Rise & Grind: July 21st, 2014

by Ross Testa (Ross) Last Updated 2014-07-21 23:51:02

Welcome to the RotoGrinders Rise & Grind. Start your Monday off with a look back at the weekend’s happenings and a peek at the upcoming day in the world of DFS.

In Case You Missed It

• Last Night’s Winners – Grinders member HarperChase took down yesterdays 40k Sunday Monster on FanDuel with a score of 73. Top 100 ranked grinder GolfGalaxy shipped the 7k first place prize in the 17k Sunday Slugger with a score of 60.75.
  Over on Draftkings top 100 ranked MLB grinder SamENole beat out the 275 player field with a score of 190.7 in the 50k Perfect Game.

  
  The rest of yesterdays scoreboards can be found in the forum Here

• The Open Championship – 25 year old Rory McIlroy finished 17 under par at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in England this weekend to win The Open Championship. Sergio Garcia and American Rickie Fowler finished two shots back at -15. This is the second straight major championship where the round one leader lead throughout the entire tournament and finished in 1st. Congrats to RotoGrinders member jdtrey22 for taking down the 10k first place prize money in the DraftKings 60k Medium Championship. And congrats to Grinders member drewboski for taking down the huge 100k first place prize in the DraftKings 300k Championship.

Sunday’s Dongs – There were 22 dongs yesterday with no players having a double dong. Here’s a look at Sunday’s 5 longest dongs.

DONGS

• First Look

  Notorious’ newest article MLB First Look is posted for July 21st. Get an early peek at who Notorious is targeting in tonight’s slate, and a look back at yesterdays MLB games.

Be sure to check the MLB strategy thread in the Forum for today’s MLB discussion

Today’s Events

* Tonight’s MLB – Here’s tonight’s MLB slate of 12 games starting at 7:05 and a few random game notes.

7:05 – Texas at NY Yankees – Shin-Soo Choo does not have a hit in his last 21 at bats, Alex Rios will likely miss another game due to his sprained ankle meaning Daniel Robertson could draw another start in right field. Shane Greene gets the start for the Yankees, he is 2-0 with a 1.32 ERA.

7:05 – San Francisco at Philadelphia – Ryan Vogelsong (5-7 3.86ERA) takes the mound for the Giants against Cliff Lee (4-4 3.18 ERA) and the Phillies. Cliff Lee has been on the DL since May with an elbow injury, but he has absolutely dominated the Giants in his past starts going 5-0 with a 0.88 ERA in regular season games.

7:05 – LA Dodgers at Pittsburgh – Hyun-jin Ryu is 10-5, with a 3.44 ERA this season. In his two career starts against the Pirates he is 2-0 with a 2.92 ERA. Edwin Volquez has pitched two complete games in a row and brings an 8-6 record with a 3.65 ERA into tonight’s game in PNC Park.

7:07 – Boston at Toronto – John Lackey has struggled with the Blue Jays during his career. In 20 starts vs Toronto he is 5-8 with a 5.43 ERA. Drew Hutchinson starts for Toronto and is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA vs the Red Sox lifetime, but he gave up 6 ER to Tampa Bay in 5.1 innings in his last start, and is 6-8 with a 4.16 ERA this season. David Ortiz is 0-6 lifetime vs Hutchinson.

7:10 – Miami at Atlanta – Tom Koehler brings his 5.37 road ERA to Atlanta to take on Julio Teheran and the Braves. Tehran is 7-0 vs the Marlins and is a 9-6 with a 2.71 ERA this season.

8:10 – Kansas City at White Sox – Jeremy Guthrie has not made it past the 4th inning in of each of his last two starts. He has given up 14 earned runs over his last 8 innings pitched. He will be up against the well rested White Sox’s ace Chris Sale, 8-1 with a 2.08 ERA.

8:10 – Cincinnati at Milwaukee – Mat Latos has only started twice vs the Brewers but has done a good job against them going 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA. Wily Peralta (10-6 3.72 ERA) will start for the Brewers. Ryan Braun is 2-20 against Latos.

8:10 – Cleveland at Minnesota – T.J. House (1-2, 4.40 ERA) vs Kris Johnson (0-1, 5.40 ERA). Michael Brantley is hitting .377 with 3 dongs this month and Yan Gomes is batting .319 with 4 dongs in July.

8:40 – Washington at Colorado – MLB returns to Coors field tonight with Doug Fister 8-2 2.90 ERA) taking on Franklin Morales (5-4 5.42 ERA) and the Rockies. There are quite a few injuries to keep an eye on in this game. Troy Tulowitzki sat out Sunday due to a cramp in his left thigh while running out a ground ball in Saturday’s game. Justin Moreanu has missed 3 games in a row with a neck injury, and Charlie Blackmon sat out Sunday with an ankle injury but is likely to return tonight. Washington swept the last series with the Rockies 3-0.

9:40 – Detroit at Arizona – Justin Verlander (8-8, 4.88 ERA) has only faced the Diamondbacks once in his career and it was in 2011 when he struck out 14 in 8 innings. The former Yankee Vidal Nuno (2-6, 5.10 ERA) takes the mound for the Diamondbacks and will look to continue Arizona’s recent home game domination.

10:05 – Baltimore at LA Angels – Bud Norris (7-6, 3.96) returns to the mound for the Orioles after giving up 5 earned runs in 4 innings in his last start vs the Nationals. He had some success against the Angels last year while pitching for Houston, he was 3-0 with a 0.32 ERA. Matt Shoemaker (7-2, 4.32) will once again come out of the bullpen for the Angels to start vs the Orioles.

10:10 – NY Mets at Seattle – Lefty Jon Niese has never faced Seattle and is (5-4, 2.96) on the season. He squares off against another lefty Roenis Elias (7-8, 4.54) who has been roughed up in his last 3 starts.

Today’s GPPs

Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games offered today.

FanDuel

TOURNAMENT	BUY IN	PRIZE POOL
$50K Mon MLB Monster	$200	$50,000
$109 DFBC Qualifier	$109	$45,857 total prize value
$35K Mon MLB Strikeout	$25	$35,000
$15K Mon MLB Slugger	$1,065	$15000
$18K Mon MLB Squeeze	$2	$18,000
$11K Mon MLB Line Drive	$10	$11000

DraftKings

TOURNAMENT	BUY IN	PRIZE POOL
MLB $50K Perfect Game	$200	$50,000
MLB $40K Silver Slugger	$530	$40,000
MLB $25K Payoff Pitch	$27	$25,000
MLB $15K Check Swing	$12	$15,000
MLB $17K Moon Shot	$2	$17,000
MLB Mid Summer Classic Mega Satellite	$27	$20,000

DraftDay

TOURNAMENT	BUY IN	PRIZE POOL
MLB $2.5k Field of Dreams	$109	$2,500
MLB $1.5k Knucleball	$15	$1,500
MLB $750 Wiz Walkoff	$3.30	$750
MLB Big League Blast Qualifier	$27	$27
MLB $375 R.A Pickey (Pickem)	$5.50	$375
MLB $1k $109 Double Play	$109	$1000

On the Grinders Schedule

• New Grinders Live Look – If you haven’t seen the sleek new look and awesome new features during the Grinders Live shows be sure to check it out this afternoon starting at 3:30.

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!