaranteed GPP. Full details here
Today’s Events
Tonight’s MLB – Here’s a snapshot of today’s MLB slate of games and Vegas odds from the RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page.
| TIME | TEAM | PITCHER | Run Line | Moneyline | Over/Under | Projected Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:05 PM | Pittsburgh | Morton – R | 1.5 | 139 | 7 | 3.16 |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Roark – R | -1.5 | -149 | 7 | 3.84 |
| 7:08 PM | Seattle | Paxton – L | 1.5 | 116 | 8 | 3.80 |
| 7:08 PM | Detroit | Porcello – R | -1.5 | -126 | 8 | 4.20 |
| 7:05 PM | Baltimore | Chen – L | 1.5 | 158 | 7 | 3.04 |
| 7:05 PM | Cleveland | Kluber – R | -1.5 | -168 | 7 | 3.96 |
| 7:10 PM | Chicago Cubs | Wood – L | 1.5 | 146 | 7.5 | 3.34 |
| 7:10 PM | NY Mets | Wheeler – R | -1.5 | -156 | 7.5 | 4.16 |
| 7:10 PM | Houston | Keuchel – L | 1.5 | 139 | 8.5 | 3.83 |
| 7:10 PM | Boston | Buchholz – R | -1.5 | -149 | 8.5 | 4.67 |
| 7:10 PM | Arizona | Cahill – R | 1.5 | 126 | 7.5 | 3.48 |
| 7:10 PM | Miami | Hand – L | -1.5 | -136 | 7.5 | 4.02 |
| 7:10 PM | NY Yankees | McCarthy – R | 1.5 | 125 | 7 | 3.25 |
| 7:10 PM | Tampa Bay | Cobb – R | -1.5 | -135 | 7 | 3.75 |
| 7:35 PM | Oakland | Hammel – R | 1.5 | 101 | 7 | 3.45 |
| 7:35 PM | Atlanta | Wood – L | -1.5 | -111 | 7 | 3.55 |
| 8:05 PM | LA Angels | Richards – R | -1.5 | -200 | 9 | 5.27 |
| 8:05 PM | Texas | Martinez – R | 1.5 | 180 | 9 | 3.73 |
| 8:10 PM | Kansas City | Duffy – L | -1.5 | -141 | 8 | 4.33 |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | Nolasco – R | 1.5 | 131 | 8 | 3.67 |
| 8:10 PM | Toronto | Stroman – R | -1.5 | -141 | 8.5 | 4.60 |
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox | Noesi – R | 1.5 | 131 | 8.5 | 3.90 |
| 8:15 PM | San Diego | Ross – R | 1.5 | 130 | 7 | 3.22 |
| 8:15 PM | St. Louis | Lynn – R | -1.5 | -140 | 7 | 3.78 |
| 8:40 PM | Cincinnati | Cueto – R | -1.5 | -145 | 9 | 4.90 |
| 8:40 PM | Colorado | Morales – L | 1.5 | 135 | 9 | 4.10 |
| 10:10 PM | Milwaukee | Nelson – R | 1.5 | 158 | 7 | 3.04 |
| 10:10 PM | LA Dodgers | Greinke – R | -1.5 | -168 | 7 | 3.96 |
| 10:15 PM | Philadelphia | Hamels – L | 1.5 | 131 | 6 | 2.75 |
| 10:15 PM | San Francisco | Bumgarner – L | -1.5 | -141 | 6 | 3.25 |
Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $1M Fri King of the Diamond | $200 | $1,000,000 |
| $30K Fri MLB Strikeout | $25 | $30,000 |
| $3.5K Fri MLB Rally | $5 | $3,500 |
| $15K Fri MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $15,000 |
| $18K Fri MLB Squeeze | $2 | $15,000 |
| $12K Fri MLB Line Drive | $10 | $12,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB FBC Qualifier #43 | $1000 | $67,000 |
| MLB 100k Perfect Game | $200 | $100,000 |
| MLB $35K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $35,000 |
| MLB $15K Check Swing | $12 | $15,000 |
| MLB $15K Moon Shot | $2 | $15,000 |
| MLB $25k Gold Glove | $530 | $25,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $800 Frozen Rope | $22 | Classic |
| MLB 10k Survivor Qualifier | $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 $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 | StlCardinals84 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. |
| #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 Stevie and BeerMakersFan. | |||||
| 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 BritDevine and BeerMakersFan serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | Dean and Boggslite 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!