MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of August 23rd
MLB DFS Experts Grades
A little over a month left in the MLB season. We continue to churn towards the finiah line and there are several races worth watching. A full 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) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 5.88)
#2) RG 6-Pack (Score: 5.44)
#3) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.34)
Hitters
#1) RG 6-Pack (Score: 2.90)
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 2.84)
#3) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 2.80)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.00 | 25 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.40 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | – | – | 5.20 | 6 | 7.50 | 9 | – | – | 6.35 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 5.50 | 13 | 3.00 | 4 | 6.50 | 2 | 6.00 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.20 |
| Awesemo | 6.50 | 5 | 0.50 | 15 | 7.67 | 1 | 8.33 | 5 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.60 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 6.50 | 5 | 0.50 | 15 | 6.50 | 2 | 6.50 | 12 | 7.50 | 4 | 5.50 |
| FantasyLabs | – | – | 3.67 | 3 | 5.17 | 7 | 5.80 | 15 | 7.00 | 6 | 5.41 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 6.00 | 11 | 3.00 | 4 | 5.33 | 5 | 5.50 | 16 | 6.67 | 7 | 5.30 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 7.67 | 2 | 2.00 | 8 | 3.67 | 13 | 7.33 | 10 | 5.67 | 9 | 5.27 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.50 | 5 | 0.50 | 15 | 3.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 10 | 5.10 |
| NumberFire | 4.67 | 16 | 2.80 | 7 | 2.00 | 20 | 7.33 | 10 | 8.33 | 3 | 5.03 |
| FantasyPros | 6.50 | 5 | 5.25 | 1 | 4.00 | 9 | 5.50 | 16 | 2.75 | 23 | 4.80 |
| DK Playbook | 6.50 | 5 | 0.50 | 15 | 1.50 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 11 | 4.70 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 5.50 | 13 | 1.00 | 11 | 2.00 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 11 | 4.70 |
| EliteFantasy | 6.00 | 11 | 0.50 | 15 | 4.00 | 9 | 7.75 | 7 | 4.83 | 17 | 4.62 |
| Industry Consensus | 6.17 | 10 | 3.00 | 4 | 3.78 | 12 | 5.29 | 22 | 4.29 | 19 | 4.51 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.25 | 18 | 1.33 | 10 | 4.75 | 8 | 7.75 | 7 | 4.00 | 20 | 4.42 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 7.17 | 3 | 4.50 | 2 | 3.10 | 14 | 4.40 | 23 | 2.83 | 22 | 4.40 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 3.00 | 19 | 0.50 | 15 | 5.50 | 4 | 5.50 | 16 | 7.50 | 4 | 4.40 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 6.80 | 4 | 1.60 | 9 | 2.60 | 18 | 5.50 | 16 | 5.00 | 11 | 4.30 |
| Sportsline | 2.33 | 23 | 0.50 | 15 | – | – | 8.33 | 5 | 5.00 | 11 | 4.04 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 5.50 | 13 | 0.50 | 15 | 3.00 | 15 | 4.33 | 24 | 6.00 | 8 | 3.87 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.00 | 19 | 1.00 | 11 | 4.00 | 9 | 6.00 | 13 | 4.80 | 18 | 3.76 |
| Rotoballer | 3.00 | 19 | 0.50 | 15 | 2.00 | 20 | 5.50 | 16 | 3.50 | 21 | 2.90 |
| Rotowire | 4.67 | 16 | 0.50 | 15 | 2.67 | 17 | 3.67 | 25 | 2.33 | 26 | 2.77 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.00 | 24 | 0.50 | 15 | 2.50 | 19 | 5.50 | 16 | 2.50 | 24 | 2.60 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | 26 | – | – | 5.00 | 11 | 2.50 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 3.00 | 19 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.50 | 23 | – | – | 2.50 | 24 | 2.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.67 | 4 | 4.36 | 2 | 4.00 | 3 | 2.38 | 23 | 7.00 | 1 | 4.28 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 4.20 | 2 | – | – | 4.25 | 4 | 4.23 |
| DK Playbook | 3.00 | 13 | 2.55 | 17 | 3.33 | 8 | 4.45 | 5 | 4.45 | 3 | 3.56 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 3.09 | 11 | 4.27 | 4 | 3.50 | 6 | 5.20 | 2 | 1.50 | 19 | 3.51 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 3.15 | 9 | 2.73 | 14 | 2.65 | 17 | 3.06 | 18 | 4.88 | 2 | 3.29 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 3.24 | 7 | 3.08 | 13 | 2.73 | 16 | 3.39 | 14 | 3.61 | 7 | 3.21 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.14 | 18 | 4.33 | 3 | 3.33 | 8 | 2.57 | 20 | 3.29 | 10 | 3.13 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 4.50 | 2 | 3.67 | 9 | 3.00 | 14 | 3.75 | 10 | 0.71 | 23 | 3.13 |
| NumberFire | 2.88 | 16 | 4.13 | 5 | 3.67 | 5 | 3.83 | 7 | 0.57 | 24 | 3.02 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.76 | 17 | 2.18 | 19 | 2.00 | 21 | 4.24 | 6 | 3.68 | 6 | 2.97 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 2.00 | 20 | 3.67 | 9 | 5.33 | 1 | 3.50 | 11 | 0.29 | 26 | 2.96 |
| Awesemo | 3.11 | 10 | 3.93 | 7 | 3.14 | 12 | 2.27 | 24 | 2.31 | 16 | 2.95 |
| Rotoballer | 3.50 | 6 | 4.00 | 6 | 1.75 | 22 | 2.17 | 25 | 3.14 | 12 | 2.91 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 1.25 | 22 | 2.72 | 15 | 3.13 | 13 | 4.58 | 4 | 2.86 | 13 | 2.91 |
| DailyRoto | 2.90 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.90 |
| Sportsline | 0.25 | 25 | 3.25 | 12 | 3.33 | 8 | 3.80 | 9 | 3.75 | 5 | 2.88 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | – | – | 5.50 | 1 | 0.00 | 27 | 5.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 21 | 2.88 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.05 | 12 | 2.63 | 16 | 2.10 | 20 | 3.26 | 15 | 3.22 | 11 | 2.85 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.14 | 18 | 2.42 | 18 | 3.36 | 7 | 3.82 | 8 | 2.36 | 14 | 2.82 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.54 | 5 | 1.17 | 23 | 2.40 | 19 | 3.20 | 16 | 3.32 | 9 | 2.73 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 3.22 | 8 | 1.90 | 21 | 3.25 | 11 | – | – | 2.33 | 15 | 2.68 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.75 | 3 | 1.83 | 22 | 2.50 | 18 | 3.43 | 12 | 1.86 | 17 | 2.67 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 0.75 | 24 | 1.00 | 25 | 3.75 | 4 | 6.75 | 1 | 0.25 | 27 | 2.50 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.86 | 1 | 1.17 | 23 | 1.13 | 26 | 3.43 | 12 | 1.71 | 18 | 2.46 |
| FantasyPros | 3.00 | 13 | 3.88 | 8 | 1.56 | 24 | 2.58 | 19 | 1.25 | 20 | 2.45 |
| FantasyLabs | – | – | 1.00 | 25 | 2.86 | 15 | 2.40 | 22 | 3.50 | 8 | 2.44 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.50 | 21 | 3.29 | 11 | 1.67 | 23 | 3.14 | 17 | 1.00 | 21 | 2.12 |
| Rotowire | 0.90 | 23 | 1.91 | 20 | 1.54 | 25 | 2.54 | 21 | 0.50 | 25 | 1.48 |
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
- Emmanuel Rivera (FantasyPros)
- Ben Gamel (FantasyPros)
Tuesday
- Ramon Urias (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Jose Iglesias (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Lamonte Wade, Jr (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
- Kolten Wong (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Will Smith (DK Playbook)
- Ryan Zimmerman (EliteFantasy)
- Taylor Hearnn (FantasyPros)
- Travis Shaw (NumberFire)
- Brandon Marsh (NumberFire)
- JT Brubaker (RG Grind Down)
- Jo Adell (RG Grind Down)
- Jose Abreu (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Will Smith (DK Playbook)
- Brian Anderson (DK Playbook)
Thursday
- Josh Harrison (DK Playbook)
- Carson Kelly (Fantasy Alarm)
- Jorge Alfaro (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Salvador Perez (DK Playbook)
- Luke Voit (EliteFantasy)
- Ian Happ (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
- Michael Hermosillo (Elite Fantasy)
- Austin Hays (RG Grind D0wn)
- Buster Posey (RG Grind D0wn)
- Patrick Wisdom (RG Grind D0wn)
- Yasmani Grandal (RG Grind D0wn)
- Will Smith (RG Grind D0wn)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 77
- EliteFantasy – 59
- FantasyPros – 52
- Fantasy Alarm – 34
- Awesemo – 19
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 18
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 17
- DailyRoto – 16
- FantasyLabs – 15
- NumberFire – 15
- DK Playbook – 15
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 12
- NBC Sports Edge – 12
- Rotowire – 10
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 10
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 9
- Rotoballer – 8
- GoingFor2 – 6
- DFS Army Domination Station – 6
- RG Lineup Builder – 5
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- DailyFantasyNerd – 3
- RG Consensus – 2
- DailyFantasyInsider – 2
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- Rotowire Optimizer – 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 | 89.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 89.7% |
| 24 | 79.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 79.0% |
| 23 | 84.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84.3% |
| 22 | 73.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70.1% | N/A | N/A | 73.1% |
| 21 | 77.8% | N/A | 73.7% | N/A | 75.8% | N/A | 78.7% | 77.5% |
| 20 | 66.8% | N/A | 65.0% | 57.2% | 56.7% | 69.1% | N/A | 65.2% |
| 19 | 66.2% | N/A | 52.4% | N/A | 69.0% | 40.1% | 60.0% | 62.2% |
| 18 | 63.3% | N/A | 60.8% | N/A | 42.6% | 59.0% | 62.2% | 59.8% |
| 17 | 62.9% | 64.1% | 25.0% | 49.5% | 57.8% | 84.1% | 66.5% | 61.4% |
| 16 | 52.0% | N/A | 56.7% | 48.9% | 46.5% | 32.6% | 56.8% | 50.5% |
| 15 | 54.9% | 65.6% | 58.4% | 55.2% | 47.7% | 41.4% | 52.6% | 52.1% |
| 14 | 46.3% | 68.5% | 39.1% | 50.1% | 48.3% | 36.9% | 46.8% | 45.3% |
| 13 | 47.4% | 46.6% | 39.1% | 36.7% | 26.7% | 45.0% | 46.1% | 41.8% |
| 12 | 36.9% | 31.9% | 29.3% | 31.6% | 41.8% | 31.1% | 43.0% | 36.9% |
| 11 | 31.8% | 35.8% | 26.0% | 30.2% | 29.1% | 28.1% | 38.7% | 32.0% |
| 10 | 22.5% | 25.5% | 26.7% | 28.2% | 21.6% | 23.4% | 29.3% | 25.8% |
| 9 | 24.6% | 25.3% | 22.9% | 23.6% | 20.9% | 22.5% | 27.4% | 24.1% |
| 8 | 18.0% | 22.3% | 19.7% | 16.2% | 16.8% | 12.4% | 21.2% | 18.3% |
| 7 | 14.9% | 20.5% | 15.7% | 16.1% | 14.2% | 14.8% | 17.3% | 16.2% |
| 6 | 11.6% | 16.0% | 11.7% | 11.3% | 10.2% | 13.4% | 15.8% | 13.2% |
| 5 | 9.1% | 13.3% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% | 8.9% | 12.0% | 10.3% |
| 4 | 5.8% | 8.1% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 9.7% | 7.6% |
| 3 | 5.5% | 9.3% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 6.4% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| 2 | 3.2% | 5.2% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 25 | 66.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.3% |
| 24 | 55.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 55.9% |
| 23 | 62.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 62.6% |
| 22 | 52.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34.0% | N/A | N/A | 50.0% |
| 21 | 53.5% | N/A | 38.9% | N/A | 47.5% | N/A | 46.1% | 51.6% |
| 20 | 44.8% | N/A | 33.2% | 34.9% | 31.9% | 32.1% | N/A | 39.9% |
| 19 | 46.3% | N/A | 31.4% | N/A | 30.4% | 37.0% | 29.8% | 39.5% |
| 18 | 40.0% | N/A | 33.6% | N/A | 25.6% | 36.4% | 36.8% | 37.0% |
| 17 | 41.7% | 50.8% | 26.1% | 28.8% | 31.8% | 54.3% | 38.8% | 37.9% |
| 16 | 38.8% | N/A | 25.6% | 26.4% | 26.9% | 21.4% | 36.0% | 32.8% |
| 15 | 38.9% | 41.3% | 30.1% | 27.7% | 24.1% | 24.6% | 30.5% | 31.6% |
| 14 | 36.0% | 39.3% | 22.1% | 24.6% | 29.3% | 20.8% | 27.0% | 28.3% |
| 13 | 33.0% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 23.0% | 18.3% | 22.7% | 24.1% | 25.6% |
| 12 | 30.8% | 23.5% | 17.7% | 19.6% | 22.3% | 18.0% | 24.5% | 24.1% |
| 11 | 28.9% | 18.9% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 19.8% | 17.8% | 21.2% | 21.7% |
| 10 | 23.8% | 19.9% | 17.1% | 20.8% | 17.2% | 17.1% | 19.1% | 19.6% |
| 9 | 22.9% | 18.0% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 15.2% | 15.3% | 19.4% | 17.9% |
| 8 | 18.5% | 14.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% | 14.8% | 11.5% | 15.9% | 15.0% |
| 7 | 17.1% | 14.0% | 12.6% | 13.2% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 13.3% | 13.4% |
| 6 | 14.0% | 13.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 11.3% | 13.1% | 11.9% |
| 5 | 13.1% | 10.9% | 8.6% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 10.1% |
| 4 | 9.4% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 7.6% | 10.0% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.5% | 7.8% | 5.7% | 7.0% | 6.1% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 7.3% |
| 2 | 6.3% | 5.7% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| 1 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
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