Rise & Grind: August 7th, 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
- RotoGrinders member sparcasaurus topped the field in yesterdays early only $20k Mini Monster on FanDuel. Dongs from Trevor Plouffe, Seth Smith, and Dayan Viciedo led his team to a score of 47.5 points and the first place prize of $4k. In the evening slates $50k Monster RayofHope benefited from big nights by Justin Morneau, Carlos Gonzalez, and Jose Bautista to take down the first place prize of $8k.
- Over on DraftKings RotoGrinders member bigskings beat out the 111 player field in the $20k Early Perfect Game with a score of 127.35. And if winning the 50k Monster yesterday wasn’t enough RayofHope also dominated the evening slate’s $50k Perfect Game on DK. He put up a score of 194 while his closest competition in the 278 player field scored 159.35. His lineup also took down the $30k Payoff Pitch and the $10k Check Swing.
- For more links to last night’s winners check out the Daily Fantasy Tournament Links thread in the forum.
- Wednesday’s Dongs – There were 29 dongs on Wednesday, Adam LaRoche and Adam Rosales both had double dongs!
Wednesdays 5 longest DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Michael McKenry | COL | 445ft |
| Carlos Gomez | MIL | 443ft |
| Matt Kemp | LAD | 423ft |
| Adam LaRoche | WASH | 419ft |
| Christian Yelich | MIA | 417ft |
- Our new 4:30 pm Daily Fantasy Happy Hour sponsor FantasyAces has a RotoGrinders exclusive promo this Friday. If you can beat Notorious in a Salary Pro freeroll you will win $10. For full details click HERE
Today’s MLB
Today’s Action – Another strange Thursday slate today with 4 early games and 9 late games. Most sites have early and late contests today. Here’s a quick snapshot of today’s MLB action and a few game notes for the early slate.Early Games
12:35pm – Mets @ Nationals – Jacob deGrom has struck out 37 batters in the last 35 innings he has pitched. This will be his first start vs the Nationals who have won 11 of the last 13 against the Mets.
1:05pm – Tigers @ Yankees – Rick Porcello (13-5, 3.18 ERA)is 0-1 in 2 starts at Yankee stadium. Shane Greene (2-1, 3.68) gets the start for the Yankees, this will be his first time facing the Tigers.
2:10pm – Giants @ Brewers – Carlos Gomez has 5 dongs and 15 RBI’s in his last 20 games at home. Gomez and the Brewers will get to take on a struggling Jake Peavy who is 0-2 with a 4.85 ERA since being traded.
3:10pm – Cubs @ Rockies – Kyle Hendricks (2-1, 2.05 ERA) vs Yohan Flande (0-3, 5.72) in Coors Field. The early Vegas line is set at 10.5 runs and some sites have it at 11. Anthony Rizzo is 0-4 against Flande.
Late Games
7:05pm – Miami @ Pittsburgh
7:05pm – Houston @ Philadelphia)
7:07pm – Baltimore @ Toronto
7:10pm – Cleveland @ Cincinnati
7:15pm – Boston @ St. Louis
9:40pm – Kansas City @ Arizona
10:05pm – Minnesota @ Oakland
10:05pm – L.A. Dodgers @ L.A. Angels
10:10pm – Chi. White Sox @ Seattle
Today’s GPPs
- Here’s a look of some of the biggest games available today.
FanDuel 
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $20K THU MLB Mini Monster (Early Only) | $200 | $20,000 |
| $20K THU MLB Strikeout (Early Only) | $25 | $20,000 |
| $5.5K THU MLB line Drive (Early Only) | $10 | $5,500 |
| $12K THU MLB Squeeze (Early Only) | $2 | $12000 |
| $50K THU MLB Monster | $200 | $50,000 |
| $18K THU MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $30K THU MLB Strikeout | $25 | $30,000 |
| $10K THU MLB Line Drive | $10 | $10,000 |
| $3K THU MLB Rally | $5 | $3,000 |
DraftKings 
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $20K Perfect Game (Early Only) | $200 | $20,000 |
| MLB $10K Silver Slugger (Early Only) | $530 | $10,000 |
| MLB $14K Payoff Pitch (Early Only) | $27 | $14,000 |
| MLB $6K Check Swing (Early Only) | $12 | $6,000 |
| MLB $5K Moon Shot (Early Only) | $2 | $5,000 |
| MLB $20K Gold Glove | $1060 | $20,000 |
| MLB $10K Check Swing | $12 | $10,000 |
| MLB $10K Moon Shot | $2 | $10,000 |
| MLB $25K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $25,000 |
| MLB $50K Perfect Game | $200 | $50,000 |
FantasyAces
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | Format |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Top 5 Guarantee | $11 | Salary Pro |
| MLB 10k Survivor Qualifier | $12 | 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 $500 Knucleball (Early) | $15 | $500 |
| MLB $300 Wiz Walkoff (Early) | $3.30 | $300 |
| MLB $2000 Field of Dreams | $109 | $2000 |
| MLB $1000 Knucleball | $15 | $1000 |
| MLB $750 Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $750 |
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 | Beermakersfan 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 ) | STL: GPP Weekly Recap | STLCardinals84 continues his experiment with three different GPP styles to compare how effective each strategy is in the FanDuel Line Drive. | |||||
| # 5 ) | 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 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 Notorious and BritDevine serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | HeadChopper 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!