Rise & Grind: August 26th, 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
- DraftKings Champonship – Tonight is the night DraftKings makes another DFS millionaire live in Atlantis. Team RotoGrinders is on scene and has full coverage of all the activities and updates for today’s event. Head over to the live blog here throughout the day for the latest pictures, interviews, and updates.
DK has also added a pretty sweet freeroll for anyone not in the championship event. The winner will receive up to 10k in prize money. For full details check out the forum thread here.
- Last Nights Winners – RayOfHope crushed another large tournament last night in the DraftKings special $27 100k Warm Up. He used a 5 man Brewers stack along with a pitching combo of Francicso Liriano and 2% owned A.J. Burnett. Burnett threw 7 innings and had 12k’s allowing only 1 earned run on 3 hits scoring 38.75 DK points.
- Jpf2812 took down last nights 70k Monster on Fanduel scoring 63 points narrowly beating 2nd place finisher Ganondorf.
Thanks to dongs from low owned players Nick Markakis, and Stephan Drew FanDuel user Buoya20 took down the 40k Strikeout.
- Monday Dongs There were 23 dongs in Mondays MLB action and no double dongs.
TOP 5 DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | 428ft |
| Chris Davis | BAL | 426ft |
| Andrew McCutchen | PIT | 421ft |
| Andrew Susac | SFG | 420ft |
| Pedro Alvarez | NYM | 416ft |
Remaining MLB Championship Events
- Draftkings – $3.3 Million FBC – TODAY!!
- DraftDay – $250k Big League Blast – September 2nd – still seats and qualifiers open!
– College football season is here and a25smith has his CFB Traffic Light Plays for week one posted. RotoGrinders has added an incredible selection of CFB incentives and free research tools.
The full breakdown of the new content and show schedules can be found here
Today’s Events
Tonight’s MLB – Here’s a snapshot of tonight’s MLB slate of games and Vegas odds from the RotoGrinders Vegas Odds and Lines Page.
| MLB Vegas Lines | MLB Player Props |
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Tuesday, August 26th
| TIME | TEAM | PITCHER | Run Line | Moneyline | Over/Under | Projected Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:05 PM | St. Louis | Lynn – R | 1.5 | 124 | 7.5 | 3.49 |
| 7:05 PM | Pittsburgh | Cole – R | -1.5 | -134 | 7.5 | 4.01 |
| 7:05 PM | Washington | Gonzalez – L | -1.5 | -112 | 7 | 3.56 |
| 7:05 PM | Philadelphia | Hamels – L | 1.5 | 102 | 7 | 3.44 |
| 7:07 PM | Boston | De La Rosa – R | 1.5 | 125 | 8.5 | 3.95 |
| 7:07 PM | Toronto | Dickey – R | -1.5 | -135 | 8.5 | 4.55 |
| 7:08 PM | NY Yankees | McCarthy – R | 1.5 | 107 | 8 | 3.88 |
| 7:08 PM | Detroit | Porcello – R | -1.5 | -117 | 8 | 4.12 |
| 7:05 PM | Tampa Bay | Cobb – R | 1.5 | -102 | 7.5 | 3.70 |
| 7:05 PM | Baltimore | Chen – L | -1.5 | -108 | 7.5 | 3.80 |
| 7:10 PM | Atlanta | Wood – L | -1.5 | -134 | 7 | 3.74 |
| 7:10 PM | NY Mets | Gee – R | 1.5 | 124 | 7 | 3.26 |
| 7:10 PM | Chicago Cubs | Wood – L | 1.5 | 185 | 7 | 2.87 |
| 7:10 PM | Cincinnati | Cueto – R | -1.5 | -210 | 7 | 4.13 |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | Nolasco – R | 1.5 | 168 | 8.5 | 3.63 |
| 8:10 PM | Kansas City | Duffy – L | -1.5 | -178 | 8.5 | 4.87 |
| 8:10 PM | Oakland | Hammel – R | -1.5 | -122 | 8 | 4.17 |
| 8:10 PM | Houston | Keuchel – L | 1.5 | 112 | 8 | 3.83 |
| 8:10 PM | Cleveland | McCarthy – R | 1.5 | 108 | 8.5 | 4.11 |
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox | Duffy – L | -1.5 | -118 | 8.5 | 4.39 |
| 9:40 PM | LA Dodgers | Hernandez – R | -1.5 | -120 | 8.5 | 4.41 |
| 9:40 PM | Arizona | Cahill – R | 1.5 | 110 | 8.5 | 4.09 |
| 10:05 PM | Miami | Eovaldi – R | 1.5 | 175 | 8 | 3.37 |
| 10:05 PM | LA Angels | Shoemaker – R | -1.5 | -185 | 8 | 4.63 |
| 10:10 PM | Texas | Martinez – R | 1.5 | 175 | 7.5 | 3.16 |
| 10:10 PM | Seattle | Paxton – L | -1.5 | -185 | 7.5 | 4.34 |
| 10:10 PM | Milwaukee | Nelson – R | 1.5 | 115 | 6.5 | 3.09 |
| 10:10 PM | San Diego | Ross – R | -1.5 | -125 | 6.5 | 3.41 |
| 10:15 PM | Colorado | De La Rosa – L | 1.5 | 170 | 6.5 | 2.76 |
| 10:15 PM | San Francisco | Bumgarner – L | -1.5 | -180 | 6.5 | 3.74 |
Here’s a quick look at some of the biggest games offered today.
FanDuel Tonight is the $25 $150k Super Strikeout
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $75K Tue MLB Monster | $200 | $75,000 |
| $150K Tue Super Strikeout | $25 | $150,000 |
| $12K Tue MLB Pickle | $535 | $12,000 |
| $25K Tue MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $25,000 |
| $30K Tue MLB Squeeze | $2 | $30,000 |
| $12K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $12,000 |
DraftKings The $300k Championship week special is tonight!
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $300K Special | $200 | $300,000 |
| MLB SuperSat to 1m Championship week final | $55 | $25,000 |
| MLB $40K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $40,000 |
| MLB $12K Check Swing | $12 | $12,000 |
| MLB $17K Moon Shot | $2 | $17,000 |
| MLB $20k Gold Glove | $1060 | $20,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Guarantee | $11 | Classic |
| MLB Week 1 NFL Qualifier | $22 | Classic |
| MLB NFL Week 1 Qualifier | $5.50 | 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 $1.2k Knucleball | $15 | $1,250 |
| MLB $750 Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $750 |
| MLB Big League Blast Super Qualifier | $116 | $3180 |
| 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 Notorious and Stevie. | |||||
| 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 | EMac 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!