Rise & Grind: May 14th, 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
- Controversial Clippers Call – I know what you’re thinking, pretty awesome alliteration, right? Well, you’re right. However, some people (including Doc Rivers) might say that the officiating in the Clippers/Thunder game last night wasn’t so great. If you haven’t seen it, check out the story on ESPN and see what I’m talking about. We’ve seen a number of incidents like this where NBA officials do not overturn calls that seem completely obvious on the instant replay. I’ve heard all kinds of theories ranging anywhere from ‘the NBA is rigged’ to ‘the refs just don’t like instant replay, so this is their way of sticking it to the man’. Who knows what the real story is, but either way it’s pretty awful and something needs to be done about it. Like now. Like, right now.
- You Down with GPPs – There were a lot of huge tournaments across the industry last night, so I’m just gonna run through them rapid fire. Dinkpiece won a DraftKings Championship seat last night in the $200 qualifier AND a seat to the DSBC this fall, so come the end of baseball season he’s going to have a shot at TWO million dollar first place prizes. Absolutely incredible man, congratulations! Over on FanDuel, lovesbases won a seat to the DFBC in the $535 qualifier. He’s not an RG member, but if you’ve been around a while you’ve seen his face around the industry. Makisupa won two Showcase Golden Tickets on DraftKings last night as well. Also, over on StarStreet, the $109 Streak to the Mansion wrapped up last night, and Grinder Seabie123 took down the seat for a shot at the PBC. And finally, McJester started of the new FD Monster competition with a bang, taking home 2nd and 5th place overall. Congrats to everyone, well deserved!
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action – We have a full day of MLB action ahead of us today, and it’s split pretty much down the middle between day action and night action. Seven games this afternoon, and eight games tonight (JUST enough to get you that sweet, sweet pitcher/batter breakdown from Psporer and Varncass). The past few days have been kinda odd with the likes of the Mets and Cubs leading the league in scoring every night, but I doubt that continues for the Mets tonight against Tanaka. But hey, I’ve been wrong before. Game 5 of the Nets/Heat series and Blazers/Spurs series tips off tonight as well. Let’s see if we can make it through a night without any controversy, shall we? Game 7 between the Bruins and the Canadiens starts tonight at 7 EST, and the winner will move on to the Eastern Finals to take on the Rangers, who edged out the Pens last night 2-1. The Ducks enter Game 6 against the Kings with a 3-2 lead, and the winner of that series will play the Hawks in the next round.
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
Special – In case you missed it, Fanduel’s $100k Survivor game starts tonight! $25 buy in, top 75% advance each night, and the top 5 are going to Vegas to compete for a $16k first place prize!
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| $60K Wed MLB Mini Monster | $200 | $60,000 |
| $30K Wed NBA Slam (Wed-Thu) | $25 | $30,000 |
| $270 DFBC Qualifier | $270 | $45,857 total prize value |
| $100K MLB Survivor Round 1 | $25 | Top 3,966 Advance |
| $25K Wed MLB Grand Slam (Early Only) | $200 | $25,000 |
| $25K Wed MLB Strikeout | $25 | $25,000 |
| $20K Wed MLB Strikeout (Early Only) | $25 | $20,000 |
| $20K Wed MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $20,000 |
| $18K Wed NBA Shot (Wed-Thu) | $2 | $18,000 |
| $18K Wed MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $12K Wed MLB Squeeze (Early Only) | $2 | $12,000 |
| $10K Wed MLB Line Drive | $10 | $10,000 |
| $9K Wed MLB Pickle (Early Only) | $535 | $9,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $60K Wednesday Special Gold Glove | $1,060 | $60,000 |
| MLB $50K Perfect Game | $200 | $50,000 |
| MLB $20K Mini Perfect Game | $200 | $20,000 |
| MLB $18K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $18,000 |
| MLB $10K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $10,000 |
| MLB $7.5K Check Swing | $12 | $7,500 |
| MLB $7.5K Silver Slugger | $530 | $7,500 |
| MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier | $27 | $6,810 |
| MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier | $200 | $6,800 |
| MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier | $109 | $6,800 |
| MLB $6K Moon Shot | $2 | $6,000 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $1,000 Guaranteed | $5 | $1,000 |
| MLB $1,000 Guaranteed | $2 | $1,000 |
| MLB $2,500 Guaranteed | $55 | $2,500 |
| MLB $2,000 Guaranteed | $22 | $2,000 |
| MLB $3,000 Guaranteed | $2 | $3,000 |
| MLB $6,000 Guaranteed | $109 | $6,000 |
| MLB $8,000 Guaranteed | $22 | $8,000 |
| MLB Pickem $2k Gtd | $11 | $2,000 |
On the Grinders Schedule
| Daily Articles | |||||||
| # 1 ) | MLB Grind Down | Notorious breaks down all the matchups in today’s action on the diamond in one quick, easy to read location. | |||||
| # 2 ) | MLB Daily Plays | Pepsi7 gives you all the plays you’ll need for today’s/tonight’s schedule. | |||||
| # 3 ) | MLB Daily Pitcher Breakdown | Psporer breaks down the stas for every pitcher and tells you who you should be targeting on the mound tonight | |||||
| # 4 ) | MLB Daily Batter Breakdown | Varcass looks at all the splits and narrows down the best bats to target in your leagues tonight. | |||||
| # 5 ) | Baseball Diaries | Headchopper breaks down his lineup and compares it to some of the top players across the industry. Check it out, I promise you’ll learn something. | |||||
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:30 PM | The DFS Happy Hour | DraftStreet | Does your local happy hour have awesome baseball analysis? Didn’t think so. Let our expert baseball bartenders Dean78904 and DraftCheat serve you some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | Al_Smizzle and CSU 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!