MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of April 19th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
One more week down in MLB. As we wound down our NBA and NHL coverage last week, we’ll flip our focus to MLB for the summer! Things still tight on the leaderboards. 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
#1) NumberFire (Score: 5.93)
#2) DailyRoto Optimizer (Score: 5.66)
#3) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.60)
Hitters
#1) Rotowire (Score: 2.55)
#2) Awesemo (Score: 2.53)
#3) RG Consensus (Score: 2.52)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 6.00 | 11 | 5.50 | 3 | – | – | 7.50 | 3 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.25 |
| NumberFire | 4.00 | 25 | 6.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 3 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 16 | 5.90 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 5.00 | 20 | 1.00 | 21 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 7 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.60 |
| FantasyPros | 7.50 | 2 | 3.75 | 9 | 3.75 | 10 | 4.50 | 19 | 8.00 | 2 | 5.50 |
| DailyRoto | 6.40 | 8 | 3.25 | 10 | 5.00 | 3 | 7.33 | 5 | – | – | 5.50 |
| Awesemo | 6.67 | 7 | 4.00 | 7 | 5.00 | 3 | 5.67 | 10 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.47 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 6.00 | 11 | 0.00 | 26 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 2.50 | 24 | 5.20 |
| GoingFor2 | – | – | – | – | 5.00 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 5.00 |
| Rotoballer | 5.00 | 20 | 6.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 15 | 3.50 | 20 | 5.00 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 6.00 | 11 | 5.00 | 4 | – | – | 4.25 | 20 | 3.50 | 20 | 4.69 |
| EliteFantasy | 5.50 | 17 | 2.60 | 14 | 5.00 | 3 | 6.67 | 6 | 3.33 | 22 | 4.62 |
| Rotowire | 7.33 | 4 | 1.67 | 19 | 5.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 15 | 4.00 | 16 | 4.60 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 5.50 | 17 | 2.75 | 13 | 3.75 | 10 | 4.25 | 20 | 6.75 | 3 | 4.60 |
| Sportsline | 4.00 | 25 | 4.00 | 7 | 3.33 | 15 | 5.67 | 10 | 5.67 | 11 | 4.53 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 7.00 | 6 | 2.60 | 14 | 3.33 | 15 | 4.25 | 20 | 5.29 | 13 | 4.49 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.00 | 27 | 1.50 | 20 | 3.50 | 14 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 5 | 4.40 |
| FantasyLabs | 5.50 | 17 | 3.25 | 10 | 3.33 | 15 | 2.83 | 25 | 6.50 | 4 | 4.28 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 6.00 | 11 | 0.50 | 23 | 2.50 | 18 | 6.00 | 7 | 6.00 | 5 | 4.20 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 6.29 | 9 | 3.00 | 12 | 1.67 | 22 | 5.67 | 10 | 4.33 | 15 | 4.19 |
| Industry Consensus | 6.29 | 9 | 2.22 | 16 | 3.75 | 10 | 3.60 | 23 | 5.00 | 14 | 4.17 |
| FantasyAlarm | 5.67 | 16 | 2.17 | 17 | 3.75 | 10 | 5.00 | 15 | 3.17 | 23 | 3.95 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 7.33 | 4 | 0.33 | 25 | 2.50 | 18 | 5.67 | 10 | 3.67 | 19 | 3.90 |
| RunPureSports | 7.50 | 2 | 2.00 | 18 | 2.50 | 18 | 3.25 | 24 | 4.00 | 16 | 3.85 |
| DK Playbook | 5.00 | 20 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.50 | 18 | 5.00 | 15 | 1.50 | 26 | 3.80 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 5.00 | 4 | – | – | 2.00 | 26 | – | – | 3.50 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 6.00 | 11 | 0.00 | 26 | 0.00 | 23 | 5.50 | 14 | 6.00 | 5 | 3.50 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 5.00 | 20 | 0.00 | 26 | 0.00 | 23 | 6.00 | 7 | 6.00 | 5 | 3.40 |
| DFSKarma-GPP Plays | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 21 | 0.00 | 23 | 1.00 | 27 | 2.00 | 25 | 2.80 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 5.00 | 20 | 0.50 | 23 | 0.00 | 23 | – | – | 5.50 | 12 | 2.75 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 20 | 1.00 | 17 | 5.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 3.70 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.80 | 8 | 3.80 | 1 | 0.43 | 24 | 3.64 | 5 | 4.57 | 2 | 3.05 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 2.89 | 7 | 3.40 | 2 | – | – | 2.60 | 11 | 2.84 | 15 | 2.93 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.07 | 3 | 2.14 | 15 | 0.57 | 22 | 2.92 | 9 | 4.00 | 3 | 2.74 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 3.14 | 5 | 2.00 | 16 | 1.40 | 7 | 3.00 | 7 | 3.67 | 6 | 2.64 |
| Rotowire | 2.00 | 19 | 3.08 | 4 | 2.25 | 1 | 4.00 | 2 | 1.75 | 23 | 2.62 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.55 | 10 | 2.50 | 7 | 1.75 | 4 | 3.78 | 3 | 1.78 | 22 | 2.47 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.30 | 16 | 2.17 | 14 | 1.05 | 16 | 2.23 | 16 | 3.84 | 5 | 2.32 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 4.15 | 2 | 0.93 | 25 | 0.77 | 19 | – | – | 3.27 | 9 | 2.28 |
| DailyRoto | 1.88 | 22 | 2.40 | 9 | 1.83 | 3 | 3.00 | 7 | – | – | 2.28 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 2.33 | 14 | 2.36 | 10 | 1.17 | 12 | 2.25 | 15 | 3.18 | 10 | 2.26 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.43 | 11 | 3.13 | 3 | 1.13 | 14 | 1.83 | 20 | 2.75 | 16 | 2.25 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.13 | 18 | 2.25 | 12 | 1.25 | 9 | 2.00 | 18 | 3.57 | 7 | 2.24 |
| Awesemo | 1.87 | 23 | 2.47 | 8 | 1.50 | 6 | 1.31 | 24 | 3.89 | 4 | 2.21 |
| GoingFor2 | – | – | – | – | 2.17 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2.17 |
| NumberFire | 3.06 | 6 | 1.33 | 23 | 0.27 | 26 | 2.33 | 12 | 3.56 | 8 | 2.11 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.33 | 14 | 1.95 | 18 | 0.75 | 20 | 2.29 | 13 | 3.12 | 12 | 2.09 |
| EliteFantasy | 1.50 | 25 | 2.20 | 13 | 1.16 | 13 | 2.27 | 14 | 2.92 | 13 | 2.01 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.29 | 17 | 2.83 | 5 | 1.25 | 9 | 0.75 | 27 | 2.88 | 14 | 2.00 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.36 | 12 | 2.31 | 11 | 1.22 | 11 | 1.17 | 25 | 2.42 | 18 | 1.90 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 0.63 | 27 | 2.67 | 6 | 0.29 | 25 | 2.75 | 10 | 3.13 | 11 | 1.89 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.91 | 21 | 1.96 | 17 | 0.94 | 18 | 1.97 | 19 | 2.45 | 17 | 1.85 |
| Rotoballer | 1.43 | 26 | 1.29 | 24 | 0.71 | 21 | 3.75 | 4 | 1.86 | 21 | 1.81 |
| FantasyPros | 2.00 | 19 | 1.50 | 20 | 1.09 | 15 | 2.18 | 17 | 2.00 | 20 | 1.75 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.75 | 24 | 1.71 | 19 | 1.71 | 5 | 1.75 | 21 | 1.50 | 24 | 1.68 |
| Sportsline | 3.33 | 4 | 0.00 | 28 | 0.25 | 27 | 3.50 | 6 | 0.67 | 26 | 1.55 |
| RunPureSports | 2.36 | 12 | 1.44 | 22 | 1.40 | 7 | 1.61 | 22 | 0.94 | 25 | 1.55 |
| DK Playbook | 2.73 | 9 | 0.42 | 26 | 0.55 | 23 | 1.58 | 23 | 2.08 | 19 | 1.47 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 0.20 | 27 | – | – | 1.00 | 26 | – | – | 0.60 |
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
- Tommy Edman (DailyRoto)
- Kohei Arihara (Fantasy Alarm)
- Justis Sheffield (FantasyPros)
Tuesday
- Kurt Suzuki (Awesemo)
- Rio Ruiz (Awesemo)
- Matt Olson (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Carlos Santana (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Austin Meadows (EliteFantasy)
- Mike Zunino (Fantasy Alarm)
- Adam Wainwright (FantasyPros)
- Sean Manaea (RG Grind Down)
- Alec Bohm (Rotowire)
Wednesday
- Javier Baez (DailyRoto)
Thursday
- Carlos Correa (DFS Karma Game Theory)
Friday
- Yuli Gurriel (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Brandon Nimmo (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Yoan Moncada (EliteFantasy)
- Austin Riley (EliteFantasy)
- Kwang Hyun Kim (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Andrew Heaney (FantasyPros)
- Adolis Garcia (RG Grind Down)
Value Tracker
- EliteFantasy – 6
- RG Grind Down – 5
- Fantasy Alarm – 4
- FantasyPros – 4
- DailyRoto – 3
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 3
- Awesemo – 3
- FantasyLabs – 2
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 2
- Rotowire – 2
- GoingFor2 – 1
- NumberFire – 1
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 1
- NBC Sports Edge – 1
- DailyFantasyNerd – 1
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 1
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 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 |
| 25 | 93.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 93.0% |
| 24 | 58.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 58.5% |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 88.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 88.5% |
| 21 | 79.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 79.2% |
| 20 | 42.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70.5% | N/A | 56.3% |
| 19 | 63.4% | N/A | 65.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 64.3% |
| 18 | 70.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 41.6% | N/A | 63.4% | 65.8% |
| 17 | 61.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 57.5% | N/A | N/A | 59.3% |
| 16 | 47.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42.7% | N/A | 44.1% | 45.0% |
| 15 | 60.7% | N/A | 46.9% | N/A | N/A | 46.2% | 67.5% | 57.4% |
| 14 | 49.2% | 64.3% | 39.3% | N/A | 39.7% | 27.7% | 44.5% | 43.7% |
| 13 | 54.5% | 11.1% | 17.6% | 26.6% | 35.3% | 34.7% | 39.3% | 40.0% |
| 12 | 33.1% | 3.4% | 29.1% | 29.5% | 38.4% | 30.7% | 43.7% | 33.6% |
| 11 | 26.9% | 46.4% | 25.8% | 30.7% | 27.2% | 40.4% | 38.6% | 34.3% |
| 10 | 15.2% | 18.2% | 28.9% | 24.1% | 19.4% | 26.8% | 27.0% | 23.4% |
| 9 | 17.9% | 23.5% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 33.0% | 21.3% | 22.5% | 22.0% |
| 8 | 12.6% | 21.4% | 6.7% | 15.1% | 22.1% | 6.8% | 22.9% | 18.0% |
| 7 | 12.0% | 16.7% | 9.8% | 23.0% | 15.4% | 12.5% | 14.0% | 15.1% |
| 6 | 10.0% | 13.3% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 16.0% | 12.5% |
| 5 | 5.6% | 10.5% | 12.7% | 7.4% | 8.9% | 5.9% | 11.6% | 9.5% |
| 4 | 3.5% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 8.3% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 8.0% | 6.5% |
| 3 | 5.5% | 11.5% | 7.4% | 6.2% | 4.8% | 7.5% | 11.3% | 8.2% |
| 2 | 2.5% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| 1 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 25 | 74.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 74.5% |
| 24 | 42.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42.8% |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 69.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 69.8% |
| 21 | 51.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 51.5% |
| 20 | 36.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 33.1% | N/A | 35.0% |
| 19 | 58.3% | N/A | 33.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 46.0% |
| 18 | 45.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.7% | N/A | 36.5% | 42.2% |
| 17 | 40.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 29.3% | N/A | N/A | 35.0% |
| 16 | 40.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25.9% | N/A | 36.1% | 34.5% |
| 15 | 41.5% | N/A | 31.5% | N/A | N/A | 27.4% | 36.0% | 37.5% |
| 14 | 42.1% | 42.1% | 26.5% | N/A | 30.5% | 21.5% | 26.2% | 30.8% |
| 13 | 35.7% | 13.3% | 17.5% | 17.0% | 24.1% | 20.1% | 26.7% | 26.9% |
| 12 | 29.6% | 4.9% | 19.7% | 17.7% | 27.0% | 30.2% | 28.6% | 25.3% |
| 11 | 20.3% | 23.8% | 18.0% | 18.3% | 18.3% | 19.3% | 23.2% | 20.4% |
| 10 | 20.0% | 15.6% | 20.1% | 19.8% | 17.5% | 15.9% | 16.2% | 18.1% |
| 9 | 21.8% | 22.5% | 12.5% | 13.0% | 21.9% | 13.0% | 18.5% | 17.5% |
| 8 | 14.4% | 15.0% | 11.5% | 17.0% | 14.7% | 9.9% | 16.4% | 15.0% |
| 7 | 15.9% | 11.8% | 10.6% | 17.2% | 14.9% | 10.5% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 6 | 13.9% | 12.4% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 13.4% | 11.9% |
| 5 | 10.4% | 12.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 8.6% | 7.0% | 11.9% | 10.2% |
| 4 | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 8.3% | 7.7% |
| 3 | 8.9% | 8.4% | 5.9% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| 2 | 6.4% | 6.2% | 4.9% | 6.1% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 5.7% |
| 1 | 3.4% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
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