Our first recap in two weeks doesn’t bring us much change. We find the usual suspects in our top-3’s including one guy that is top-2 on both leaderboards. The race for the final top-3 spot on the pitcher side is very close so that slot could change quickly. 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.
To access all our crucial MLB content, sign up for our Premium Content access. The value that you receive for $24.99/month is unmatched anywhere in the industry. In addition to our MLB content, the Premium Content membership will get you access to our weekly PGA and NASCAR content as well as our NFL, NBA and NHL content when those seasons begin in the fall.
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: 6.21) continues to hold a big advantage over the field through the first couple months of the year.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 5.18) has put together a solid couple of weeks to close the gap a bit on Beer. Still a lot of ground to make up though.
#3) FantasyLabs (Score: 4.77) jumped back into 3rd place but there are several experts nipping at their heels.
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.29) leaped back into the top spot on the hitter leaderboard.
#2) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.25) is just a few points shy of leading both pitchers and hitter experts.
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.12) is the only other expert above the 3.0 threshold.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | – | – | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 7.50 | 3 | 8.75 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 5.00 | 11 | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 8.33 |
| Sportsline | 0.50 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.50 | 1 | 6.00 | 4 | 6.60 |
| Rotoballer | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.00 | 17 | 1.50 | 14 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.30 |
| FantasyCPR | 3.00 | 12 | 7.50 | 7 | 6.67 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 5.72 |
| FantasyAlarm | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 24 | 3.80 | 6 | 5.38 | 6 | 5.42 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 1.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 5.33 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.33 | 16 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 17 | 3.00 | 8 | 6.00 | 4 | 5.07 |
| FantasyPros | 6.25 | 2 | 7.67 | 6 | 5.25 | 16 | 1.50 | 14 | 4.33 | 7 | 5.00 |
| Industry Consensus | 5.57 | 4 | 3.90 | 19 | 7.50 | 6 | 4.29 | 5 | 3.40 | 12 | 4.93 |
| Rotowire | 4.57 | 9 | 2.88 | 22 | 7.86 | 5 | – | – | 3.90 | 9 | 4.80 |
| EliteFantasy | 6.00 | 3 | 2.33 | 23 | 7.50 | 6 | 4.67 | 2 | 2.80 | 13 | 4.66 |
| DailyRoto | 4.43 | 10 | 4.40 | 15 | 6.25 | 12 | – | – | 3.43 | 11 | 4.63 |
| FullTimeFantasy | 3.67 | 11 | 4.00 | 17 | 6.00 | 15 | – | – | 4.25 | 8 | 4.48 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 5.13 | 6 | 6.00 | 9 | 6.43 | 11 | 3.67 | 7 | 1.00 | 22 | 4.45 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.75 | 7 | 4.00 | 17 | 6.25 | 12 | 4.50 | 4 | 2.25 | 15 | 4.35 |
| FantasyLabs | 5.20 | 5 | 4.33 | 16 | 6.25 | 12 | 3.00 | 8 | 1.80 | 19 | 4.12 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 2.00 | 13 | 3.33 | 20 | 8.75 | 4 | 4.67 | 2 | 1.33 | 20 | 4.02 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 0.00 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 17 | 2.50 | 12 | 2.00 | 16 | 3.90 |
| DK Playbook | 2.00 | 13 | 5.00 | 11 | 7.50 | 6 | 1.50 | 14 | 3.50 | 10 | 3.90 |
| NumberFire | – | – | 5.33 | 10 | 5.00 | 17 | – | – | 1.33 | 20 | 3.89 |
| DFSArmy | 4.75 | 7 | 3.11 | 21 | 6.67 | 9 | 2.00 | 13 | 2.33 | 14 | 3.77 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.00 | 13 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.00 | 17 | 3.00 | 8 | 2.00 | 16 | 3.40 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.50 | 18 | 6.50 | 8 | 5.00 | 17 | 3.00 | 8 | 2.00 | 16 | 3.40 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.36 | 5 | 4.42 | 3 | 4.80 | 3 | 3.50 | 4 | 3.93 | 4 | 4.20 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.75 | 6 | 4.13 | 5 | 4.13 | 5 | 4.18 | 2 | 3.71 | 6 | 3.98 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 4.86 | 2 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.88 | 16 | 5.29 | 1 | 3.29 | 10 | 3.66 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 3.54 | 8 | 3.29 | 9 | 3.35 | 12 | 3.93 | 3 | 3.39 | 9 | 3.50 |
| NumberFire | – | – | 1.00 | 22 | 3.50 | 10 | – | – | 6.00 | 1 | 3.50 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 4.67 | 4 | 1.89 | 21 | 4.83 | 2 | 3.46 | 5 | 2.10 | 19 | 3.39 |
| FantasyPros | 3.00 | 11 | 4.27 | 4 | 3.56 | 9 | 1.93 | 8 | 4.14 | 2 | 3.38 |
| DailyRoto | 3.52 | 9 | 2.22 | 15 | 3.79 | 7 | – | – | 2.83 | 13 | 3.09 |
| FantasyAlarm | – | – | 3.38 | 7 | 3.33 | 13 | 1.91 | 10 | 3.74 | 5 | 3.09 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.29 | 1 | 2.20 | 16 | 3.40 | 11 | 1.67 | 12 | 2.88 | 11 | 3.09 |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | – | – | – | – | 2.40 | 19 | – | – | 3.67 | 7 | 3.04 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 0.00 | 23 | 5.00 | 1 | – | – | 4.00 | 3 | 3.00 |
| DFSArmy | 1.00 | 18 | 4.89 | 2 | 4.46 | 4 | 1.00 | 15 | 2.88 | 11 | 2.85 |
| Rotoballer | 2.50 | 15 | 2.00 | 19 | 3.60 | 8 | 2.29 | 6 | 3.57 | 8 | 2.79 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.83 | 3 | 2.18 | 17 | 2.60 | 18 | 2.00 | 7 | 2.27 | 17 | 2.78 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.71 | 7 | 6.67 | 1 | 1.20 | 22 | 1.63 | 13 | 0.57 | 22 | 2.76 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.37 | 10 | 2.43 | 12 | 3.11 | 14 | 1.81 | 11 | 2.16 | 18 | 2.58 |
| FullTimeFantasy | 2.92 | 12 | 2.44 | 11 | 2.81 | 17 | – | – | 2.04 | 20 | 2.55 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.62 | 14 | 2.28 | 13 | 2.96 | 15 | 1.93 | 8 | 2.45 | 16 | 2.45 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 1.00 | 18 | 2.25 | 14 | 3.89 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 2.38 |
| Rotowire | 2.67 | 13 | 3.37 | 8 | 0.36 | 24 | – | – | 2.74 | 14 | 2.29 |
| DK Playbook | 2.27 | 16 | 2.70 | 10 | 2.00 | 20 | 1.50 | 14 | 2.73 | 15 | 2.24 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.00 | 17 | 2.17 | 18 | 0.38 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 1.52 |
| Sportsline | 0.71 | 20 | 3.57 | 6 | 1.67 | 21 | 0.00 | 16 | 1.33 | 21 | 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 (May 20th)
A+ – Hanser Alberto (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Austin Riley (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Cesar Hernandez (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Renato Nunez (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (May 21st)
A+ – Rafael Devers (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Lance Lynn (FantasyPros)
A+ – Luis Arraez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Trea Turner (FantasyPros)
A+ – Nomar Mazara (Sportsline)
Wednesday (May 22nd)
A+ – Austin Riley (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Daniel Norris (DailyRoto)
A+ – Richie Martin (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jeff Samardzija (FullTimeFantasy)
Thursday (May 23rd)
A+ – Starling Marte (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Luke Voit (RG Grind Down)
Friday (May 24th)
A+ – Curtis Granderson (DailyRoto)
A+ – Amed Rosario (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Matt Olson (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Eduardo Escobar (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Ketel Marte (Fantasy Alarm)
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 |
| 19 | 68.55% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 68.55% |
| 18 | 75.55% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75.55% |
| 17 | 60.63% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60.63% |
| 16 | 63.03% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.50% | 52.40% |
| 15 | 54.93% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.80% | N/A | 53.02% |
| 14 | 62.98% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60.30% | 51.63% | 49.35% | 57.16% |
| 13 | 46.35% | N/A | 16.20% | 63.80% | N/A | 50.20% | 54.77% | 48.92% |
| 12 | 50.18% | N/A | 37.03% | 39.60% | 44.04% | 39.63% | 44.30% | 44.35% |
| 11 | 49.67% | 36.20% | 23.90% | 26.45% | 33.27% | 34.37% | 30.14% | 35.94% |
| 10 | 41.79% | 66.90% | 28.44% | 42.87% | 30.01% | 25.56% | 32.23% | 35.13% |
| 9 | 27.48% | 34.75% | 26.87% | 32.20% | 24.60% | 23.64% | 29.57% | 28.33% |
| 8 | 27.21% | 14.53% | 18.19% | 26.49% | 20.24% | 20.91% | 25.35% | 23.17% |
| 7 | 21.58% | 14.20% | 17.23% | 26.04% | 22.34% | 25.17% | 20.70% | 21.87% |
| 6 | 17.56% | 22.36% | 10.80% | 17.51% | 20.44% | 14.63% | 16.05% | 16.57% |
| 5 | 13.90% | 17.72% | 10.68% | 13.97% | 10.30% | 11.87% | 13.09% | 12.61% |
| 4 | 9.90% | 13.81% | 7.67% | 10.07% | 10.60% | 8.83% | 10.45% | 9.91% |
| 3 | 9.20% | 10.44% | 6.56% | 7.44% | 8.29% | 7.90% | 7.01% | 7.85% |
| 2 | 5.09% | 8.50% | 4.47% | 6.21% | 4.86% | 4.83% | 5.26% | 5.47% |
| 1 | 3.01% | 4.68% | 2.51% | 3.39% | 2.52% | 2.96% | 2.92% | 3.12% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 19 | 39.65% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39.65% |
| 18 | 48.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 48.80% |
| 17 | 35.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.20% |
| 16 | 36.03% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.00% | 30.28% |
| 15 | 35.51% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22.60% | N/A | 34.22% |
| 14 | 37.54% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 37.50% | 27.97% | 22.55% | 32.20% |
| 13 | 32.87% | N/A | 19.00% | 34.00% | N/A | 27.95% | 32.69% | 31.73% |
| 12 | 33.43% | N/A | 26.10% | 30.05% | 28.70% | 23.95% | 26.05% | 28.32% |
| 11 | 31.02% | 23.10% | 18.38% | 24.97% | 21.98% | 18.84% | 20.44% | 23.93% |
| 10 | 31.48% | 42.30% | 16.94% | 22.59% | 19.27% | 20.25% | 23.20% | 24.63% |
| 9 | 23.09% | 22.77% | 18.08% | 21.30% | 17.00% | 15.66% | 20.60% | 20.13% |
| 8 | 23.79% | 14.89% | 13.79% | 18.75% | 18.44% | 14.66% | 18.12% | 18.17% |
| 7 | 21.12% | 13.05% | 13.69% | 20.20% | 16.50% | 17.88% | 16.29% | 17.46% |
| 6 | 17.34% | 18.53% | 10.30% | 14.52% | 15.59% | 11.73% | 14.06% | 14.39% |
| 5 | 15.76% | 14.93% | 9.34% | 12.58% | 10.39% | 10.35% | 11.42% | 11.79% |
| 4 | 12.59% | 10.75% | 7.91% | 9.22% | 9.25% | 9.30% | 10.12% | 9.96% |
| 3 | 12.92% | 8.97% | 6.80% | 8.21% | 7.96% | 8.13% | 8.04% | 8.32% |
| 2 | 8.31% | 8.33% | 5.07% | 6.22% | 5.99% | 6.37% | 5.97% | 6.49% |
| 1 | 5.47% | 5.21% | 3.23% | 4.06% | 3.91% | 4.33% | 3.69% | 4.18% |
Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @mbutlerOK
