MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of April 11th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
Our MLB coverage for 2022 has kicked off and we are rocking and rolling already. We’ll continue with our typical format for these weekly recaps. 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.
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. 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
#1A) DailyRoto Optimizer (Score: 6.00)
#1B) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 6.00)
#3) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.86)
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 3.71)
#2) Rotowire Optimizer (Score: 3.04)
#3) NBC Sports Edge (Score: 3.00)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 5.50 | 5 | 7.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 5.00 | 11 | 6.60 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 5.00 | 7 | 0.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.50 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 18 | 3.00 | 17 | 6.00 | 3 | 6.00 | 6 | 5.50 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 5.00 | 7 | 1.00 | 21 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.20 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.67 | 2 | 3.75 | 14 | – | – | 4.25 | 10 | 6.00 | 6 | 5.17 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 0.50 | 22 | 5.00 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.10 |
| Sportsline | 3.75 | 15 | 5.50 | 5 | 6.25 | 7 | 3.00 | 15 | 6.00 | 6 | 4.90 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 6.67 | 2 | 3.67 | 15 | – | – | 4.00 | 11 | 4.67 | 16 | 4.75 |
| Rotoballer | 5.00 | 7 | 7.50 | 1 | – | – | 0.00 | 23 | 6.50 | 4 | 4.75 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 5.25 | 6 | 3.00 | 16 | 3.75 | 12 | 5.50 | 4 | 5.50 | 10 | 4.60 |
| Industry Consensus | 4.50 | 12 | 4.88 | 10 | 3.57 | 13 | 4.50 | 9 | 4.86 | 15 | 4.46 |
| RunPureSports | 4.20 | 13 | 6.00 | 4 | 3.25 | 15 | 3.00 | 15 | 5.71 | 9 | 4.43 |
| FantasyGuru | – | – | – | – | 3.25 | 15 | 3.25 | 14 | 6.25 | 5 | 4.25 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 1.00 | 21 | 0.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.20 |
| Awesemo | 5.00 | 7 | 1.00 | 21 | 2.50 | 19 | 5.00 | 5 | 7.33 | 3 | 4.17 |
| DFSKarma-Building Blocks | 3.33 | 17 | 6.67 | 3 | 0.00 | 21 | 6.67 | 2 | 4.00 | 19 | 4.13 |
| NumberFire | 0.50 | 22 | 4.25 | 11 | 6.50 | 6 | 0.67 | 22 | 7.50 | 2 | 3.88 |
| Rotowire | 0.33 | 24 | 5.20 | 6 | 4.60 | 9 | 4.00 | 11 | 4.67 | 16 | 3.76 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.00 | 7 | 5.00 | 7 | 5.00 | 8 | 1.00 | 20 | 1.00 | 26 | 3.40 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.75 | 18 | 2.80 | 17 | 3.00 | 17 | 2.80 | 18 | 4.11 | 18 | 3.09 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 3.83 | 14 | 4.00 | 12 | 2.50 | 19 | 1.75 | 19 | 3.33 | 22 | 3.08 |
| DK Playbook | 2.50 | 19 | 5.00 | 7 | 4.33 | 10 | 0.00 | 23 | 3.33 | 22 | 3.03 |
| FantasyAlarm | 0.33 | 24 | 4.00 | 12 | 4.00 | 11 | 3.00 | 15 | 3.50 | 21 | 2.97 |
| FantasyPros | 3.75 | 15 | 1.75 | 20 | 3.50 | 14 | 3.33 | 13 | 1.25 | 25 | 2.72 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.50 | 19 | 2.50 | 18 | – | – | 1.00 | 20 | 4.00 | 19 | 2.50 |
| DFSKarma-Value Plays | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | 23 | 2.00 | 24 | 1.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DK Playbook | 3.13 | 1 | 2.36 | 15 | 3.33 | 6 | 1.00 | 20 | 6.67 | 1 | 3.30 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 0.00 | 26 | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 26 | 5.00 | 2 | 3.10 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.14 | 6 | 2.55 | 14 | 2.45 | 15 | 4.67 | 1 | 3.43 | 3 | 3.05 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.57 | 16 | 4.14 | 2 | 3.46 | 5 | 3.08 | 3 | 2.64 | 11 | 2.98 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.09 | 7 | 1.71 | 20 | 4.57 | 2 | 2.21 | 10 | 2.57 | 13 | 2.63 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.33 | 3 | 4.00 | 4 | 0.00 | 24 | 4.13 | 2 | 2.50 | 14 | 2.59 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 2.33 | 3 | 3.00 | 9 | – | – | 1.92 | 11 | 2.64 | 11 | 2.47 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.38 | 18 | 3.14 | 7 | 4.50 | 3 | 1.57 | 16 | 1.71 | 20 | 2.46 |
| Awesemo | 1.19 | 22 | 2.89 | 11 | 2.95 | 9 | 2.47 | 7 | 2.68 | 10 | 2.44 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 1.88 | 10 | 4.13 | 3 | 2.29 | 18 | 2.29 | 9 | 1.50 | 22 | 2.42 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.71 | 13 | 3.13 | 8 | 2.63 | 12 | 2.86 | 5 | 1.00 | 24 | 2.27 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 1.00 | 23 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.25 | 19 | 0.86 | 24 | 3.38 | 5 | 2.20 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.59 | 15 | 2.16 | 18 | 2.74 | 11 | 1.67 | 15 | 2.80 | 8 | 2.19 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.25 | 20 | 2.71 | 12 | 3.29 | 8 | 0.33 | 27 | 2.88 | 7 | 2.09 |
| RunPureSports | 1.77 | 11 | 1.70 | 21 | 2.38 | 17 | 1.79 | 13 | 2.76 | 9 | 2.08 |
| FantasyGuru | – | – | – | – | 2.48 | 14 | 1.82 | 12 | 1.86 | 19 | 2.05 |
| Rotoballer | 2.00 | 8 | 0.71 | 25 | 4.50 | 3 | 1.33 | 18 | 1.57 | 21 | 2.02 |
| Rotowire | 1.89 | 9 | 0.88 | 24 | 1.00 | 22 | 2.90 | 4 | 3.42 | 4 | 2.02 |
| NumberFire | 1.53 | 17 | 2.65 | 13 | 2.44 | 16 | 2.33 | 8 | 0.88 | 26 | 1.97 |
| FantasyAlarm | 1.73 | 12 | 2.33 | 16 | 1.44 | 20 | 1.74 | 14 | 2.50 | 14 | 1.95 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.50 | 2 | 2.33 | 16 | 1.38 | 21 | 1.13 | 19 | 2.36 | 17 | 1.94 |
| Sportsline | 1.67 | 14 | 1.57 | 23 | 2.60 | 13 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.50 | 14 | 1.87 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 1.25 | 20 | 3.75 | 5 | 0.50 | 23 | 0.75 | 25 | 3.00 | 6 | 1.85 |
| DFSKarma-Value Plays | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.55 | 6 | 1.11 | 23 | 1.83 |
| FantasyPros | 0.75 | 25 | 2.90 | 10 | 3.31 | 7 | 1.42 | 17 | 0.77 | 27 | 1.83 |
| FantasyLabs | 0.88 | 24 | 1.92 | 19 | 2.83 | 10 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.00 | 18 | 1.73 |
| DFSKarma-Building Blocks | 1.33 | 19 | 1.67 | 22 | 0.00 | 24 | 1.00 | 20 | 1.00 | 24 | 1.00 |
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
- Elvis Andrus (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Seth Brown (RG 6-Pack)
- Paul Blackburn (RG Grind Down)
- Josh Bell (RG Grind Down)
Tuesday
- Cody Bellinger (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Thairo Estrada (FantasyPros)
- Brandon Belt (RG Grind Down)
- Nestor Cortes (Rotowire Optimizer)
Wednesday
- Myles Straw (Awesemo)
- Ben Gamel (FantasyPros)
Thursday
- Aristides Aquino (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
Friday
- Jared Walsh (Awesemo)
- Nolan Arenado (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Jonathan Villar (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- CJ Cron (FantasyLabs)
- Brandon Crawford (RG Grind Down)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 4
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 2
- FantasyPros – 2
- Awesemo – 2
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- Rotowire Optimizer – 1
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 1
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 1
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 1
- FantasyLabs – 1
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 | 68.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 66.8% | NA | 68.0% |
| 19 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 68.0% | 71.7% | 69.9% |
| 18 | 68.4% | NA | 57.5% | 59.3% | NA | NA | 76.8% | 64.6% |
| 17 | NA | NA | NA | 50.7% | NA | NA | 65.9% | 58.3% |
| 16 | 58.1% | NA | 49.3% | 56.7% | 53.5% | 65.3% | NA | 55.2% |
| 15 | 45.7% | NA | 35.8% | 64.1% | NA | NA | 37.4% | 44.3% |
| 14 | 56.7% | NA | 27.5% | NA | NA | 18.9% | NA | 39.9% |
| 13 | 13.6% | NA | 38.5% | 64.4% | 72.0% | 27.0% | 44.1% | 43.3% |
| 12 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 47.7% | 40.8% | 43.1% |
| 11 | 23.0% | NA | 30.0% | 11.8% | 45.4% | NA | 31.5% | 27.8% |
| 10 | 29.2% | 38.2% | 14.6% | 32.3% | 27.8% | 6.3% | 19.1% | 26.0% |
| 9 | 11.5% | 28.3% | NA | 8.6% | NA | 17.8% | 21.5% | 16.5% |
| 8 | 22.4% | 23.6% | 22.2% | 17.0% | 18.8% | NA | 29.7% | 23.9% |
| 7 | 29.8% | 40.0% | 23.3% | 45.9% | 7.8% | 10.4% | 17.6% | 21.6% |
| 6 | 14.3% | 17.3% | 8.0% | 6.1% | 9.5% | 10.0% | 17.8% | 12.6% |
| 5 | 14.2% | 10.5% | 5.5% | 8.0% | 11.1% | 13.1% | 11.3% | 10.9% |
| 4 | 7.9% | 13.5% | 9.7% | 7.4% | 4.9% | 8.1% | 9.5% | 8.8% |
| 3 | 7.7% | 25.3% | 3.4% | 6.8% | 8.9% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 7.8% |
| 2 | 6.4% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.0% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 20 | 42.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 32.6% | NA | 39.2% |
| 19 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 37.9% | 43.6% | 40.8% |
| 18 | 49.1% | NA | 35.7% | 26.0% | NA | NA | 46.9% | 40.4% |
| 17 | NA | NA | NA | 21.3% | NA | NA | 35.8% | 28.6% |
| 16 | 43.8% | NA | 23.7% | 23.5% | 30.1% | 30.6% | NA | 31.0% |
| 15 | 37.1% | NA | 21.2% | 31.0% | NA | NA | 20.3% | 29.3% |
| 14 | 36.3% | NA | 16.5% | NA | NA | 10.3% | NA | 24.8% |
| 13 | 13.9% | NA | 28.4% | 32.5% | 39.4% | 21.1% | 18.5% | 25.6% |
| 12 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 22.9% | 21.1% | 21.7% |
| 11 | 27.5% | NA | 21.7% | 15.0% | 17.2% | NA | 23.0% | 23.3% |
| 10 | 25.3% | 16.1% | 14.4% | 24.5% | 23.7% | 11.0% | 21.0% | 20.7% |
| 9 | 17.9% | 14.9% | NA | 10.3% | NA | 13.9% | 16.4% | 13.9% |
| 8 | 23.3% | 18.4% | 14.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% | NA | 20.1% | 18.2% |
| 7 | 31.6% | 21.2% | 16.6% | 24.6% | 9.7% | 13.6% | 13.4% | 17.6% |
| 6 | 14.8% | 17.5% | 11.3% | 8.4% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 14.2% | 13.0% |
| 5 | 13.4% | 10.7% | 8.8% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 10.8% |
| 4 | 12.0% | 10.2% | 7.5% | 11.6% | 9.6% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
| 3 | 15.1% | 17.7% | 4.7% | 8.2% | 9.6% | 4.8% | 10.6% | 9.1% |
| 2 | 10.3% | 7.0% | 5.4% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 4.8% | 5.8% | 6.2% |
| 1 | 4.0% | 4.9% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.8% |
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