Rise & Grind: May 20th, 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
- Heavy Hitter Lottery – Last night, on our Daily Fantasy Strategy show, The DFS Happy Hour, Dean78904 and Pepsi7 drew the lottery to determine the first round matchusp for the DraftStreet Heavy Hitter series. There are some really great matchups in the first round, so be sure to check out the whole lottery here. Also, DraftStreet is hosting a side contest for Grinders members, where you can win tickets to their DSBC qualifiers just by selecting the winners of each round, March Madnesss style. Check out the contest details here.
- Qualifiers – Despite the short slate last night, we saw two qualifiers run on two of the major sites. Mrtuttle05 took down the $109 DFBC qualifier with without using any major stacks. Meanwhile Rotomania won the $530 buy in Showcase qualifier.
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action – Hallelujah, we’re back to a full 15 game schedule tonight! Good thing too, because I was starting to get the shakes after such a short schedule last night. I’m not addicted though, I can quit anytime I want! Meanwhile, the Heat and Pacers square off in Game 2 of the Easter Conference Finals. The Pacers took Game 1, and even though the winner of Game 1 takes the series 77% of the time, it’s hard to see this series not going to a Game 7.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $100K Tue MLB Monster | $200 | $100,000 |
| $535 DFBC Qualifier | $535 | $45,857 total prize value |
| $25 MLB $600K Super Monster Satellite (4 seats) | $25 | 4 seats($800 value) |
| $40K Tue MLB Strikeout | $25 | 40000 |
| $24K Tue MLB Line Drive | $10 | $24,000 |
| $20K Tue MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $20,000 |
| $18K Tue MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $8K Tue MLB Squeeze #2 | $2 | $8,000 |
| $6420 Tue MLB Double Up ($535) | $535 | $6,420 |
| $4500 Tue MLB Pickle | $535 | $4,500 |
| $4500 Tue MLB Single | $5 | $4,500 |
| $4K Tue MLB Blast | $50 | $4,000 |
| $3500 Tue MLB Bunt | $1 | $3,500 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $100K Super Booster | $55 | $100,000 |
| MLB $25K Tuesday Silver Slugger | $530 | $25,000 |
| MLB $20K Mini Perfect Game | $200 | $20,000 |
| MLB $20K Check Swing | $12 | $20,000 |
| MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier | $200 | $13,600 |
| MLB $10K Payoff Pitch | $27 | $10,000 |
| MLB $8K Moon Shot | $2 | $8,000 |
| MLB BIG $530 50/50 | $530 | $7,000 |
| MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier | $27 | $6,810 |
| LAST CHANCE: SuperSat to $60K Gold Glove | $200 | $5,300 |
| MLB $5K High Heat | $109 | $5,000 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| DSBC Qualifier #11 | $22 | $35,000 |
| MLB $10,000 Guaranteed | $109 | $10,000 |
| MLB Pickem $1500 Gtd | $2 | $1,500 |
| MLB $5,000 Guaranteed | $5 | $5,000 |
| MLB $1,500 Guaranteed | $1 | $1,500 |
| MLB Pickem $2k Gtd | $11 | $2,000 |
| NBA Pickem $2k Gtd | $11 | $2,000 |
| NBA Pickem $1k Gtd | $2 | $1,000 |
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 | Dean78904 gives you all the plays you’ll need for today’s/tonight’s schedule. | |||||
| # 3 ) | Head-to-Head vs. GPP | Pepsi7 separates the safe plays from the risky ones to break down who you should be playing in the different formats. | |||||
| # 4 ) | MLB Daily Punts | SBK scrapes the bottom of the barrel to find the value plays you need to fit the ace arms and stud sticks (Alliteration ftw!) | |||||
| # 5 ) | Daily Pitcher Breakdown | Psporer breaks down all the metrics to narrow down the best arms to target in your games tonight. | |||||
| # 6 ) | Daily Hitter Breakdown | wOBA, L/R Splits, Home/Away splits… Varncass breaks it all down to find the best bats of the night. | |||||
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | Get your afternoon started all the early baseball analysis you can handle from Notorious and Beermakersfan. | |||||
| 4:30 PM | The DFS Happy Hour | DraftStreet | Beers and baseball, what a glorious combination! Have a seat, kick back, and let DraftCheat and Dean78904 serve you some DFS MLB analysis. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | CSU 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!