Rise & Grind July 1st, 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
On Monday FanDuel user pmsimkins had a huge night, he won the $109 DFBC Qualifier, the 50k MLB Monster and had a top 5 finish in the $30k Strikeout.
Monday night on Draftkings the $100k Perfect Game was won by Plord64, a big night from the 3% owned Mike Zunino helped lead him to the top spot and a 20k payday. Also on Draftkings last night was round 5 of the *$300k Punchout. The top 8 players from last night won $1500 and advanced to day 6.
- World Cup – Yesterday two more spots in the semifinals were decided after France shut out Nigeria 2-0 and Germany defeated Algeria 2-1. Six of the eight semifinal teams have been decided with the final 2 being determined in today’s games. Today on ESPN at noon Argentina takes on Switzerland and at 4:00pm on ESPN is the match we have all been waiting for, the U.S. vs Belgium. There is still some DFS World Cup action available today so if you are playing be sure to check out pdidawg82’s World Cup Daily Plays
Last Night’s Dongs
There were 18 dongs last night with Steve Pearce of the Baltimore Orioles having the only double dong night. Here’s a look at Monday’s 5 longest dongs.
DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Pearce | BAL | 422ft |
| George Springer | HOU | 421ft |
| Michael Saunders | SEA | 417ft |
| Adam LaRoche | WAS | 416ft |
| Curtis Granderson | NYM | 418ft |
- First Look
Notorious’ newest article MLB First Look is posted for July 1st. Get an early peek at who Notorious is targeting in tonight’s slate, and a look back at yesterdays MLB games.
- TOS Reminder – Remember to register for this weeks Tournament of Shame on Draftkings. Duckie’s blog with this weeks tournament information and last weeks results will be posted later today.
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action – Tonight we have a 14 game MLB slate starting at 7:05pm and some huge GPP’s. There is also a 1pm game today between the Brewers and the Blue Jays and the Angels and White Sox start game 1 of today’s double header at 5:10pm.
Be sure to check out Stevie’s 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 running today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $55K Tue MLB Monster | $200 | $55,000 |
| $535 DFBC Qualifier | $535 | $45,857 total prize value |
| $35K Tue MLB Strikeout | $25 | 35000 |
| $20K Tue MLB Slugger | $1,065 | 20000 |
| $18K Tue MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $12K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $12,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $50k Super Booster | $55 | $50,000 |
| MLB $15K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $15,000 |
| MLB $35K Perfect Game | $200 | $35,000 |
| MLB $8K Check Swing | $12 | $8,000 |
| MLB $8K Moon Shot | $2 | $8,000 |
| MLB $20K Silver Slugger | $530 | $20,000 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB DSBC Qualifier #29 | $420 | $40,000 |
| MLB $8000 Gtd | $55 | $8000 |
| MLB $6000 Gtd | $11 | $6000 |
| MLB $1,500 Guaranteed | $1 | $1,500 |
| MLB $109 Double-Up | $109 | $2,400 |
| MLB $215 Double-Up | $215 | $3,200 |
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. | |||||
Todays Grinders live shows will start early today due to the U.S World Cup Game at 4pm
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from Dean and DraftCheat. | |||||
| 3:30 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 Beermakersfan serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | Al Smizzle 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!