Rise & Grind: August 20th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your Wednesday 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
Tuesday brought some huge GPP action for the 15 game MLB slate, DraftKings ran two FBC Qualifiers and awarded the final seats to the Atlantis Fantasy Baseball Championship. The 1k buyin FBC Qualifier #49 had 67 entrants and was taken down by a top score of 156.2 by gcnmoo. GrindersU instructor Jon Bales finished in second with a score of 153.1.
In the $200 FBC Qualifier #50 Plord64 took the top spot with a Marlins stack scoring 169.1 points.
In the DraftKings $50k Perfect Game grinders member jah4371 picked up the 10k first place prize with a score of 174.2.
FanDuel also ran some giant tournaments yesterday. The biggest was the $25 125k Super Strikeout. This tournament had 5551 entries and paid out $15,000 to first place.
Well Known grinders member lilprog put up a score of 75.5 points and it was good enough to chop first place with user espolikewhoa, they each won $12,500 for their efforts.
The rest of yesterdays tournament links can be found here
- Tuesday Dongs There were 22 dongs in Tuesdays MLB action and 0 double dongs.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Carter | HOU | 436ft |
| Marcell Ozuna | MIA | 434ft |
| Nolan Arenado | COL | 430ft |
| Jose Abreu | CWS | 424ft |
| Evan Gattis | ATL | 423ft |
- 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
Today’s Events
Tonight’s MLB – Here’s look at todays MLB games and Vegas odds from the RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page. Most sites are running early and late games today.
| TIME | TEAM | PITCHER | Run Line | Moneyline | Over/Under | Projected Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:40 PM | Texas | Martinez – R | 1.5 | 154 | 8 | 3.50 |
| 12:40 PM | Miami | Eovaldi – R | -1.5 | -164 | 8 | 4.50 |
| 1:05 PM | Seattle | Paxton – L | 1.5 | 114 | 7 | 3.34 |
| 1:05 PM | Philadelphia | Hamels – L | -1.5 | -124 | 7 | 3.66 |
| 2:10 PM | Toronto | Dickey – R | 1.5 | 124 | 8 | 3.73 |
| 2:10 PM | Milwaukee | Nelson – R | -1.5 | -134 | 8 | 4.27 |
| 3:35 PM | NY Mets | Wheeler – R | 1.5 | 176 | 7 | 2.94 |
| 3:35 PM | Oakland | Samardzija – R | -1.5 | -186 | 7 | 4.06 |
| 7:05 PM | Atlanta | Wood – L | 1.5 | 110 | 7 | 3.37 |
| 7:05 PM | Pittsburgh | Cole – R | -1.5 | -120 | 7 | 3.63 |
| 7:05 PM | Arizona | Cahill – R | 1.5 | 180 | 7 | 2.90 |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Roark – R | -1.5 | -200 | 7 | 4.10 |
| 7:05 PM | Houston | Feldman – R | 1.5 | 170 | 8 | 3.40 |
| 7:05 PM | NY Yankees | Pineda – R | -1.5 | -180 | 8 | 4.60 |
| 7:10 PM | Detroit | Porcello – R | 1.5 | 117 | 7.5 | 3.55 |
| 7:10 PM | Tampa Bay | Odorizzi – R | -1.5 | -127 | 7.5 | 3.95 |
| 7:10 PM | LA Angels | Richards – R | -1.5 | -133 | 8.5 | 4.53 |
| 7:10 PM | Boston | Buchholz – R | 1.5 | 123 | 8.5 | 3.97 |
| 7:15 PM | Cincinnati | Cueto – R | 1.5 | 100 | 7 | 3.45 |
| 7:15 PM | St. Louis | Lynn – R | -1.5 | -110 | 7 | 3.55 |
| 8:05 PM | San Francisco | Peavy – R | -1.5 | -122 | 8 | 4.17 |
| 8:05 PM | Chicago Cubs | Jackson – R | 1.5 | 112 | 8 | 3.83 |
| 8:10 PM | Cleveland | House – L | -1.5 | -118 | 8.5 | 4.39 |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | Nolasco – R | 1.5 | 108 | 8.5 | 4.11 |
| 8:10 PM | Baltimore | Chen – L | -1.5 | -140 | 8.5 | 4.59 |
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox | Noesi – R | 1.5 | 130 | 8.5 | 3.91 |
| 8:40 PM | Kansas City | Duffy – L | -1.5 | -120 | 9.5 | 4.93 |
| 8:40 PM | Colorado | De La Rosa – L | 1.5 | 110 | 9.5 | 4.57 |
| 10:10 PM | San Diego | Stults – L | 1.5 | 137 | 7.5 | 3.40 |
| 10:10 PM | LA Dodgers | Hernandez – R | -1.5 | -147 | 7.5 | 4.10 |
Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $20K Wed Squeeze (ALL DAY) | $2 | $20,000 |
| $15K Wed Monster (EARLY) | $200 | $15,000 |
| $50K Wed MLB Monster | $200 | $55,000 |
| $20K Wed MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $20000 |
| $35K Wed MLB Strikeout | $25 | $35,000 |
| $12K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $12,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB 60k Gold GLove | $1060 | $60,000 |
| MLB 15k Perfect Game (Early) | $200 | $15,000 |
| MLB $30K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $30,000 |
| MLB $5K Check Swing (Early) | $12 | $5,000 |
| MLB $12K Moon Shot | $2 | $12,000 |
| MLB WPT Borgata Satellite | $55 | $8,500 |
FantasyAces
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| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Booster 5x | $11 | Salary Pro |
| MLB 10k Survivor Qualifier | $12 | Classic |
| MLB Top 5 Guarantee | $11 | Salary Pro |
| 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 $1k Knucleball | $15 | $1,000 |
| MLB $600k Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $600 |
| MLB Big League Blast Qualifier | $116 | $1060 |
| MLB $200 R.A Pickey (Pickem) | $5.50 | $200 |
| MLB $500 Knuckleball (Early) | $15 | $500 |
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 | Pepsi 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 BritDevine 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 Dean and BoggsLite 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!