Rise & Grind: May 9th, 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
- Browns Abducted by Competent Owners – Something happened last night in the NFL draft that I never thought I would see. The Cleveland Browns moved up and down the draft board brilliantly and still got the players it needed. It started with a trade of the 4th overall pick to the Buffalo Bills in which they got back the 9th pick AND a 1st/4th round pick in 2015. Then, a few picks later, they traded with the Vikings to move from 8th to 9th (while giving up their 5th rounder) to grab Justin Gilbert, a defensive back from Oklahoma State that they intend to pair with shut down corner Joe Haden. But they weren’t done there. When A&M QB Johnny Manziel started to fall, the Browns moved up once again, this time from the 29 spot to the 22 spot by giving up their third round pick, to snag the dynamic QB. Now the Browns are sitting pretty with what has the potential to be a dynamic offense of Manziel/Gordon/Cameron and a pair of shut down DBs in Haden and Gilbert. Should be very interesting to see what the Browns look like this year. Bonus Fun Fact: The Browns drafted Johnny Manziel with the 22nd overall pick. That is the exact same pick that the drafted Brady Quinn and Brandon Weeden in previous drafts.
- Small Slate, Grinders Still Big Winners – The GPP scene was relatively quiet due to the schedule in the MLB schedule last night, but as Grinders we never take a day off! DraftKings ran a $200 Showcase Qualifier last night, which was taken down by our good friend Kcannon, who had a monster night and beat the next closest team by a whopping 32 points. Over on FanDuel, DFBC qualified rayofhope took down the Mini Monster for a nice $14k score as well.
Today’s Events
- Tonight’s Action – There is a full schedule in the Bigs tonight, which should make for a great Friday night of MLB DFS action. Here’s your free “expert” advice for tonight: Don’t fade Fernandez in Petco Park playing the Padres. Over in the NBA we have a couple Game 3’s tonight, with the Pacers and Wizards tipping off at 8 PM EST and the Clippers and Thunder tipping off at 10:30. And in hockey, the Penguins have a chance to end the Ranger’s season heading into game 5 up 3-1 in the series. Meanwhile the Minnesota Wild host the Blackhawks in game 4 of their series. The Wild are down in that series 2-1.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| $125K Fri MLB Monster | $200 | $125,000 |
| $45K Fri MLB Strikeout | $25 | $45,000 |
| $30K Fri NBA Slam (Fri-Sat) | $25 | 30000 |
| $25 DFBC Qualifier | $25 | $45,857 prize value |
| $25 MLB $1M KOTD Satellite (4 seats) | $25 | 4 seats($800 value) |
| $25 MLB $1M KOTD Satellite (4 seats) | $25 | 4 seats($800 value) |
| $25K Fri MLB Slugger | $1,065 | $25,000 |
| $18K Fri MLB Squeeze | $2 | $18,000 |
| $18K Fri NBA Shot (Fri-Sat) | $2 | $18,000 |
| $12K Fri MLB Line Drive | $10 | $12,000 |
| $8K Fri MLB Squeeze | $2 | $8,000 |
| $6420 Fri MLB Double Up ($535 | $535 | $6,420 |
| $5K Fri MLB Pickle | $535 | $5,000 |
DraftKings
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| MLB $100K Perfect Game | $200 | $100,000 |
| Fantasy Baseball Championship Qualifier | $1,000 | $67,000 |
| MLB $20K Gold Glove | $1,060 | $20,000 |
| MLB $10K Check Swing | $12 | $10,000 |
| NBA $7.5K Crossover | $27 | $7,500 |
| MLB $7.5K Silver Slugger | $530 | $7,500 |
| NBA $6K Layup | $2 | $6,000 |
| MLB BIG $270 50/50 | $270 | $5,500 |
| MLB BIG $162 50/50 | $162 | $5,400 |
DraftStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| NHL Playoffs Big Score | $5 | $10,000 |
| DSBC Qualifier #6 | $22 | $35,000 |
| NHL $800 Guaranteed | $55 | $800 |
| NHL $600 Guaranteed | $11 | $600 |
| NHL $1,000 Guaranteed | $22 | $1,000 |
| NHL $600 Guaranteed | $2 | $600 |
| MLB $10,000 Guaranteed | $109 | $10,000 |
| MLB Pickem $2k Gtd | $11 | $2,000 |
StarStreet
| TOURNAMENT | BUY IN | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|
| #PFBC Streak to the Mansion: Day 1 | $109 | $11,000 |
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 simple, easy to read location. | |||||
| # 2 ) | MLB Daily Plays | STLCardinals84 gives you all the plays you’ll need for tonight’s full 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 ) | Head-to-Head vs. 50/50 | Pepsi7 separates the safe picks from the upside picks to narrow down who you should take in each game type for tonight’s MLB action. | |||||
| # 6 ) | MLB Daily Punts | SBK scrapes the bottom of the barrell to find the value plays you need to roster the big names tonight. | |||||
| Grinders Live Schedule | |||||||
| TIME | SHOW | SPONSOR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | The Afternoon Grind | DraftCheet and Beermakersfan get your afternoon going the right way with analysis for tonight’s full slate. | |||||
| 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 Stevietpfl and Dean78904 serve you some knowledge. | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Grinders Live | DraftKings | STL 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!