Rise & Grind: June 16th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders cup o’morning joe. 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
- Mystery Lasagna – The DraftStreet Heavy Hitters bracket wrapped up on Friday night when relatively unknown (until now) player Vegetable_Lasagna completed his 4 game sweep of one of the best DFS MLB players in the game, BirdWings. In fact, over the entire series, VL went an incredible 12-1 overall, and had a very difficult road taking down maxdalury, headchopper, g123, and BirdWings along the way. He lost one game to g123 in the semi-finals, but swept everything else, and these guys are no joke. If anyone has any idea who this guy is, leave a comment below because we’d love to learn more about him. I haven’t spoken to him about it, but I bet Dan Back would love to get an interview with him too. I know I’d listen.
- Weekend Winners – A couple other Grinders had some pretty big weekends as well. Friday night the legend himself, McJester took down the $535 DFBC Qualifier for (another? I can’t remember) seat to the Vegas finals for a shot at a million. And then yesterday, BirdWings took down the DraftKings Perfect Game while our own BillsFan777 took down the Payoff Pitch. Another good wekend for Grinders Nation!
- Spurs Finish the Heat – The Spurs finished their absolutely dominating performance in the NBA Finals last night. After starting off the series rather slowly, Tim Duncan and the Spurs absolutely embarassed the two time defending NBA champions in three consecutive blowout wins, two of which were in Miami. The arguments about LeBron’s greatness are destined to go on forever, but it’s hard to argue that the Spurs aren’t one of the best franchises in NBA history. 5 championships is nothing to sneeze at, and this group is the only one to have ever done it. Kawhi Leonard took home the MVP, and boy was it well deserved. In games 3-5, he shot an impressive 58% for 3-point range and led the team in scoring all three games. On top of his offensive surge, Kawhi stepped up his defense on LeBron, and made it very difficult for the King to get off his shots like he normally would to take over a game.
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action – The World Cup action continues today, including the first US game against Ghana at 5:30 EST. Now that the NBA Finals are over, maybe people will actually pay attention (Probably not though)! There is an 11 game schedule in the MLB this evening, starting with Weaver and the Angels facing off against the Indiance in Cleveland. 11 games seems like a decent schedule for some good DFS action, and there should be plenty tonight with a lot of big GPPs and the continuation of some of the survivor/Grind games.
Today’s GPPs
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the biggest games out there. Here’s hoping that tonight you find yourself Cruzin’ To Victory!
FanDuel
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $90K Mon MLB Monster | $200 | $90,000 |
| $109 DFBC Qualifier | $109 | $45,857 total prize value |
| $40K Mon MLB Strikeout | $25 | 40000 |
| $22K Mon MLB Slugger | $1,065 | 22000 |
| $18K Mon MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $15K Mon MLB Line Drive | $10 | $15,000 |
| $10K Mon MLB Squeeze #2 | $2 | $10,000 |
| $7K Mon MLB Pickl | $535 | $7,000 |
| $6420 Mon MLB Double Up ($535 | $535 | $6,420 |
| $5K Mon MLB Multi-Entry Double Up ($5) | $5 | $5,000 |
| $4500 Mon MLB Blas | $50 | $4,500 |
| $4K Mon MLB Home Ru | $100 | $4,000 |
| $4K Mon MLB Singl | $5 | $4,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $50K Perfect Game | $200 | $50,000 |
| MLB $50K Super Booster | $55 | $50,000 |
| MLB $30K Silver Slugger | $530 | $30,000 |
| MLB $15K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $15,000 |
| Satellite to $3.3M FBC Qualifier | $200 | $12,700 |
| MLB $10K Check Swing | $12 | $10,000 |
| MLB $9K Moon Shot | $2 | $9,000 |
| LAST WEEK: 25 Tix SUPERSat to $300K Punch Out/Legends | $27 | $5,000 |
| MLB BIG $530 50/50 | $530 | $5,000 |
| MLB BIG $270 50/50 | $270 | $4,500 |
| MLB $4K High Heat | $109 | $4,000 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| DSBC Qualifier #23 | $420 | $40,000 |
| MLB $8,000 Guaranteed | $55 | $8,000 |
| MLB $4,000 Guaranteed | $2 | $4,000 |
| MLB Pickem $2k Gtd | $22 | $2,000 |
| MLB $4,000 Guaranteed | $11 | $4,000 |
| MLB Pickem $1k Gtd | $5 | $1,000 |
| MLB Pickem $500 Gtd | $1 | $500 |
| MLB $2k Survivor | $5 | $2,000 |
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. | |||||
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from Notorious and Dean78904. | |||||
| 4:30 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 Pepsi7 and BoggsLite serve you up some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | STLCardinals84 and Emac 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!