Rise & Grind: August 18th, 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.
In Case You Missed It
- DFBC – If you missed the RotoGrinders coverage of the FanDuel 2014 Fantasy Baseball Championship live from Vegas you can still check out all of the interviews, photos, and the live blog of all the weekends events here.
The FanDuel events kicked off on Thursday with the $250k high Roller Championship. 25 entrants competed for the 100k first place prize in Thursday’s 6 game slate of evening games. In the end it was rayofhope topping the leader board with a score 56.75. Grinders Live host headchopper took home 60k for finishing in 2nd place.
Friday night was the $1 Million King of the Diamond online event. 5,027 entries were submitted in hope of winning the $250,000 first place prize. A few notable grinder members towards the top of the leaderboard were naapstermaan in 15th place, emac in 18th place, defending champion pepsi7 in 21st place and, Cameron in 28th place.
Friday was also the final round of the 100k and 200k survivor events. Bcalicore absolutely dominated both of these events taking 4 of the top 5 spots in each.
The $3 Million DFBC main event was Saturday evening, after a water main break at Coors field postponed the Rockies vs Reds game grinders member StuntFlying (CheeseIsGood on FD) became FanDuels latest 1 million dollar winner.
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- MLB Championship Events
- We are only 1 week away from the next multi-million dollar championship. The Draftkings -$3.3 Million FBC is on August 26th. Many RotoGrinders members have qualified for the live final in Atlantis next week including team RotoGrinders own Cal.
- 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 has announced their NFL Championship event. We will have full details in the next few days, but if you would like a sneak peak check out their Live NFL Championship page here. 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 a look at todays MLB games and odds from the RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page..
NOTE – Bartolo Colon has been scratched from tonights start. He will be replaced by Carlos Torres
| TIME | TEAM | PITCHER | Run Line | Moneyline | Over/Under | Projected Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:10 PM | Chicago Cubs | Hendricks – R | 1.5 | 114 | 7 | 3.34 |
| 12:10 PM | NY Mets | Colon – R | -1.5 | -124 | 7 | 3.66 |
| 7:05 PM | Atlanta | Santana – R | 1.5 | 104 | 7 | 3.42 |
| 7:05 PM | Pittsburgh | Worley – R | -1.5 | -114 | 7 | 3.58 |
| 7:05 PM | Arizona | Nuno – L | 1.5 | 180 | 7 | 2.90 |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Zimmermann – R | -1.5 | -200 | 7 | 4.10 |
| 7:05 PM | Seattle | Elias – L | -1.5 | -139 | 8.5 | 4.59 |
| 7:05 PM | Philadelphia | Williams – R | 1.5 | 129 | 8.5 | 3.91 |
| 7:10 PM | LA Angels | Wilson – L | -1.5 | -120 | 9 | 4.67 |
| 7:10 PM | Boston | Workman – R | 1.5 | 110 | 9 | 4.33 |
| 8:10 PM | Kansas City | Vargas – L | -1.5 | -146 | 8.5 | 4.64 |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | May – R | 1.5 | 136 | 8.5 | 3.86 |
| 8:10 PM | Baltimore | Norris – R | 1.5 | 160 | 7 | 3.03 |
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox | Sale – L | -1.5 | -170 | 7 | 3.97 |
| 8:15 PM | Cincinnati | Leake – R | 1.5 | 131 | 7.5 | 3.44 |
| 8:15 PM | St. Louis | Masterson – R | -1.5 | -141 | 7.5 | 4.06 |
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 |
| $12K Mon MLB Line Drive | $10 | $11000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $40K Perfect Game | $200 | $40,000 |
| MLB $40K Silver Slugger | $530 | $40,000 |
| MLB $30K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $30,000 |
| MLB $15K Check Swing | $12 | $15,000 |
| MLB $15K Moon Shot | $2 | $15,000 |
| MLB $27 FBc Super Satellite | $27 | $10,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB 10k Qualifier | $11 | Salary Pro |
| MLB Week 1 NFL Qualifier | $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 $1.5k Field of Dreams | $109 | $1,500 |
| MLB $1.25k Knucleball | $15 | $1,250 |
| MLB $750 Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $750 |
| 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 | 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 | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 BoggsLite serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | CSUram and Al smizzle 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!