Rise & Grind: May 27th, 2014

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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


Today’s Events

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)
$25 MLB $600K Super Monster Satellite (4 seats) $25 4 seats($800 value)
$40K Tue MLB Strikeout $25 $40,000
$25K Tue MLB Slugger $1,065 $25,000
$18K Tue MLB Line Drive $10 $18,000
$18K Tue MLB Squeeze $2 $18,000
$6K Tue MLB Strikeout (Late Night) $25 $6,000
$5K Tue MLB Multi-Entry Double Up ($5) $5 $5,000
$5K Tue MLB Pickle $535 $5,000
$5K Tue MLB Squeeze #2 $2 $5,000
$5K Tue MLB Squeeze (Late Night) $2 $5,000

DraftKings
TOURNAMENT BUY IN PRIZE POOL
MLB $100K Super Booster $55 $100,000
$3.3M Fantasy Baseball Championship Qualifier #14 $200 $67,000
MLB $25K Silver Slugger $530 $25,000
MLB $20K Mini Perfect Game $200 $20,000
MLB $15K Check Swing $12 $15,000
World Series of Poker Main Event Satellite $109 $14,000
MLB $10K Payoff Pitch $27 $10,000
MLB $8K Moon Shot $2 $8,000
MLB BIG $530 50/50 $530 $8,000
3 DAYS LEFT: MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier $27 $6,810
3 DAYS LEFT: MLB $500K Showcase Qualifier $200 $6,800

DraftStreet
TOURNAMENT BUY IN PRIZE POOL
$50k Pickem Survivor $11 $50,000
DSBC Qualifier #14 $22 $35,000
MLB $10,000 Guaranteed $109 $10,000
MLB $4,000 Guaranteed $2 $4,000
MLB $2,500 Guaranteed $5 $2,500
NHL $400 Guaranteed $2 $400
NHL $400 Guaranteed $22 $400
NBA $2,000 Guaranteed $22 $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 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 What constitutes a “safe” vs a GPP play? Pepsi7 tells you the best plays for each format.
# 6 ) MLB Daily Punts SBK scrapes the bottom of the barrell to find the value plays that you need to roster the studs tonight.
Grinders Live Schedule
TIME SHOW SPONSOR
3:30 PM The Afternoon Grind Fight that early afternoon boredom with expert baseball analysis from Stevietpfl and Billsfan777.
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 DraftCheat and Dean78904 serve you up some knowledge.
5:30 PM Grinders Live Al Smizzle and BoggsLite 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!

About the Author

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Brian Hourigan (CruzinToVictory)

Brian Hourigan, A.K.A. CruzinToVictory (CruzinToVictry on Twitter), started playing fantasy sports his freshman year at UCONN and never looked back. He’s related to Babe Ruth, and is an odd mix of nerd, musician, and sports fanatic. Cruzin is a life long Giants, Yankees, and Huskies fan, and he has a Bachelors degree in Music, along with a Masters degree in Computer Science.