Rise & Grind: August 5th, 2014

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Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your day off on the right foot with yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the upcoming day in the world of DFS.

So kick back, grab your first cup of coffee, and catch up on the latest news!

In Case You Missed It

On FanDuel Grinders Live host Stlcardinals84 took down the 45k Monster with a score of 58.25. User Cdawg77 topped the 1340 player field in the 30k Strikeout and won the 8k first place prize. Mbomb44 narrowly beat out user gcnmoo to win the 8k Pickle

 

TOP 5 DONGS
Hitter Team Length
Lonnie Chisenhall CLE 411ft
Wilson Ramos WAS 406ft
Yan Gomes CLE 397ft
Josh Hamilton LAA 396ft
Tyler Flowers CWS 391ft

 

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Today’s MLB


Today we have full 15 game evening slate starting at 7:05pm.

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Today’s GPPs

Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games running today.

FanDuel
TOURNAMENT BUY IN PRIZE POOL
$45K Tue MLB Monster $200 $45,000
$200 DFBC Qualifier $200 $45,857 total prize value
$100K Tue MLB Super Strikeout $25 $100,000
$15K Tue MLB Slugger $1,065 $15,000
$18K Tue MLB Squeeze $2 $18,000
$2.5K Tue MLB Bunt $1 $2,500

DraftKings
TOURNAMENT BUY IN PRIZE POOL
MLB $300k Mega Perfect Game $200 $300,000
MLB $25K Gold Glove $1060 $25,000
MLB $15K Check Swing $12 $15,000
MLB $50K Payoff Pitch $27 $50,000
MLB $18k Moon Shot $2 $18,000

FantasyAces

TOURNAMENT BUY IN Format
MLB Top 5 Guarantee $11 Salary Pro
MLB 3 day Survivor $22 Classic
MLB 50/50 Guarantee $11 Classic
MLB 50/50 Guarantee $22 Classic
MLB Salary Pro 50/50 $11 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 $750 Wiz Walkoff $3.30 $750
MLB $500 Upperdeck single entry $27 $500
MLB $375 R.A Pickey (Pickem) $5.50 $375
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 Dean78904 gives you all the plays you’ll need for tonight’s schedule.
# 3 ) Daily Pitcher Breakdown Psporer digs deep into the advanced pitching stats to find you the arms with the best matchups tonight.
# 4 ) Daily 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.

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Grinders Live Schedule
TIME SHOW SPONSOR
3:30 PM The Afternoon Grind Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from Beermakersfan and BritDevine.
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 Pepsi7 and BoggsLite serve you up some knowledge.
5:30 PM Grinders Live DraftKings StlCards and DraftCheat 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!

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