With Opening Day about 24 hours away, I come bearing a gift! The Daily Grind will once again partner with FantasyDraft to supply no rake* GPPs throughout the season. These will be $2 contests, frequently allowing users to enter two lineups. As I’ve done in past seasons, I’ll track the top five performers in each contest for a special Daily Grind leaderboard.

Tomorrow, we have a special 100 entry contest with $200 in total prizes. First place wins $30. The top 25 teams earn at least some money. My philosophy is that daily fantasy should be first and foremost about having fun. This is why I keep our contests low cost with relatively flat payouts. The game starts at 1:05 PM and includes 14 major league games. Best of luck.

Use this link to join the contest or sign up for Fantasy Draft. See you on the playing field.

*Rake refers to the money a DFS site takes as its cut of a contest. I’m very pleased that every penny put into Daily Grind DFS contests will be returned to participants.

The 2019 season is just around the corner. With it comes another year of The Daily Grind. I’ve been writing this column since 2012. Or maybe 2011. In any case, a long time. It started as waiver wire advice, but the advent of daily fantasy hijacked the focus. With a name like The Daily Grind, it was always destined to about DFS.

Sometimes people ask me why The Daily Grind is the way it is. If you’re familiar with the column it’s basically three very simple parts with some “writer’s voice” tossed in for the lulz.

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Six pitchers and the usual slew of hitters headline tomorrow’s Waiver Wars. Just two days left. You can do it.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Final Exploits

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Remember, remember the 28th of September. See it works on any “-ember” day. And here are more than enough Waiver Wars targets.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Subplots

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One Thin Thursday to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. To the Waiver Wars.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. The Grace of Yankees
6. Bonus

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The Wednesday slate features four streamable pitchers plus plenty of bats. Check out Waiver Wars.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Escapades
6. Bonus

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The waiver wire bears plentiful fruit this late-September day. Check out Waiver Wars for targets.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Intense Pillow Fight
6. Bonus

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Why didn’t anybody tell me “Waiver Wars” is a better name than “Streaming Wars?” Anyway, I’m calling it Waiver Wars now. It’s the same content.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Fun
6. Bonus

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Streaming Wars is abandoning you in your time of need. Just for a day while I relocate. It will return on Friday with mucho gusto.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Gratuitous

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You’re running out of time to hit your games played and innings pitched caps in traditional fantasy leagues. Luckily, you have a free resource available in the form of Streaming Wars.

AGENDA

1. TDG Invitational
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. SaberSim Says…
5. Déjà Vu Again

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