Rise & Grind: August 19th, 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
- DandyDon took down last nights FBC Qualifier #47 on Draftkings scoring 125.04 points. Thanks to dongs from low owned players Andrelton Simmons, and Jason Heyward he will be heading to Atlantis for the FBC Championship next week. He narrowly edged out Naapstermaan who finished in a close second at 124.15 points.
Grinders member Ebk03001 won the 10k first place prize in the 40k Silver Slugger with one of the lower scores we have seen take down a tournament this season 118.5 points.
- On FanDuel YodaEatsFootballs finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 50k Monday Monster with a score of 49. LovesBases dominated multiple games on FanDuel including the 18k Monday Slugger and the 8k Monday Pickle. And in the 35k Monday Strikeout grinders member BigLucky scored 51.08 points, which was plenty to take the 5k 1st place prize by stacking against Chris Sale.
- Monday Dongs There were 21 dongs in Mondays MLB action including a pair of double dongs from Erik Kratz and Starling Marte.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Javier Baez | CHC | 434ft |
| Starling Marte | PIT | 425ft |
| Erik Kratz | KAN | 420ft |
| Wilson Ramos | WAS | 418ft |
| Lucas Duda | NYM | 414ft |
- MLB Championship Events
- Draftkings – $3.3 Million FBC – August 26th
- 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. Check out he forum thread with all the details 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 snapshot of tonight’s MLB slate of 15 games and Vegas odds from othe RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page.
| MLB Vegas Lines | MLB Player Props |
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Tuesday, August 19th
| TIME | TEAM | PITCHER | Run Line | Moneyline | Over/Under | Projected Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:05 PM | Atlanta | Harang – R | 1.5 | 140 | 7 | 3.15 |
| 7:05 PM | Pittsburgh | Liriano – L | -1.5 | -150 | 7 | 3.85 |
| 7:05 PM | Arizona | Anderson – R | 1.5 | 205 | 7 | 2.77 |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Strasburg – R | -1.5 | -235 | 7 | 4.23 |
| 7:05 PM | Seattle | Iwakuma – R | -1.5 | -150 | 7 | 3.85 |
| 7:05 PM | Philadelphia | Burnett – R | 1.5 | 140 | 7 | 3.15 |
| 7:05 PM | Houston | Oberholtzer – L | 1.5 | 148 | 8.5 | 3.77 |
| 7:05 PM | NY Yankees | Capuano – L | -1.5 | -158 | 8.5 | 4.73 |
| 7:10 PM | Texas | Mikolas – R | 1.5 | 142 | 8 | 3.59 |
| 7:10 PM | Miami | Cosart – R | -1.5 | -152 | 8 | 4.41 |
| 7:10 PM | LA Angels | Weaver – R | -1.5 | -140 | 9 | 4.86 |
| 7:10 PM | Boston | Webster – R | 1.5 | 130 | 9 | 4.14 |
| 7:10 PM | Detroit | Scherzer – R | -1.5 | -116 | 7 | 3.60 |
| 7:10 PM | Tampa Bay | Archer – R | 1.5 | 106 | 7 | 3.40 |
| 8:05 PM | San Francisco | Vogelsong – R | 1.5 | 102 | 8.5 | 4.17 |
| 8:05 PM | Chicago Cubs | Wada – L | -1.5 | -112 | 8.5 | 4.33 |
| 8:10 PM | Toronto | Happ – L | 1.5 | 148 | 8.5 | 3.77 |
| 8:10 PM | Milwaukee | Fiers – R | -1.5 | -158 | 8.5 | 4.73 |
| 8:10 PM | Cleveland | Bauer – R | -1.5 | -114 | 8 | 4.09 |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | Gibson – R | 1.5 | 104 | 8 | 3.91 |
| 8:10 PM | Baltimore | Tillman – R | -1.5 | -110 | 8 | 4.05 |
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox | Quintana – L | 1.5 | 100 | 8 | 3.95 |
| 8:10 PM | Cincinnati | Simon – R | 1.50 | 163 | 7.5 | 3.22 |
| 8:15 PM | St. Louis | Lackey – R | -1.5 | -173 | 7.5 | 4.28 |
| 8:40 PM | Kansas City | Shields – R | 1.5 | -165 | 9.5 | 5.40 |
| 8:40 PM | Colorado | Matzek – L | -1.5 | 155 | 9.5 | 4.10 |
| 10:05 PM | NY Mets | Gee – R | 1.5 | 180 | 7 | 3.98 |
| 10:05 PM | Oakland | Kazmir – L | -1.5 | -200 | 7 | 3.02 |
| 10:10 PM | San Diego | Kennedy – R | 1.5 | 115 | 7 | 3.29 |
| 10:10 PM | LA Dodgers | Correia – R | -1.5 | -125 | 7 | 3.71 |
Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel Tonight is the $25 $125k Super Strike Out
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $50K Tue MLB Monster | $200 | $50,000 |
| $125K Tue Super Strikeout | $25 | $125,000 |
| $9K Tue MLB Pickle | $535 | $9,000 |
| $20K Tue MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $20,000 |
| $18K Tue MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $10K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $10,000 |
DraftKings There final two Atlantis FBC seats up for grabs tonight in Qualifier #49 and Qualifier #50
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $50K Perfect Game | $200 | $50,000 |
| MLB FBC Qualifier #49 | $1000 | $60,000 |
| MLB FBC Qualifier #50 | $200 | $60,000 |
| MLB $35K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $35,000 |
| MLB $15K Check Swing | $12 | $15,000 |
| MLB $15K Moon Shot | $2 | $15,000 |
| MLB $20k Gold Glove | $1060 | $20,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Guarantee | $11 | Classic |
| MLB 10k Survivor Qualifier | $11 | Classic |
| MLB NFL Week 1 Qualifier | $22 | 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 Super Qualifier | $44 | $5300 |
| 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 Pepsi7 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 DraftCheat serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | Al smizzle and CSUram 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!