MLB DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of April 15
Top MLB DFS Experts
We now have a few weeks in the books for our MLB DFS Expert grading. This week Rotowire – Optimizer provided the top pitching picks while Rotoballer topped the hitting selections. Rotowire – Optimizer also leads the way for the season on the pitching side, while DraftKings Playbook – Stacks article tops the hitting rankings so far.
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 score and ranking for the day and the week.
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As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the MLB Industry Weighted Consensus article each weekday when there are at least four games on the slate, 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 and stacks for the day.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.00 | 3 | 6.50 | 3 | 6.00 | 2 | 5.50 | 4 | 5.75 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 2.50 | 13 | 7.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 17 | 5.50 |
| Stokastic | 5.00 | 3 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 3.00 | 13 | 5.13 |
| RotoGrinders – Consensus | 4.00 | 11 | 5.25 | 5 | 4.50 | 7 | 6.50 | 2 | 5.06 |
| Industry Consensus | 4.50 | 8 | 6.00 | 4 | 3.56 | 10 | 5.00 | 9 | 4.77 |
| Rotowire | 5.00 | 3 | 5.17 | 6 | 2.00 | 12 | 6.67 | 1 | 4.71 |
| RunPureSports | 4.88 | 7 | 4.63 | 9 | 4.11 | 8 | 4.38 | 10 | 4.50 |
| DFSArmy – CheatSheet | 6.67 | 1 | 5.00 | 7 | 1.00 | 17 | 5.33 | 8 | 4.50 |
| DFSKarma | 4.20 | 10 | 4.40 | 10 | 4.75 | 6 | – | – | 4.45 |
| FantasyPros | 5.75 | 2 | 2.00 | 19 | 3.50 | 11 | 6.00 | 3 | 4.31 |
| DailyFantasyFuel | 5.00 | 3 | 2.50 | 17 | 6.00 | 2 | 3.00 | 13 | 4.13 |
| Sportsline | 4.33 | 9 | 3.00 | 13 | 5.60 | 4 | 3.00 | 13 | 3.98 |
| RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder | 2.50 | 13 | 4.00 | 11 | 1.50 | 15 | 5.50 | 4 | 3.38 |
| RiseOrFall | 3.60 | 12 | – | – | 1.00 | 17 | 3.86 | 11 | 2.82 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.00 | 16 | 2.00 | 19 | 4.00 | 9 | 3.00 | 13 | 2.75 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.00 | 19 | 3.00 | 13 | 2.00 | 12 | 5.50 | 4 | 2.63 |
| FantasyGuru | 2.50 | 13 | 2.75 | 16 | 1.25 | 16 | 3.50 | 12 | 2.50 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 0.50 | 17 | 2.50 | 17 | 1.00 | 17 | 5.50 | 4 | 2.38 |
| RotoGrinders – 6-pack | 0.00 | 19 | 5.00 | 7 | – | – | 1.00 | 18 | 2.00 |
| Rotoballer | 0.50 | 17 | 3.67 | 12 | 0.50 | 20 | – | – | 1.56 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 0.00 | 19 | 3.00 | 13 | 2.00 | 12 | 1.00 | 18 | 1.50 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotoballer | 2.23 | 8 | 3.79 | 9 | 5.17 | 2 | – | – | 3.73 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 2.14 | 10 | 4.86 | 4 | 4.75 | 3 | 2.33 | 6 | 3.52 |
| DK Playbook – Stacks | 2.17 | 9 | 4.00 | 7 | 3.50 | 6 | 3.33 | 3 | 3.25 |
| Sportsline | 2.29 | 5 | 3.43 | 13 | 4.25 | 4 | 2.50 | 5 | 3.12 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 2.00 | 14 | 5.25 | 2 | 4.25 | 4 | 0.75 | 21 | 3.06 |
| RotoGrinders – Consensus | 2.64 | 1 | 5.00 | 3 | 3.43 | 7 | 0.90 | 19 | 2.99 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.48 | 17 | 3.36 | 14 | 3.10 | 10 | 2.14 | 8 | 2.52 |
| FantasyGuru | 2.24 | 7 | 3.87 | 8 | 2.60 | 13 | 1.36 | 16 | 2.52 |
| NumberFire | 2.50 | 3 | 3.64 | 11 | 2.44 | 15 | 1.25 | 17 | 2.46 |
| Stokastic | 2.14 | 10 | 2.60 | 16 | 3.00 | 11 | 2.00 | 9 | 2.44 |
| DFSArmy – CheatSheet | 1.82 | 15 | 3.76 | 10 | 2.40 | 16 | 1.64 | 14 | 2.41 |
| RotoGrinders – Top Stacks | 2.28 | 6 | 2.23 | 17 | 2.74 | 12 | 2.33 | 6 | 2.40 |
| Rotowire | 0.80 | 22 | 4.67 | 5 | 3.11 | 9 | 0.88 | 20 | 2.37 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.67 | 16 | 5.75 | 1 | 2.00 | 20 | 0.00 | 22 | 2.36 |
| RotoGrinders – 6-pack | 1.40 | 18 | 2.20 | 18 | – | – | 3.40 | 2 | 2.33 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 2.14 | 10 | 0.75 | 21 | 2.57 | 14 | 3.57 | 1 | 2.26 |
| RiseOrFall | 2.06 | 13 | – | – | 3.25 | 8 | 1.40 | 15 | 2.24 |
| DFSKarma | 0.33 | 24 | 0.50 | 22 | 5.50 | 1 | – | – | 2.11 |
| RunPureSports | 0.88 | 21 | 3.53 | 12 | 2.17 | 18 | 1.80 | 10 | 2.10 |
| FantasyPros | 2.36 | 4 | 2.64 | 15 | 0.33 | 23 | 2.64 | 4 | 1.99 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.25 | 20 | 4.13 | 6 | 0.75 | 22 | 1.14 | 18 | 1.82 |
| DailyFantasyFuel | 1.38 | 19 | 1.63 | 20 | 2.38 | 17 | 1.71 | 12 | 1.78 |
| RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder | 0.38 | 23 | 1.88 | 19 | 2.13 | 19 | 1.71 | 12 | 1.53 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 2.63 | 2 | 0.25 | 23 | 1.00 | 21 | 1.75 | 11 | 1.41 |
Pitchers Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full MLB Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts rank.
#1) Rotowire – Optimizer (Score: 5.32) has the early lead on the pitching side
#2) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builders (Score: 5.00) puts the optimizers in the Top 2 spots
#3) DraftKings Playbook – Targets (Score: 4.93) rounds out the Top 3 in Pitcher rankings
Our DailyOverlay – Core 5 picks are currently in 6th place and our DailyOverlay –Consensus picks are holding down the 11th spot out of 21 experts graded this season.
Hitters Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full MLB Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts rank.
#1) DraftKings Playbook – Stacks (Score: 3.51) lead the way on the hitting side so far
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 3.05) optimizing their way into the second spot on the hitting side
#3) DailyOverlay – Core 5 (Score: 2.96) rounds out the Top 3 in Hitter rankings
Our DailyOverlay – Core 5 picks are currently in 3rd place and our DailyOverlay –Consensus picks are holding down the 13th spot out of 24 experts graded this season.
