It’s ’bout that time, eh chaps? Welcome back to The Daily Grind. If you missed last week’s announcements, there is one major change from last year. This column will focus exclusively on daily fantasy. If you want streaming picks, you’ll have to look elsewhere on the interwebs. (If, specifically, you want MY streaming picks, I recommend trying RotoBaller.com later this morning).

Opening Day included two well fought battles and a soul-soothing drubbing of the Yankees. Today, 12 more teams have their Opening Day, nine in the afternoon and three at night.

AGENDA

1. Bumbomber
2. Weather Reports
3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
4. Fade Fade Fade
5. SaberSim Says… (will be included in future episodes)
6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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All living beings must adapt to new conditions or else be drowned under the sands of time. The Daily Grind began in 2012 as a streaming column. I picked some pitchers and hitters I liked for the current and next day using the “sophisticated” measures that were popular over half a decade ago. At the time, TDG was hosted by The Hardball Times Fantasy Focus. It lives a pseudo-existence as an archived site.

Here’s an example from April of that inaugural year. A few highlights with comments in parenthesis:

• In shallow leagues, Chris Sale and Trevor Cahill may be available. (I’m not sure which of those is funnier)
• Carlos Gomez is creeping toward a full-time role by never striking out. (emphasis mine)
• Eric Thames will get the start against Jason Hammel. (proof of my long love affair with Thames, I actually recommended him twice)
• Dale Sveum has powers akin to the Pope. After a Carlos Marmol blown save, Sveum absolved Marmol of his sin. (younger me had funnier words)

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I had a bad year on FanDuel. An embarrassing year really. For a time, it was going well. But like every foolish gambler, I tried to leverage my winnings by scaling my entries. Predictably, it backfired. I sat down this morning for a bit of a postmortem, and I noticed a few things.

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Agenda

1. Thank You!
2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
3. Daily DFS
4. SaberSim Observations
5. Tomorrow’s Targets
6. Factor Grid

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Agenda

1. My Ballots
2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
3. Daily DFS
4. SaberSim Observations
5. Tomorrow’s Targets
6. Factor Grid

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Agenda

1. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
2. Daily DFS
3. SaberSim Observations
4. Tomorrow’s Targets
5. Factor Grid

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Agenda

1. Tomorrow is Go
2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
3. Daily DFS
4. SaberSim Observations
5. Tomorrow’s Targets
6. Factor Grid

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Agenda

1. Debate Cancelled
2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
3. Daily DFS
4. SaberSim Observations
5. Tomorrow’s Targets
6. Factor Grid

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Agenda

1. Two Things…
2. The Daily Grind Invitational and Leaderboard
3. Daily DFS
4. SaberSim Observations
5. Tomorrow’s Targets
6. Factor Grid

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Agenda

1. Pulling the Pitchers
2. Daily DFS
3. SaberSim Observations
4. Tomorrow’s Targets
5. Factor Grid

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