Rise & Grind: July 28th, 2014
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
- Weekend Winners
Top 100 ranked grinder mbomb44 took down the 15k FanDuel Afternoon Mini Monster yesterday with a score of 51.5, while user Kayadog won the 40k FanDuel Monster with a score of 62.
On Draftkings user Ktrautve narrowly beat out the 278 player field to win the 50k Perfect Game with a score of 152.05. Grinders members stinger88 (151.5 points) and JoshKayNHL (147.3 points) finished third and fourth. Top 15 ranked MLB grinder ERIII won the 4k first place prize in the 10k Silver Slugger.
Here is a look at a few other Grinders that had big scores this weekend. - Friday
100k DraftKings Perfect Game – 1st place SamENole with a score of 165.1
DraftKings FBC Qualifier #27 – 1st place DraftCheat with a score of 139.7
Fanduel 10k Pickle – 1st place bh9999 with a score of 39.5 - Saturday
Fanduel 20k Early Strikeout – 1st place ganondorf with a score of 65.25
Fanduel 15k Squeeze – 1st place bigdummy with a score of 70
Draftkings 25k Perfect Game – 1st place ganondorf with a score of 169.7
- Sunday Dongs – There were 27 dongs yesterday and one double dong by Carlos Santana.
TOP DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Rene Rivera | SDP | 430ft |
| Nolan Arenado | COL | 427ft |
| Ryan Raburn | CLE | 425ft |
| Marcell Ozuna | MIA | 420ft |
| Matt Holliday | STL | 419ft |
Today’s Events
* Tonight’s MLB – Here’s tonight’s MLB slate of 9 games starting at 7:10 and a few random game notes.
7:10pm – DiamondBacks @ Reds – Homer Bailey is 8-5, with a 4.22 ERA this season and in his 2 career starts vs the Diamondbacks he has a 4.50 ERA. Aaron Hill has a 10 game hitting streak going, but may not be back in the lineup after getting injured in Saturday’s game.
7:10pm – Brewers @ Rays – Scooter Gennett will likely return to the lineup tonight. He has missed the last 4 games to a quad injury, but was able to pinch hit in Sunday’s game. Brewers starter Kyle Lohse has not faced the Rays in 3 years.
7:10pm – Blue Jays @ Red Sox – R.A. Dickey will face the Red Sox again, last week Dickey allowed 3 run dong to David Ortiz(player-profile)”:/players/David_Ortiz-10897, but still managed to get the win and is 2-0 with a 3.65 ERA vs Boston. Clay Buchholz has started 3 times vs the Blue Jays this season and is 1-2 with a 5.60 ERA.
7:10pm – Phillies @ Mets – A.J. Burnett has beaten the Mets in his last 5 starts against them going 3-0 with a 2.73 ERA. Bartolo Colon takes the mound for NY, in his last 7 home games he has lasted at least 7 innings each game.
7:10pm – Nationals @ Marlins – Adam LaRoche is 5-11 with a dong against Marlins starter Nathan Eovaldi. While Giancarlo Stanton is 7-24 with 3 dongs vs Jordan Zimmermann.
8:05pm – Yankees @ Rangers – Yu Darvish is 2-1 with a 1.85 ERA over his 4 lifetime starts against the Yankees.
8:05pm – Rockies @ Cubs – Colorado has lost 12 of their last 13 road games, but get to take on lefty Tsuyoshi Wada who will be making his 3rd career start. Yohan Flande will make his 5th start for the Rockies and has a 0-2 record with an ERA over 7.
8:10pm – Athletics @ Astros – The Astros take on baseball’s best team at home where they have been awful recently. 1-8 and are batting .204 as a team in home games over that stretch.
10:15pm – Pirates @ Giants – The Giants are struggling offensively, but will look to change that against Vance Worley and the Pirates. Madison Bumgarner has only allowed 1 run in his last 2 starts and has a 3.19 ERA with a 12-7 record on the season.
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 |
| $30K Mon MLB Strikeout | $25 | $30,000 |
| $18K Mon MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $18000 |
| $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 $45K Silver Slugger | $530 | $45,000 |
| MLB $30K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $30,000 |
| MLB $18K Check Swing | $12 | $18,000 |
| MLB $17K Moon Shot | $2 | $17,000 |
| MLB $100k Super Booster | $55 | $100,000 |
DraftDay
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $2k Field of Dreams | $109 | $2,000 |
| MLB $1.5k Knucleball | $15 | $1,500 |
| MLB $750 Wiz Walkoff | $3.30 | $750 |
| MLB Big League Blast Qualifier | $27 | $1060 |
| MLB $300 R.A Pickey (Pickem) | $5.50 | $375 |
| MLB $1k $109 Double Play | $109 | $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 | 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. | |||||
- 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.
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from BoggsLite and BritDevine. | |||||
| 4:30 PM | Daily Fantasy Happy Hour | Does your local happy hour have awesome baseball analysis? Didn’t think so. Join us this afternoon and let Dean and Pepsi7 serve you up some knowledge. | |||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | DraftCheat 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!