I thought Madison Bumgarner and Matt Harvey were locks for good nights, and I was able to get a couple of decent hitters into my lineup alongside them in Anthony Rizzo and Randall Grichuk.
I was sweating it out hovering between 38th (in the money) and 41st out of the money, until my $2000 Jose Lobaton singled and scored in the 9th to push me to 32nd place. Grichuk's game deciding home run in the 13th inning vaulted me appropriately to 13th, so I could rest pretty easy for the remaining 3 innings of play this evening.
A couple of things I thought were noteworthy.
- In this league, Bumgarner and Harvey were the most owned at 55.1% & 49.4%, yet they were both owned by around 15% of the teams. A lot of folks out there are trying to find value at pitching, especially at SP2.
- Taylor Jungman had a comparable game for a few thousand less. The best pitching performance came from Steven Wright of the Boston Redsox who cost next to nothing, but was owned by no one in this group. I don't think a single "expert" recommended him this day either. Maybe there's something to be said for looking for value in pitchers.
- The cutoff point to get paid in this league was a score of 119.35. It wasn't a particularly high scoring night. So I think this lends credence to the idea that the golden number for Draft Kings is 120.
Anyway, I'll admit it was a stupid gamble, and will reiterate that one should never put themselves in a position in a game this volatile,where one game predicted poorly could end or radically curb your future betting strategies. I survived it, I liked my lineup and I was ready to ditch Draft Kings because of their screwing with the NASCAR game without any warnings. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot to like about DK, but when you only find out the rules changes after you locked your money down in a contest, one has reason to be upset.
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