Welcome in to the penultimate edition of the MLB recap. This week will be our last grading our MLB experts. Many of the experts have shifted their focus towards football and that has left us with less than full Consensus lists. It has also pretty much guaranteed that most of our season top-3 experts will remain the same at the end of the season. A full five-day 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) RG 6 Pack (Score: 6.20)
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.54)
#3) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.10)
Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.10)
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 2.93)
#3) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 2.90)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 7.50 | 2 | 0.00 | 17 | 5.50 | 5 | 6.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 2.50 | 9 | 5.00 | 2 | 5.50 | 5 | 6.10 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 6.00 | 3 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 9 | 2.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.10 |
| DK Playbook | 5.50 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | 5.00 | 2 | 5.50 | 5 | 5.80 |
| FantasyCPR | 6.00 | 3 | 3.33 | 15 | 5.00 | 3 | 4.00 | 7 | 7.33 | 2 | 5.13 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 6.00 | 3 | 6.25 | 6 | 2.50 | 9 | 3.00 | 11 | 6.75 | 3 | 4.90 |
| FantasyPros | 5.75 | 6 | 6.25 | 6 | 0.67 | 17 | 6.67 | 1 | 4.33 | 12 | 4.73 |
| FantasyLabs | 5.00 | 9 | 5.00 | 9 | 2.40 | 12 | 5.00 | 2 | 6.00 | 4 | 4.68 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 5.00 | 9 | 2.50 | 17 | 5.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 2 | 5.50 | 5 | 4.60 |
| Industry Consensus | 5.20 | 8 | 7.00 | 5 | 1.25 | 14 | 3.00 | 11 | 4.71 | 11 | 4.23 |
| DFSArmy | 4.67 | 12 | 4.33 | 13 | 8.33 | 1 | 0.00 | 17 | 3.67 | 14 | 4.20 |
| DailyRoto | 4.67 | 12 | 4.64 | 11 | 4.70 | 6 | 2.14 | 14 | 3.55 | 15 | 3.94 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 4.80 | 11 | 4.73 | 10 | 3.38 | 7 | 3.25 | 9 | 3.00 | 17 | 3.83 |
| EliteFantasy | 3.40 | 14 | 5.20 | 8 | 1.00 | 16 | 3.25 | 9 | 5.20 | 9 | 3.61 |
| FullTimeFantasy | – | – | – | – | 1.25 | 14 | 5.00 | 2 | 4.33 | 12 | 3.53 |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 3.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 10 | 3.50 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.00 | 16 | 4.43 | 12 | – | – | 2.50 | 13 | – | – | 3.31 |
| Rotowire | 3.40 | 14 | 4.00 | 14 | 1.67 | 13 | 3.75 | 8 | 3.22 | 16 | 3.21 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 0.00 | 17 | 1.50 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 19 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.50 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.00 | 2 | 2.57 | 3 | 1.57 | 14 | 2.38 | 13 | 4.57 | 2 | 3.02 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.50 | 5 | 1.38 | 14 | 1.38 | 16 | 4.73 | 2 | 3.77 | 3 | 2.95 |
| DK Playbook | 4.00 | 2 | 2.45 | 5 | 2.18 | 8 | 3.42 | 5 | 2.70 | 9 | 2.95 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.86 | 7 | 2.87 | 1 | 2.22 | 7 | 3.52 | 4 | 2.59 | 11 | 2.81 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.80 | 4 | 0.20 | 18 | 2.36 | 6 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.18 | 13 | 2.71 |
| DailyRoto | 2.74 | 8 | 1.92 | 10 | 2.02 | 10 | 3.26 | 6 | 3.48 | 5 | 2.68 |
| Rotowire | 2.89 | 6 | 2.04 | 9 | 2.70 | 5 | 2.88 | 12 | 1.95 | 16 | 2.49 |
| FantasyCPR | 4.20 | 1 | 1.00 | 15 | 1.73 | 12 | 3.00 | 10 | – | – | 2.48 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.36 | 9 | 1.73 | 11 | 3.27 | 2 | 4.20 | 3 | 0.56 | 17 | 2.42 |
| EliteFantasy | 1.86 | 11 | 2.09 | 8 | 1.82 | 11 | 3.15 | 8 | 2.86 | 8 | 2.36 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.19 | 10 | 2.50 | 4 | – | – | 2.24 | 15 | – | – | 2.31 |
| FullTimeFantasy | – | – | – | – | 1.44 | 15 | 3.09 | 9 | 2.05 | 14 | 2.19 |
| FantasyPros | 1.50 | 13 | 2.22 | 6 | 3.13 | 3 | 1.56 | 17 | 2.20 | 12 | 2.12 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.68 | 12 | 1.63 | 12 | 1.65 | 13 | 2.90 | 11 | 2.60 | 10 | 2.09 |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 1.00 | 15 | 2.14 | 9 | 1.71 | 16 | 3.20 | 7 | 2.01 |
| DFSArmy | 0.67 | 14 | 2.19 | 7 | 1.26 | 17 | 2.26 | 14 | 3.38 | 6 | 1.95 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 0.38 | 15 | 2.80 | 2 | 2.86 | 4 | 1.50 | 18 | 2.00 | 15 | 1.91 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.38 | 15 | 0.50 | 17 | 0.50 | 18 | 3.20 | 7 | 3.75 | 4 | 1.67 |
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 (September 9th)
A+ – Jason Kipnis (DailyRoto)
A+ – Ronald Acuna Jr. (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Jon Berti (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Miguel Rojas (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (September 10th)
A+ – Gavin Lux (DailyRoto)
A+ – Cavan Biggio (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Rowdy Tellez (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Eduardo Escobar (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Marcus Semien (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Jose Berrios (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Zach Plesac (FantasyPros)
A+ – Sean Murphy (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jurickson Profar (Rotowire)
A+ – Khris Davis (Rotowire)
Wednesday (September 11th)
A+ – Mike Moustakas (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Isan Diaz (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Ryan Zimmerman (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Jorge Polanco (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Jorge Soler (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Teoscar Hernandez (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Marcus Semien (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Manuel Margot (FantasyPros)
A+ – Cavan Biggio (Rotowire Optimizer)
Thursday (September 12th)
A+ – Joey Votto (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jean Segura (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Adam Haseley (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Dylan Bundy (FantasyPros)
A+ – Anthony Rendon (EliteFantasy)
Friday (September 13th)
A+ – Sean Murphy (FantasyPros)
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 |
| 20 | 81.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 81.20% |
| 19 | 73.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73.20% |
| 18 | 75.88% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 67.90% | 73.22% |
| 17 | 63.14% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 38.40% | 60.39% |
| 16 | 63.88% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 51.53% | 61.56% |
| 15 | 59.64% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56.80% | 48.05% | 76.63% | 60.53% |
| 14 | 60.05% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.80% | 44.96% | 49.15% | 55.43% |
| 13 | 46.84% | 39.75% | 39.23% | 37.78% | 45.40% | 42.13% | 60.80% | 47.95% |
| 12 | 39.67% | 61.30% | 35.89% | 41.23% | 42.88% | 36.61% | 46.59% | 41.83% |
| 11 | 42.40% | 45.50% | 22.36% | 30.81% | 37.03% | 30.19% | 33.57% | 34.95% |
| 10 | 40.82% | 24.48% | 27.96% | 32.58% | 31.81% | 28.61% | 31.76% | 33.83% |
| 9 | 25.89% | 30.55% | 25.35% | 25.75% | 26.08% | 20.63% | 30.03% | 26.68% |
| 8 | 25.25% | 17.38% | 18.70% | 24.31% | 21.59% | 19.39% | 25.62% | 22.97% |
| 7 | 20.36% | 15.63% | 16.24% | 22.03% | 17.26% | 21.41% | 22.83% | 20.45% |
| 6 | 16.16% | 18.92% | 13.18% | 14.75% | 16.51% | 16.09% | 16.57% | 15.89% |
| 5 | 13.10% | 16.21% | 9.91% | 11.00% | 10.82% | 9.98% | 11.62% | 11.43% |
| 4 | 10.66% | 11.00% | 7.14% | 8.53% | 8.74% | 7.74% | 9.29% | 8.91% |
| 3 | 8.26% | 9.83% | 5.37% | 7.32% | 6.94% | 6.45% | 6.24% | 6.83% |
| 2 | 4.22% | 7.21% | 4.25% | 5.32% | 4.34% | 4.20% | 4.50% | 4.76% |
| 1 | 2.37% | 4.58% | 2.15% | 2.71% | 2.38% | 2.13% | 2.47% | 2.70% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 20 | 50.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50.20% |
| 19 | 45.73% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 45.73% |
| 18 | 45.78% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34.55% | 42.03% |
| 17 | 37.44% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18.80% | 35.37% |
| 16 | 37.78% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27.47% | 35.84% |
| 15 | 36.60% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28.40% | 26.95% | 41.90% | 36.19% |
| 14 | 36.09% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 40.05% | 24.72% | 20.93% | 31.70% |
| 13 | 31.35% | 28.40% | 25.65% | 25.58% | 22.80% | 24.97% | 33.78% | 29.91% |
| 12 | 28.10% | 36.80% | 21.65% | 27.48% | 26.41% | 21.69% | 26.40% | 26.49% |
| 11 | 29.86% | 25.70% | 18.22% | 21.65% | 21.77% | 18.33% | 21.97% | 23.47% |
| 10 | 30.08% | 21.08% | 17.21% | 19.49% | 17.60% | 18.91% | 22.66% | 23.22% |
| 9 | 22.23% | 21.21% | 17.26% | 18.44% | 16.36% | 13.95% | 19.54% | 18.73% |
| 8 | 22.66% | 14.19% | 13.38% | 17.01% | 15.92% | 14.52% | 17.85% | 17.41% |
| 7 | 18.48% | 12.73% | 11.97% | 15.92% | 13.77% | 14.88% | 16.19% | 15.47% |
| 6 | 16.60% | 13.79% | 10.37% | 12.67% | 12.54% | 11.71% | 13.37% | 13.19% |
| 5 | 14.78% | 12.72% | 8.55% | 10.77% | 9.98% | 9.10% | 10.45% | 10.65% |
| 4 | 12.41% | 9.08% | 7.28% | 8.43% | 8.47% | 7.86% | 8.79% | 8.83% |
| 3 | 12.09% | 8.44% | 5.75% | 7.44% | 7.08% | 6.37% | 6.86% | 7.22% |
| 2 | 7.15% | 7.06% | 4.91% | 5.65% | 5.42% | 5.52% | 5.32% | 5.81% |
| 1 | 4.54% | 4.74% | 2.97% | 3.51% | 3.62% | 3.38% | 3.30% | 3.67% |
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