Rise & Grind: July 10th, 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 the upcoming day in the world of DFS.
In Case You Missed It
- Last Night’s Winners
Round 25 of the $100k Survivor continued on FanDuel last night for the final 6 remaining entries, with the top 5 advancing to the final round in Vegas. User Thorleif took the top spot with a score of 33.25 and user bcalicore continued running his four team train to take spots 2,3,4, and 5 narrowly beating out lovebases for the trip to Vegas.
In the $200 DFBC Qualifier grinders member RotoKevin won his seat to the Vegas final with a score of 53.41. Congrats!
The rest of last night’s scoreboards can be found in the Forum thread Here
- Survive or Revive Round 3 – You can still buy in to round 3 of tonight’s Survive Or Revive on Fanduel for $100.
- Tournament of Shame – Duckie’s latest blog is up with all of the the Tournament of Shame details for this week check it out Here
- SS PFBC Qualifier update – There is only 1 more PFBC qualifier for the StarStreet Playboy Fanstasy Baseball Championship left before the All-Star break. This Friday July 11th they are running a $530 Qualifier, you can register Here .
Be sure to check the MLB strategy thread in the Forum for today’s MLB discussion
Last Night’s Dongs – There were 32 dongs last night with 2 players hitting double dongs! Mark Teixeira of the Yankees and Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies both went yard twice last night.
Here’s a look at Tuesday’s 5 longest dongs.
DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter pence | SFG | 425ft |
| Jose Abreu | CWS | 421ft |
| Conor Gillaspie | CWS | 419ft |
| Charlie Blackmon | COL | 412ft |
| Wilson Ramos | WAS | 411ft |
Today’s MLB
- Today’s Action – Today we have another split slate with 4 early games and 8 late games. Most sites are running early and late contest.
12:35pm -Cubs @ Reds
2:10pm – Phillies @ Brewers
3:45pm – Athletics @ Giants
4:05pm – White Sox @ Red Sox
7:05pm – Yankees @ Indians
7:05pm – Nationals @ Orioles
7:15pm – Pirates @ Cardinals
7:15pm – Braves @ Mets
8:05pm – Rangers @ Angels
8:10pm – Tigers @ Royals
10:10pm – Padres @ Dodgers
10:05pm – Twins @ Mariners
Today’s GPPs
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games available tonight.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $40K Thu MLB Monster | $200 | $40,000 |
| $30K Thu MLB Strikeout | $25 | $30,000 |
| $16K Thu MLB Strikeout (EARLY) | $$25 | 16,000 |
| $18K Thu MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $10K Thu MLB Line Drive | $10 | $10,000 |
| $10K Thu MLB Squeeze (EARLY) | $2 | $10,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $35K Perfect Game | $200 | $35,000 |
| MLB $15K Gold Glove | $1,060 | $15,000 |
| MLB $6K Payoff Pitch (EARLY) | $27 | $6,000 |
| MLB $7.5K Silver Slugger (EARLY) | $530 | $7,500 |
| MLB $7K Check Swing | $12 | $7,000 |
| MLB $7K Moon Shot | $2 | $7,000 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $1,000 Guaranteed (Pick em) | $55 | $1,000 |
| MLB $1,500 Guaranteed | $11 | $1,500 |
| MLB $600 Guaranteed | $2 | $600 |
| MLB $2,500 Guaranteed | $5 | $2,500 |
| MLB Pickem $1k Gtd | $55 | $1,000 |
| MLB $6,000 Guaranteed | $22 | $6,000 |
| MLB $6,000 Guaranteed | $109 | $6,000 |
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 | Ryan138 gives you all the plays you’ll need for tonight’s schedule. | |||||
| # 3 ) | Weekly Rankings Update | CruzinToVictory gives you a full update on all the movers and shakers on the TPOY leaderboard. | |||||
| # 3 ) | MLB First Look | Get an early peek at who Notorious is targeting in tomorrow’s slate, and a look back at yesterdays MLB games. | |||||
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from Notorious and Beermakersfan. | |||||
| 4:30 PM | Daily Fantasy Happy Hour | DraftStreet | Does your local happy hour have awesome baseball analysis? Didn’t think so. Join us this afternoon and let BritDevine and BoggsLite serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | STLCardinals84 and Dean 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!