Rise & Grind: July 11th, 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 In an very high scoring slate yesterday GrindersU Lead Instructor Jon Bales took down the Draftkings 35k Perfect Game with a huge score of 220.3 and was rewarded with a 5k first prize. Speaking of high scores…Over on Fanduel user Cornfins won his way to the live DFBC Vegas final with a score of 82.5, choosing to fade Clayton Kershaw paid off for him in the $535 Qualifier. The rest of last night’s scoreboards can be found in the Forum thread Here
- Kershaw’s Streak Broken
After 41 scoreless innings pitched by Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw his incredible streak came to an end in last night game vs the Padres. In the top of the 6th inning Chase Headley hit a bomb to left center off Kershaw ending his streak. Kershaw finished the night with 11 strikeouts and 3 hits allowed in the 2-1 win. You can see the replay off Headley’s solo shot Here
- Bales New Book
If you are looking for some good reading material over the All-Star break Jon Bales newest book now is available. His newest work includes insight from some of today’s top players including RotoGrinders host’s and top ranked grinders Al Smizzle, Csuram88, and HeadChopper . Details on where to buy the book and a RotoGrinders Coupon code can be found Here
- Survive or Revive Round 3 – You can still buy in to round 3 of tonight’s Survive Or Revive on Fanduel for $100. For an interest look at the possible overlay in this contest check out the latest article on this topic by ezellmt. Breaking Down the Overlay/EV for the FanDuel Survive or Revive
- Last Night’s Dongs – In the 12 games played yesterday there were 18 dongs and no double dongs. The Tigers, Indians, Phillies, and Angels combined for a total 49 runs while the remaining 21 teams combined for 55 runs.
Here’s a look at Thursdays 5 longest dongs.
DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Torii Hunter | DET | 441ft |
| Eric Hosmer | KAN | 429ft |
| Billy Butler | KAN | 423ft |
| Ryan Howard | PHI | 419ft |
| Mike Trout | LAA | 418ft |
Today’s MLB
- Today’s Action – Today we have one early game and 14 games on the evening slate.
4:05pm – Braves (49-42) @ Cubs (38-52)
7:05pm – White Sox (44-48) @ Indians (44-46)
7:05pm – Yankees (46-44) @ Orioles (49-41)
7:05pm – Nationals (49-40) @ Phillies (40-51)
7:10pm – Pirates(47-44) @ Reds (49-42)
7:10pm -Blue Jays(48-45) @ Rays (42-52)
7:10pm – Marlins (44-47) @ Mets (42-49)
8:05pm – Angels (53-37) @ Rangers (38-53)
8:10pm – Tigers (50-37) @ Royals (47-43)
8:10pm – Red Sox (40-51) @ Astros (39-54)
8:10pm – Cardinals (50-42) @ Brewers (52-40)
8:40pm – Twins (41-49) @ Rockies (39-53)
10:10pm – Atheltics (57-34) @ mariners(49-42)
10:10pm – Padres (40-51) @ Dodgers (51-42)
10:15pm – Diamondbacks (39-54) @ Giants (50-41)
Be sure to check the MLB strategy thread in the Forum for today’s MLB discussion
Today’s GPPs
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games available today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $40k Fri MLB Monster | $200 | $40,000 |
| $35K Fri MLB Strikeout | $25 | $35,000 |
| $15K Fri MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $15,000 |
| $18K Fri MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $1065 DFBC Qualifier | $1065 | $45,857 |
| $12K Fri MLB Line Drive | $10 | $12,000 |
| $300K MLB Survive or Revive rd 3 | $100 | $300,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $100K Perfect Game ( | $200 | $100,000 |
| MLB $22K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $22,000 |
| MLB $7.5K Silver Slugger | $530 | $7,500 |
| MLB $4K High Heat | $109 | $4,000 |
| MLB $9K Moon Shot (early) | $2 | $9,000 |
| MLB $10K Check Swing (early) | $12 | $1,000 |
| MLB $3K Flare (early) | $5 | $3,000 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $2k Guaranteed Pickem | $11 | $2,000 |
| MLB $2,500 Guaranteed | $5 | $2,500 |
| MLB $8,000 Guaranteed | $109 | $8,000 |
| MLB $1,500 Guaranteed | $2 | $1,500 |
| MLB $1,000 Pickem | $55 | $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 | Stlcardinals84 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. | |||||
- Update Beermakersfan’s content will not be available today, he is a bit under the weather
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from BritDevine 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 Dean and BoggsLite serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | STLCardinals84 and Pepsi7 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!