Rise & Grind: July 29th, 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 – Grinders member hoff211 took the top spot in last night’s 30k Stikeout on FanDuel with a score of 63.5. The 16.5 point double dong from Melky Cabrera and a big night from the 2.2% owned Travis d’Arnaud (12.5 points) lead him to the top spot. Grinders Live host boggslite finished in 4th with a score of 58.5.
EMSBRO had another big night on DraftKings taking down the 10k first place prize in the 50k Perfect Game with a score of 173.3, narrowly beating out crackmonkey83 who scored 172.7 points. Grinders Live host Stlcardinals84 topped the 90 player field in the 45k Silver Slugger with a score of 147.5
- Survive or Revive – The final round of the FanDuel 300k Survive or Revive concluded last night. The final 52 players competed for the 60k top prize and at the end of the night less than 2 points separated the top 3. User PatJams took first with a score of 42.5 followed closely by Krud99 and Grinders Live host CSUram88.
- First Look
Notorious’ newest article MLB First Look is posted for July 29th. Get an early peek at who Notorious is targeting in tonight’s slate, and a look back at yesterdays MLB games.
- NFL
Part 4 of the week 1 NFL preview featuring Tight Ends by JeffelJefe is posted, and if you missed parts 1-3 check them out as well.
Part 1 Quarterbacks
Part 2 Running backs
Part 3 Wide Receivers
Part 4 Tight Ends
- MLB Championships – Time is running out to qualify for the MLB championship events. Qualifiers are running daily, click the links below for more details.
- Draftkings – $3.3 Million FBC
- FanDuel – $3 Million DFBC
- StarStreet – $200k PFBC
- DraftDay – $250k Big League Blast
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action
Today we have full 15 game evening slate starting at 7:05pm.
7:05 PM – LA Angels – Jered Weaver – R
7:05 PM – Baltimore – Chris Tillman – R
7:05 PM – Seattle – Hisashi Iwakuma – R
7:05 PM – Cleveland – Trevor Bauer – R
7:08 PM – Chicago White Sox – Jose Quintana – L
7:08 PM – Detroit – Anibal Sanchez – R
7:10 PM – Washington – Stephen Strasburg – R
7:10 PM – Miami – Henderson Alvarez – R
7:10 PM – Toronto – Marcus Stroman – R
7:10 PM – Boston – Rubby De La Rosa – R
7:10 PM – Arizona – Trevor Cahill – R
7:10 PM – Cincinnati – Mike Leake – R
7:10 PM – Milwaukee – Matt Garza – R
7:10 PM – Tampa Bay – Alex Cobb – R
7:10 PM – Philadelphia – Cole Hamels – L
7:10 PM – NY Mets – Dillon Gee – R
8:05 PM – NY Yankees – Brandon McCarthy – R
8:05 PM – Texas – Nick Martinez – R
8:05 PM – Colorado – Jorge De La Rosa – L
8:05 PM – Chicago Cubs – Edwin Jackson – R
8:10 PM – Oakland – Jeff Samardzija – R
8:10 PM – Houston – Scott Feldman – R
8:10 PM – Minnesota – Kyle Gibson – R
8:10 PM – Kansas City – James Shields – R
10:10 PM – Atlanta – Aaron Harang – R
10:10 PM – LA Dodgers – Josh Beckett – R
10:10 PM – St. Louis – Lance Lynn – R
10:10 PM – San Diego – Tyson Ross – R
Today’s GPPs
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games running today.
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $40K Tue MLB Monster | $200 | $40,000 |
| $535 DFBC Qualifier | $535 | $45,857 total prize value |
| $100K Tue MLB Super Strikeout | $25 | $100,000 |
| $20K Tue MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $20,000 |
| $18K Tue MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $2.5K Tue MLB Bunt | $1 | $2,500 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $100k Special FBC Qualifier | $200 | $100,000 |
| MLB $40K Perfect Game | $200 | $40,000 |
| MLB $25K Gold Glove | $1060 | $25,000 |
| MLB $18K Check Swing | $12 | $18,000 |
| MLB $40K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $40,000 |
| MLB $18k Moon Shot | $2 | $18,000 |
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 $500 Upperdeck single entry | $27 | $500 |
| MLB $375 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 | 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. | |||||
- 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 Pepsi7 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 DraftCheat serve you up some knowledge. | |||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | StlCards and Al Smizzle 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!