We are officially in the thick of MLB season. Now, there is plenty of season to get through but we are starting to see “Who’s Hot and Who’s Not” and hopefully you’re utilizing that to your advantage. It seems to be the usual suspects as the same experts seem to float to the top no matter the sport we’re grading. Our very own Brad and his Daily Overlay – On the Hill article jumped into the top-3 on the pitcher leadersboard. Another DO’er, Stephen, is nipping at Brad’s heels for that #3 slot though. A full week is recapped below. Enjoy!
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 2019 season, we are grading 24 experts that provide pitcher selections and 24 that provide hitter selections daily. We’d love to add more so let us know in the comments the experts that you’re trusting 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) RotoGrinders – 6 Pack (Score: 6.75) only played a couple days last week but scored two “A+” grades to widen his lead atop the pitcher leaders.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 5.05) dropped .16 in score but slid up a spot into 2nd.
#3) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 5.00) used a solid week to hop into the top-3 overall. Brad will look to keep Stephen, who is in 4th, in his rearview mirror.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – 6 Pack (Score: 3.33) continues his stranglehold on the top spot of both leaderboards. Probably a good idea to see what Beer is saying on a daily basis.
#2A) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.25) stayed fairly steady for the week with a small .02 drop in score. That did drop DFSR into a tie for 2nd place.
#2B) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.25) jumped into a tie for 2nd place. FTA always seems to find themselves toward the top of any leaderboard we have here at DO.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 10.00 |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7.50 | 6 | – | – | 5.00 | 10 | 7.50 |
| DK Playbook | 1.00 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 7 | 5.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 | 5.67 |
| DFSArmy | – | – | 2.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 8 | 4.00 | 15 | 5.30 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.25 | 6 | 3.40 | 12 | 6.67 | 1 | 6.25 | 11 | 4.33 | 12 | 8.00 | 1 | 5.15 |
| NumberFire | 1.50 | 9 | 2.50 | 15 | – | – | 6.67 | 8 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | 5.13 |
| DailyRoto | 3.89 | 3 | 3.90 | 10 | – | – | 6.00 | 12 | 7.75 | 4 | 3.90 | 16 | 5.09 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 1.00 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 8.00 | 5 | 4.60 | 11 | 4.63 | 14 | 4.56 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 0.75 | 16 | 4.25 | 8 | 4.25 | 3 | 7.50 | 6 | 3.75 | 15 | 6.25 | 4 | 4.46 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 1.00 | 10 | 3.33 | 13 | – | – | 6.67 | 8 | 3.67 | 16 | 7.20 | 3 | 4.37 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.00 | 5 | 6.67 | 4 | 2.67 | 4 | 3.00 | 21 | 4.33 | 12 | 5.75 | 5 | 4.24 |
| Rotowire | 6.67 | 2 | 1.20 | 20 | – | – | 3.86 | 20 | 6.80 | 5 | 2.58 | 19 | 4.22 |
| FantasyPros | 3.67 | 4 | 5.00 | 7 | 1.25 | 6 | 5.75 | 14 | 5.75 | 7 | 3.25 | 18 | 4.11 |
| Sportsline | 1.00 | 10 | 7.50 | 3 | – | – | 6.00 | 12 | 0.50 | 20 | 5.50 | 6 | 4.10 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.00 | 19 | 3.00 | 14 | 0.00 | 8 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 5.50 | 6 | 4.08 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.00 | 7 | 4.00 | 9 | – | – | 4.57 | 18 | 4.00 | 14 | 5.40 | 9 | 3.99 |
| FantasyCPR | 1.00 | 10 | 6.00 | 5 | 1.67 | 5 | 5.00 | 15 | 3.50 | 17 | – | – | 3.43 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.00 | 10 | 5.40 | 6 | 0.00 | 8 | 6.67 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 3.27 |
| Industry Consensus | 0.75 | 16 | 3.80 | 11 | 0.00 | 8 | 4.57 | 18 | 5.00 | 10 | 3.90 | 16 | 3.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 0.00 | 19 | 2.00 | 16 | 0.00 | 8 | 5.00 | 15 | 5.50 | 8 | 5.50 | 6 | 3.00 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 0.00 | 19 | 2.00 | 16 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | 2.83 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | – | – | 0.00 | 21 | 0.00 | 8 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 19 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.40 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 2.00 | 7 | 0.00 | 21 | – | – | 0.00 | 22 | 0.50 | 20 | 5.00 | 10 | 1.50 |
| Rotoballer | 0.50 | 18 | 2.00 | 16 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 22 | 1.50 | 18 | 1.00 | 20 | 0.83 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.50 | 1 | 2.86 | 4 | 4.00 | 2 | 1.50 | 22 | 2.63 | 6 | 4.00 | 5 | 3.25 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 0.25 | 23 | 0.60 | 22 | – | – | 3.75 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 3.22 |
| Sportsline | 2.83 | 10 | 3.00 | 3 | – | – | 3.25 | 4 | 2.29 | 14 | 4.57 | 4 | 3.19 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.50 | 19 | 2.55 | 7 | 6.25 | 1 | 1.75 | 18 | – | – | 3.00 | 12 | 3.01 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 4.00 | 2 | 3.10 | 2 | – | – | 2.75 | 7 | 2.17 | 15 | 2.92 | 14 | 2.99 |
| DFSArmy | 2.20 | 14 | 2.40 | 9 | 4.00 | 2 | 3.50 | 2 | 2.80 | 5 | 2.56 | 16 | 2.91 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.86 | 8 | 2.77 | 5 | 1.67 | 12 | 1.80 | 16 | 2.38 | 13 | 5.54 | 2 | 2.84 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.80 | 3 | 1.50 | 19 | 2.88 | 6 | 2.88 | 6 | 2.63 | 6 | 3.17 | 10 | 2.81 |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | 2.22 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 3.17 | 5 | – | – | 3.00 | 12 | 2.80 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.85 | 9 | 2.54 | 8 | 3.21 | 5 | 1.77 | 17 | 2.57 | 9 | 3.62 | 8 | 2.76 |
| DailyRoto | 3.38 | 5 | 2.36 | 10 | – | – | 2.12 | 10 | 1.86 | 19 | 3.94 | 6 | 2.73 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.26 | 12 | 3.18 | 1 | 3.32 | 4 | 1.96 | 15 | 2.50 | 10 | 3.14 | 11 | 2.73 |
| Rotowire | 2.80 | 11 | 1.93 | 15 | – | – | 2.15 | 9 | 3.50 | 3 | 2.53 | 17 | 2.58 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.00 | 7 | 0.50 | 23 | 2.40 | 10 | 3.33 | 3 | 3.63 | 2 | 1.71 | 21 | 2.43 |
| FantasyAlarm | 1.84 | 17 | 1.92 | 16 | – | – | 1.97 | 14 | 2.41 | 11 | 3.83 | 7 | 2.39 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.91 | 16 | 1.89 | 17 | 2.61 | 8 | 1.68 | 21 | 2.03 | 16 | 3.32 | 9 | 2.24 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.38 | 5 | 2.22 | 11 | 0.95 | 14 | 2.05 | 11 | 2.40 | 12 | 2.32 | 19 | 2.22 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 2.60 | 6 | – | – | 1.75 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 2.18 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.14 | 15 | 1.43 | 20 | 2.57 | 9 | 2.00 | 12 | 2.00 | 17 | – | – | 2.03 |
| DK Playbook | 1.75 | 18 | 1.73 | 18 | 1.40 | 13 | 1.08 | 24 | 1.45 | 20 | 4.67 | 3 | 2.01 |
| EliteFantasy | 0.94 | 22 | 2.03 | 14 | 2.75 | 7 | 1.70 | 20 | 1.97 | 18 | 2.57 | 15 | 1.99 |
| FantasyPros | 3.63 | 4 | 2.10 | 13 | 1.86 | 11 | 1.09 | 23 | 2.58 | 8 | 0.45 | 22 | 1.95 |
| NumberFire | 1.20 | 21 | 0.67 | 21 | – | – | 2.20 | 8 | 3.25 | 4 | 2.33 | 18 | 1.93 |
| Rotoballer | 1.43 | 20 | 2.14 | 12 | 0.67 | 15 | 2.00 | 12 | 0.50 | 21 | 2.00 | 20 | 1.46 |
Sleepers of the Week
In the “Sleepers of the Week” section, I’ll highlight the players that were selected by only one expert and scored an “A+” grade. These are the sites to look at when you’re squeezing in some cheap bats.
Monday (April 22nd)
A+ – Carlos Correa (DailyRoto)
A+ – Michael Brantley (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Ryan Braun (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jason Castro (Scout)
A+ – James McCann (Scout)
A+ – David Peralta (Scout)
A+ – Jeff McNeil (FantasyPros)
A+ – Pedro Severino (Rotowire)
A+ – Eduardo Escobar (DailyFantasyNerd)
Tuesday (April 23rd)
A+ – Stephen Piscotty (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Yadier Molina (DailyRoto)
A+ – Joe Panik (DailyRoto)
A+ – Javier Baez (DailyRoto)
A+ – Danny Santana (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Joey Rickard (Sportsline)
Wednesday (April 24th)
A+ – Adalberto Mondesi (FantasyPros)
A+ – Felix Hernandez (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Eric Thames (EliteFantasy)
A+ – Andrelton Simmons (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Eduardo Escobar (DailyFantasyNerd)
Thursday (April 25th)
A+ – David Fletcher (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Gio Urshela (Fantasy Alarm)
Friday (April 26th)
A+ – Miguel Cabrera (DailyRoto)
A+ – Yan Gomes (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Marcus Stroman (DK Playbook)
A+ – Jesse Winker (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 |
| 18 | 69.40% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 69.40% |
| 17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | 67.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.50% | 43.85% |
| 15 | 54.68% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 54.68% |
| 14 | 60.60% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.55% | 49.35% | 55.78% |
| 13 | 46.42% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.10% | 51.98% | 48.41% |
| 12 | 62.05% | N/A | 16.60% | 50.80% | 38.13% | 29.83% | 46.31% | 42.55% |
| 11 | 53.63% | 36.20% | 23.90% | 25.94% | 33.93% | 41.77% | 30.35% | 35.84% |
| 10 | 40.50% | 66.90% | 28.34% | 22.90% | 24.05% | 28.29% | 32.90% | 33.33% |
| 9 | 33.70% | 38.90% | 24.57% | 27.96% | 26.80% | 22.54% | 30.11% | 29.01% |
| 8 | 26.05% | 20.45% | 15.71% | 29.43% | 26.34% | 24.82% | 21.03% | 23.03% |
| 7 | 17.65% | 15.43% | 17.27% | 24.41% | 24.41% | 13.35% | 18.48% | 19.37% |
| 6 | 20.76% | 21.31% | 8.53% | 19.95% | 20.32% | 15.61% | 16.05% | 17.21% |
| 5 | 17.98% | 21.13% | 12.57% | 16.95% | 11.98% | 10.52% | 12.19% | 13.74% |
| 4 | 10.69% | 16.44% | 8.10% | 8.01% | 11.32% | 8.66% | 11.46% | 10.55% |
| 3 | 7.70% | 8.30% | 9.60% | 9.61% | 10.39% | 8.82% | 7.67% | 8.76% |
| 2 | 6.22% | 8.18% | 4.22% | 6.38% | 5.54% | 4.99% | 5.65% | 5.77% |
| 1 | 3.90% | 4.18% | 2.87% | 2.98% | 2.43% | 2.82% | 3.18% | 3.20% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 18 | 48.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 48.80% |
| 17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | 44.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.00% | 28.50% |
| 15 | 35.16% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.16% |
| 14 | 37.30% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30.00% | 22.55% | 31.79% |
| 13 | 37.70% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26.20% | 35.40% | 35.63% |
| 12 | 47.60% | N/A | 28.10% | 38.80% | 24.07% | 21.73% | 29.01% | 29.53% |
| 11 | 35.45% | 23.10% | 18.38% | 25.68% | 25.00% | 19.37% | 20.10% | 25.05% |
| 10 | 30.17% | 42.30% | 17.76% | 16.65% | 17.70% | 21.15% | 24.99% | 24.24% |
| 9 | 25.78% | 26.33% | 16.80% | 22.62% | 20.70% | 16.22% | 20.54% | 20.77% |
| 8 | 24.57% | 19.95% | 13.75% | 19.14% | 22.38% | 16.87% | 17.48% | 19.19% |
| 7 | 19.33% | 12.30% | 12.63% | 21.08% | 17.32% | 12.39% | 15.14% | 16.41% |
| 6 | 19.20% | 16.86% | 9.72% | 15.79% | 13.87% | 12.23% | 15.16% | 14.93% |
| 5 | 18.08% | 17.43% | 9.93% | 14.21% | 11.20% | 9.19% | 10.97% | 12.29% |
| 4 | 11.30% | 12.23% | 8.12% | 8.03% | 9.25% | 9.43% | 10.60% | 9.95% |
| 3 | 13.10% | 8.31% | 8.84% | 11.24% | 10.10% | 8.93% | 8.81% | 9.73% |
| 2 | 9.00% | 8.83% | 5.04% | 6.19% | 6.61% | 6.66% | 6.24% | 6.80% |
| 1 | 6.04% | 4.79% | 3.57% | 3.67% | 3.91% | 4.46% | 3.88% | 4.26% |
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