Rise & Grind: July 4th, 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.
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
Last nights Perfect Game on DraftKings had a lot of familiar names at the top of the leaderboard. Grinders member Dampkring took down the top spot with a score of 152.7. He was followed closely by other top grinders DraftCheat, McJester, and Stlcardinals84 who also took down the top two spots in the Golden Glove.
In the FanDuel 40K Monster we had a tie for first place between grinders member Blarneyboys and DareDare36. They each took home $4500 with a score of 47.25.
- Survive Or Revive
Yesterday FanDuel introduced a new type of survivor game starting on July 7th. It’s a $25 buyin with 300k guaranteed and allows rebuys back into the tournament for the first few rounds. All of the details can be found in the forum Here.
- World Cup The World Cup continues with two semi-finals games today. At noon on ESPN2 France and Germany start action off in what should be an excellent match. At 4:00 on ESPN host country Brazil takes on Colombia. There is still some World Cup DFS action available and BuffloSoldier has all of your player picks and game previews covered in the World Cup Daily Plays
Last Night’s Dongs – Last nights short slate only led to 8 home runs with no double dongs.
DONGS
| Hitter | Team | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Torii Hunter | DET | 427t |
| Victor Martinez | DET | 426ft |
| Zelous Wheeler | NYY | 415ft |
| Shin-Shoo Choo | TEX | 406ft |
| Carlos Beltran | NYY | 386ft |
| Jhonny Peralta | STL | 382ft |
| Ian Kinsler | DET | 380ft |
| David Peralta | STL | 376ft |
- Grind Down
Notorious has posted the July 4th edition of the MLB Grind Down. Check out who he likes in all of today’s MLB action.
Today’s Action
- MLB Games Today we have 15 games spread throughout the day with the first game beginning at 11:05est. Most sites are running early and late slates today so be sure to check start times.
NOTE: TODAYS BOSTON VS BALTIMORE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED
- Big Score Today is the Draftstreet 50k MLB big score. Fist place will take home 10k in this $11 buyin GPP. Details HERE
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $35k American Monster | $1065 | $35,000 total prize value | |
| $25K Fri MLB Strikeout | $25 | 25,000 | |
| $12K Fri MLB Slugger | $1,065 | 12000 | |
| $16K Fri MLB Squeeze | $2 | $16,000 | |
| $35k Fri MLB Monster (Early) | $200 | $65,000 | |
| $9K Fri MLB Line Drive | $10 | $9,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $20K 4th of July special (early) | $200 | $20,000 |
| MLB $10K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $10,000 |
| MLB $10K Silver Slugger | $530 | $10,000 |
| MLB $3K High Heat | $109 | $3,000 |
| MLB $4.5K Moon Shot (early) | $2 | $4,500 |
| MLB $4.5K Check Swing (early) | $12 | $4,500 |
| MLB $1.5K Flare (early) | $5 | $1,500 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $50k July 4th 50k | $11 | $540,000 |
| MLB $1,500 Guaranteed (early) | $55 | $1,500 |
| MLB $1,500 Guaranteed (early) | $11 | $1,500 |
| MLB $1,000 Guaranteed | $2 | $1,000 |
| 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. | |||||
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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!