Rise & Grind: August 5th, 2014
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
- Last Night’s Winners
Grinders member bw5126 is headed to Atlantis after winning FBC Qualifier #32 last night on DraftKings. He scored 160.75 with an Indians stack and a 9 strikeout complete game shut out from Garrett Richards. This same lineup also won bw5126 the 45k Silver SLugger. In the 50k Perfect Game Grinders member sandstorm picked up the 10k first place prize money with a score of 155.75. Wiskeybreath also had a huge night on DraftKings, winning the 30k Payoff Pitch, the 15k Check Swing, and the 15k Moon Shot with a few low owned players including Tyler Flowers, Nick Markakis, and Garrett Richards.
- Monday Dongs There were only 8 dongs in yesterdays MLB action.
TOP 5 DONGS
Hitter | Team | Length |
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Lonnie Chisenhall | CLE | 411ft |
Wilson Ramos | WAS | 406ft |
Yan Gomes | CLE | 397ft |
Josh Hamilton | LAA | 396ft |
Tyler Flowers | CWS | 391ft |
- Our new 4:30 pm Daily Fantasy Happy Hour sponsor FantasyAces is running a $22, 3 day survivor tournament tonight. It’s limited to 40 people with a max of 4 entries per person, if you haven’t tried FantasyAces yet you can take advantage of our 100% deposit bonus up to $500 Here
- DraftKings has a special edition of the $200 buyin Perfect Game tonight with an incredible 300k prize pool and 100k going to the winner. Also, the prize pool in the $27 Payoff Pitch has grown to 50k tonight with $7,500 going to the winner.
- Tonight FanDuel is running the 100k Super Strikeout. It is a $25 buyin 100k prize pool gpp with a top prize of 10k to the winner. FanDuel also has a $200 DFBC Qualifier tonight.
Today’s MLB
- Tonight’s Action
Today we have full 15 game evening slate starting at 7:05pm.
Today’s GPPs
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games running today.
FanDuel
TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
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$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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
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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. |