We have reached the All-Star break and the Pitcher and Hitter leaderboards have remained mostly the same this past week with DailyFantasySportsRankings leading the pitchers and RotoGrinders – Consensus leading the hitters. There was only one change in the Top 3 with DraftKings Playbook moving into third place on the pitching side. The top weekly scores for pitchers were from RotoGrinders 6-pack and Rotowire, meanwhile, on the hitting side, DailyOverlay – The Stacks and RotoGrinders – Consensus led the way. Enjoy the break and we’ll be back with articles and grading when teams resume play on Friday.
Check out the top experts on the Overall Leaderboard and as always you can check out the full MLB Expert Standings to make sure that you’re up to speed on who is making the grade. Also, review how all the MLB DFS analysts fared this past week with a day-by-day breakdown of each scored and ranking for the day and the week. I will also post the Ownership Percentages by position by count which are used to help project player ownership in our Weighted Consensus article every day.
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As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the MLB Industry Weighted Consensus article each weekday during the season, so be sure to check back about an hour or so before the first pitch of the first game to get a look at the consensus picks for the day. For the 2018 season, we are grading 20 experts that provide pitcher selections and 21 that provide hitter selections daily.
Leaderboard
The top-3 for both pitchers and hitters are below. Be sure to check out the full MLB Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
Pitchers
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.25) remains in the top spot with a solid 3rd place finish last week including four Top 4 days.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.21) stays in second place with a big gap over the rest of the field.
#3) DraftKings Playbook (Score: 5.02) moves into third place with two Top three finishes last week.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.17) strengthens their lead with Top 5 finishes every day this past week.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.12) lost a little bit of ground on the leader despite a strong week including two Top 3 finishes.
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.05) holds onto the third spot on the hitter’s side but fell further off the pace of the top two spots.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5.00 | 2 | 7.50 |
| Rotowire | 7.50 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 6.50 | 8 | 7.50 | 1 | 3.57 | 5 | 6.21 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 7.50 | 1 | 6.67 | 2 | 7.67 | 3 | 2.33 | 14 | 3.67 | 4 | 5.57 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.00 | 18 | 1.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.10 |
| FantasyAlarm | 6.67 | 6 | 6.40 | 5 | 5.00 | 14 | 3.60 | 5 | 3.00 | 10 | 4.93 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 5.00 | 12 | 6.00 | 6 | 6.50 | 8 | 3.50 | 6 | 3.50 | 6 | 4.90 |
| Scout Fantasy | 7.50 | 1 | 1.00 | 17 | 8.20 | 2 | 4.25 | 4 | 2.40 | 14 | 4.67 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 5.67 | 8 | 1.67 | 16 | 7.67 | 3 | 5.33 | 3 | 2.67 | 12 | 4.60 |
| DK Playbook | 7.50 | 1 | 6.50 | 3 | 6.50 | 8 | 1.50 | 18 | 1.00 | 17 | 4.60 |
| Industry Consensus | 6.00 | 7 | 4.14 | 12 | 5.43 | 13 | 3.25 | 9 | 3.29 | 8 | 4.42 |
| Rotoballer | 2.50 | 16 | 5.50 | 9 | 7.50 | 5 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.50 | 13 | 4.30 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 5.50 | 10 | 3.11 | 13 | 4.88 | 16 | 2.50 | 13 | 4.80 | 3 | 4.16 |
| Sportsline | 7.50 | 1 | 2.00 | 15 | 7.50 | 5 | 3.00 | 12 | 0.50 | 18 | 4.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 5.00 | 12 | 5.50 | 9 | 6.25 | 11 | 2.00 | 15 | 1.50 | 15 | 4.05 |
| DailyRoto | 3.00 | 15 | 4.75 | 11 | 5.73 | 12 | 3.17 | 11 | 3.38 | 7 | 4.01 |
| FantasyPros | 3.75 | 14 | 2.50 | 14 | 7.50 | 5 | 3.25 | 9 | 2.75 | 11 | 3.95 |
| FantasyLabs | 5.25 | 11 | 5.75 | 8 | 3.60 | 18 | 1.83 | 16 | 3.25 | 9 | 3.94 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.50 | 16 | 6.50 | 3 | 5.00 | 14 | 3.50 | 6 | 0.00 | 19 | 3.50 |
| FantasyCPR | 5.67 | 8 | 0.67 | 19 | 4.67 | 17 | 1.67 | 17 | 1.50 | 15 | 2.84 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | – | – | – | – | 4.77 | 4 | – | – | 3.10 | 7 | 3.94 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.79 | 4 | 3.15 | 5 | 5.46 | 2 | 2.54 | 4 | 4.21 | 1 | 3.83 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.38 | 7 | 2.88 | 9 | 4.38 | 5 | 2.71 | 3 | 3.67 | 4 | 3.40 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 3.27 | 8 | 2.80 | 10 | 4.00 | 6 | 2.80 | 2 | 3.80 | 3 | 3.33 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.00 | 10 | 4.07 | 1 | 5.29 | 3 | 1.89 | 11 | 2.33 | 14 | 3.32 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 4.45 | 2 | 2.27 | 14 | 3.25 | 12 | 1.33 | 13 | 4.00 | 2 | 3.06 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.00 | 3 | 0.75 | 18 | 6.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 16 | 3.33 | 6 | 3.02 |
| FantasyCPR | 3.67 | 5 | 3.86 | 2 | 3.71 | 8 | 0.29 | 17 | 2.29 | 15 | 2.76 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.40 | 6 | 3.00 | 7 | 2.44 | 16 | 2.40 | 6 | 2.46 | 12 | 2.74 |
| DailyRoto | 2.50 | 14 | 2.77 | 11 | 3.50 | 10 | 2.16 | 10 | 2.76 | 8 | 2.74 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.20 | 9 | 2.97 | 8 | 2.26 | 17 | 2.25 | 7 | 2.41 | 13 | 2.62 |
| FantasyAlarm | 1.79 | 16 | 3.70 | 3 | 2.71 | 14 | 2.50 | 5 | 2.29 | 15 | 2.60 |
| DK Playbook | 1.75 | 17 | 2.73 | 12 | 3.64 | 9 | 2.20 | 9 | 2.67 | 9 | 2.60 |
| FantasyPros | 2.67 | 13 | 0.89 | 17 | 3.80 | 7 | 1.83 | 12 | 3.60 | 5 | 2.56 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.92 | 12 | 2.48 | 13 | 2.70 | 15 | 2.21 | 8 | 2.15 | 18 | 2.49 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 2.24 | 15 | 3.09 | 6 | 3.34 | 11 | 1.31 | 14 | 2.19 | 17 | 2.43 |
| Rotowire | 3.00 | 10 | 1.94 | 16 | 1.33 | 19 | 3.33 | 1 | 1.94 | 19 | 2.31 |
| Rotoballer | 5.14 | 1 | 0.57 | 19 | 1.43 | 18 | 1.25 | 15 | 2.50 | 10 | 2.18 |
| Sportsline | 0.71 | 18 | 3.43 | 4 | 3.25 | 12 | 0.17 | 18 | 2.50 | 10 | 2.01 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 2.20 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 0.67 | 20 | 1.44 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (July 9)
A+ – Gregory Polanco (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – C.J. Cron (Rotowire)
Tuesday (July 10)
A+ – Tyler Anderson (RotoGrinders 6-pack)
A+ – Rougned Odor (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Dexter Fowler (ScoutFantasy)
Wednesday (July 11)
A+ – Giancarlo Stanton (DailyRoto)
A+ – Tyler Naquin (DailyRoto)
A+ – German Marquez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Austin Romine (FantasyPros)
Thursday (July 12)
None
Friday (July 13)
A+ – James Shields (DailyRoto)
A+ – Josh Bell (DailyRoto)
A+ – Alex Bregman (DailyRoto)
A+ – Denard Span (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Jake Bauers (FantasyPros)
A+ – Brock Holt (FantasyPros)
A+ – Daniel Palka (Rotowire)
Ownership Percentage Tracking
Below is the current table showing the data we have tracked so far this season. Results are using DraftKings Double-Up or 50/50s for Cash and large field multi-entry tournaments for GPP. The Count column shows the number of times a player was selected by the experts for a given day. The Cash % chart shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a Cash game. The GPP % chart shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a GPP tournament.
Cash by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 67.25% | 67.25% | ||||||
| 15 | 73.18% | 57.60% | 70.58% | |||||
| 14 | 76.35% | 54.10% | 78.60% | 58.05% | 72.57% | |||
| 13 | 63.61% | 61.23% | 60.70% | 61.57% | 61.57% | 62.44% | ||
| 12 | 64.27% | 30.10% | 40.63% | 60.30% | 54.50% | 59.76% | 58.30% | 57.64% |
| 11 | 53.35% | 40.60% | 46.80% | 35.28% | 41.98% | 46.71% | 46.22% | 47.85% |
| 10 | 48.13% | 63.50% | 42.02% | 51.31% | 36.07% | 52.50% | 52.95% | 48.32% |
| 9 | 30.26% | 39.56% | 24.45% | 26.67% | 31.63% | 34.46% | 39.81% | 32.74% |
| 8 | 30.92% | 28.62% | 27.02% | 30.84% | 29.27% | 26.97% | 31.67% | 29.56% |
| 7 | 27.35% | 25.10% | 24.81% | 23.68% | 21.27% | 24.10% | 24.65% | 24.87% |
| 6 | 22.31% | 22.75% | 17.65% | 18.76% | 16.37% | 17.27% | 22.34% | 19.98% |
| 5 | 16.21% | 17.22% | 14.11% | 14.17% | 16.25% | 13.21% | 16.58% | 15.50% |
| 4 | 10.92% | 12.79% | 8.71% | 10.50% | 10.62% | 7.91% | 13.02% | 11.02% |
| 3 | 7.27% | 9.39% | 6.53% | 6.52% | 7.51% | 5.58% | 9.21% | 7.64% |
| 2 | 5.27% | 7.59% | 4.52% | 5.76% | 5.08% | 3.79% | 6.24% | 5.58% |
| 1 | 2.29% | 3.85% | 2.39% | 2.53% | 3.04% | 1.78% | 2.52% | 2.62% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 44.75% | 44.75% | ||||||
| 15 | 42.50% | 29.80% | 40.38% | |||||
| 14 | 47.67% | 25.40% | 50.20% | 37.65% | 45.02% | |||
| 13 | 45.21% | 30.67% | 30.30% | 37.53% | 33.23% | 39.03% | ||
| 12 | 45.31% | 27.50% | 24.08% | 35.40% | 29.94% | 30.96% | 40.54% | 37.43% |
| 11 | 34.51% | 26.40% | 27.08% | 22.08% | 24.60% | 27.56% | 28.35% | 29.69% |
| 10 | 33.64% | 53.15% | 25.61% | 30.55% | 23.57% | 33.38% | 33.79% | 31.68% |
| 9 | 25.87% | 29.30% | 17.91% | 17.64% | 23.00% | 22.54% | 26.81% | 23.75% |
| 8 | 24.11% | 22.31% | 18.82% | 21.53% | 22.09% | 18.97% | 22.16% | 21.53% |
| 7 | 23.41% | 21.24% | 16.53% | 17.02% | 18.94% | 17.98% | 19.13% | 19.50% |
| 6 | 20.53% | 17.74% | 13.42% | 14.79% | 12.88% | 13.54% | 16.74% | 15.98% |
| 5 | 16.14% | 14.37% | 10.98% | 11.54% | 13.28% | 11.68% | 14.08% | 13.29% |
| 4 | 13.31% | 11.01% | 8.36% | 9.96% | 10.16% | 8.31% | 11.26% | 10.53% |
| 3 | 10.52% | 10.37% | 6.82% | 7.10% | 7.88% | 7.29% | 9.32% | 8.52% |
| 2 | 7.61% | 7.20% | 5.68% | 6.29% | 6.40% | 5.20% | 6.76% | 6.53% |
| 1 | 4.53% | 4.16% | 3.36% | 3.35% | 3.87% | 3.22% | 3.45% | 3.69% |
