MLB DFS Expert Recap and Grading – Week of August 5th
Top MLB DFS Experts
With the season approaching the last month or so, our DailyOverlay – Core 5 play top the leaderboard for both the Pitchers and Hitters. On the pitching side, RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder and Stokastic round out the Top 3. Meanwhile, on the hitting side, RotoGrinders – Consensus and RotoGrinders 6-pack fill out the Top 3.
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 | Thur | Rk | Avg |
| Rotowire | 7.50 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 12 | 5.00 | 4 | 5.63 |
| RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 13 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.00 | 4 | 5.50 |
| NumberFire | 6.67 | 8 | 1.00 | 13 | 7.50 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 5.29 |
| Stokastic | 6.25 | 9 | 1.00 | 13 | 7.50 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 5.19 |
| RotoGrinders – Consensus | 5.75 | 10 | 3.75 | 4 | 6.75 | 3 | 4.25 | 10 | 5.13 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 13 | 4.00 | 14 | 5.00 | 4 | 5.00 |
| DFSArmy – CheatSheet | 5.75 | 10 | 1.67 | 10 | 6.40 | 4 | 6.00 | 1 | 4.96 |
| FantasyLabs | 7.33 | 6 | 1.67 | 10 | 5.67 | 8 | 5.00 | 4 | 4.92 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.00 | 12 | 2.50 | 6 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.00 | 4 | 4.63 |
| Industry Consensus | 5.00 | 12 | 3.75 | 4 | 5.83 | 7 | 3.40 | 12 | 4.50 |
| FantasyGuru | 4.33 | 18 | 3.80 | 3 | 5.67 | 8 | 3.75 | 11 | 4.39 |
| Rotoballer | 5.00 | 12 | 1.50 | 12 | 5.67 | 8 | 5.00 | 4 | 4.29 |
| RunPureSports | 5.00 | 12 | 4.17 | 2 | 4.50 | 13 | 3.00 | 14 | 4.17 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 13 | 3.50 | 15 | 1.00 | 17 | 3.88 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 8 | 2.00 | 19 | 0.00 | 19 | 3.50 |
| FantasyPros | 6.75 | 7 | 2.33 | 7 | 3.25 | 18 | 1.25 | 16 | 3.40 |
| Sportsline | – | – | 1.00 | 13 | 5.29 | 11 | 3.33 | 13 | 3.21 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 5.00 | 12 | 1.00 | 13 | 3.50 | 15 | 2.50 | 15 | 3.00 |
| DailyFantasyFuel | 5.00 | 12 | 1.00 | 13 | 3.50 | 15 | 1.00 | 17 | 2.63 |
| RotoGrinders – 6-pack | – | – | 2.00 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 2.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders – 6-pack | – | – | 3.60 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3.60 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 4.83 | 7 | 1.00 | 13 | 4.00 | 1 | 3.33 | 1 | 3.29 |
| RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder | 6.63 | 2 | 2.63 | 4 | 1.57 | 19 | 2.00 | 9 | 3.21 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 6.38 | 3 | 0.50 | 17 | 2.50 | 10 | 2.25 | 5 | 2.91 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 7.50 | 1 | 0.25 | 19 | 3.33 | 4 | 0.25 | 20 | 2.83 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 4.13 | 9 | 3.88 | 1 | 0.75 | 20 | 2.50 | 4 | 2.82 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.63 | 4 | 0.75 | 14 | 2.63 | 8 | 1.75 | 12 | 2.69 |
| NumberFire | 5.00 | 5 | 0.45 | 18 | 3.33 | 4 | 1.63 | 15 | 2.60 |
| RunPureSports | 4.41 | 8 | 1.67 | 8 | 2.19 | 13 | 2.06 | 8 | 2.58 |
| Rotowire | 3.83 | 11 | 2.71 | 3 | 2.40 | 11 | 1.33 | 18 | 2.57 |
| RotoGrinders – Consensus | 3.79 | 12 | 1.07 | 12 | 3.45 | 3 | 1.86 | 11 | 2.54 |
| FantasyGuru | 3.27 | 14 | 1.40 | 11 | 2.62 | 9 | 2.64 | 3 | 2.48 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.39 | 13 | 1.61 | 9 | 2.25 | 12 | 2.65 | 2 | 2.48 |
| RotoGrinders – Top Stacks | 2.73 | 17 | 1.61 | 9 | 3.73 | 2 | 1.70 | 13 | 2.44 |
| Sportsline | 5.00 | 5 | 0.25 | 19 | 2.14 | 15 | 2.20 | 7 | 2.40 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.13 | 19 | 2.00 | 5 | 3.00 | 6 | 1.43 | 16 | 2.14 |
| DailyFantasyFuel | 4.13 | 9 | 0.67 | 15 | 2.17 | 14 | 1.38 | 17 | 2.09 |
| DFSArmy – CheatSheet | 2.60 | 18 | 1.76 | 7 | 2.90 | 7 | 0.91 | 19 | 2.04 |
| FantasyPros | 1.90 | 20 | 1.86 | 6 | 2.00 | 17 | 2.23 | 6 | 2.00 |
| Rotoballer | 3.23 | 15 | 0.63 | 16 | 2.00 | 17 | 1.69 | 14 | 1.89 |
| Stokastic | 3.10 | 16 | 0.11 | 21 | 2.11 | 16 | 1.89 | 10 | 1.80 |
Pitchers Leaderboard – Overall
Be sure to check out the full MLB Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts rank.
#1) DailyOverlay – Core 5 (Score: 4.95)
#2) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 4.71)
#3) Stokastic (Score: 4.69)
Our DailyOverlay – Core 5 picks are currently in 1st place and our DailyOverlay –Consensus picks are holding down the 17th spot out of 22 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) DailyOverlay – Core 5 (Score: 3.13)
#2) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.02)
#3) RotoGrinders – 6-pack (Score: 2.86)
Our DailyOverlay – Core 5 picks are currently in 1st place and our DailyOverlay –Consensus picks are holding down the 17th spot out of 23 experts graded this season.
