MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of July 11th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
We’ve arrived at the All-Star Break and things remain tight in our leaderboards. Plenty of baseball left as the summer and playoff races heat up. A full, five-day week 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) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.54)
#2) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 5.42)
#3) DFS Army Domination Station (Score: 5.30)
Hitters
#1) DFS Karma Building Blocks (Score: 3.28)
#2) Sportsline (Score: 3.27)
#3) DFS Army Domination Station (Score: 3.03)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 8.40 |
| RotoGrinders-6 Pack | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 21 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 8.33 |
| Awesemo | 5.00 | 10 | 7.67 | 4 | 6.25 | 10 | 6.00 | 3 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.98 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.50 | 25 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 26 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.80 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 6.50 | 5 | 6.00 | 9 | 7.50 | 4 | 2.00 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.40 |
| DK Playbook | 7.50 | 4 | 6.50 | 7 | 7.50 | 4 | 5.50 | 11 | 4.33 | 22 | 6.27 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.75 | 15 | 7.00 | 6 | 6.75 | 8 | 6.00 | 3 | 7.75 | 6 | 6.25 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.50 | 5 | 6.00 | 9 | 7.50 | 4 | 5.00 | 13 | 5.00 | 19 | 6.00 |
| DFSKarma-Building Blocks | 3.75 | 15 | – | – | 6.67 | 9 | 8.00 | 2 | 5.33 | 17 | 5.94 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 6.50 | 5 | 5.00 | 21 | 6.00 | 11 | 2.00 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.90 |
| Sportsline | 4.67 | 11 | 6.25 | 8 | 4.25 | 15 | 6.00 | 3 | 7.75 | 6 | 5.78 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 24 | 6.00 | 3 | 2.50 | 25 | 5.70 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.80 | 23 | 5.75 | 15 | 8.33 | 3 | 6.00 | 3 | 4.80 | 21 | 5.54 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 6.50 | 5 | 6.00 | 9 | 7.50 | 4 | 2.00 | 22 | 5.50 | 13 | 5.50 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.50 | 18 | 5.71 | 17 | 5.40 | 12 | 5.83 | 10 | 6.00 | 10 | 5.29 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 4.00 | 14 | 5.71 | 17 | – | – | 5.22 | 12 | 5.89 | 11 | 5.21 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 6.50 | 5 | 6.00 | 9 | 1.00 | 22 | 6.00 | 3 | 5.50 | 13 | 5.00 |
| RunPureSports | 3.29 | 21 | 5.60 | 19 | 5.40 | 12 | 3.86 | 18 | 6.57 | 9 | 4.94 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 3.56 | 17 | 5.25 | 20 | 5.00 | 14 | 4.78 | 14 | 5.70 | 12 | 4.86 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 4.33 | 13 | 4.00 | 24 | 4.00 | 17 | 4.33 | 15 | 7.00 | 8 | 4.73 |
| FantasyGuru | 3.40 | 20 | 7.20 | 5 | 3.80 | 18 | 3.40 | 21 | 5.50 | 13 | 4.66 |
| NumberFire | 4.67 | 11 | 6.00 | 9 | 2.33 | 21 | 4.33 | 15 | 5.33 | 17 | 4.53 |
| Rotowire | 3.20 | 22 | 6.00 | 9 | 3.40 | 19 | 4.33 | 15 | 4.00 | 23 | 4.19 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.50 | 18 | 5.75 | 15 | 3.40 | 19 | 3.75 | 19 | 4.00 | 23 | 4.08 |
| Rotoballer | 2.67 | 24 | 4.67 | 23 | 1.00 | 22 | 6.00 | 3 | 5.50 | 13 | 3.97 |
| FantasyPros | 0.75 | 26 | 0.75 | 25 | 4.25 | 15 | 3.50 | 20 | 5.00 | 19 | 2.85 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Sportsline | 4.33 | 3 | 2.50 | 18 | 5.75 | 1 | 2.00 | 18 | 6.00 | 1 | 4.12 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 3.75 | 6 | 3.75 | 5 | 5.75 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | 2.00 | 18 | 3.65 |
| Rotowire | 5.64 | 1 | 4.09 | 3 | 0.82 | 25 | 3.17 | 6 | 3.90 | 4 | 3.52 |
| Rotoballer | 3.83 | 4 | 3.33 | 7 | 2.67 | 15 | 0.50 | 25 | 5.40 | 3 | 3.15 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.33 | 10 | 5.13 | 1 | 2.57 | 16 | 1.50 | 23 | 3.00 | 9 | 3.11 |
| NumberFire | 2.61 | 18 | 2.31 | 23 | 3.71 | 7 | 2.84 | 9 | 3.89 | 5 | 3.07 |
| Awesemo | 2.74 | 16 | 3.00 | 11 | 3.20 | 11 | 3.33 | 3 | 2.57 | 11 | 2.97 |
| FantasyGuru | 2.31 | 22 | 2.86 | 13 | 2.95 | 13 | 3.33 | 3 | 3.33 | 7 | 2.96 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 3.25 | 12 | 2.83 | 14 | 4.09 | 6 | 1.00 | 24 | 3.45 | 6 | 2.92 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 3.79 | 5 | 2.94 | 12 | – | – | 2.68 | 10 | 2.21 | 17 | 2.91 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.00 | 23 | 3.86 | 4 | 3.50 | 9 | 3.43 | 1 | 1.71 | 19 | 2.90 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.40 | 8 | 2.43 | 20 | 4.13 | 4 | 3.29 | 5 | 0.75 | 24 | 2.80 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 3.00 | 14 | 2.71 | 17 | 3.14 | 12 | 1.75 | 21 | 3.33 | 7 | 2.79 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.40 | 8 | 2.43 | 20 | 3.50 | 9 | 3.13 | 7 | 1.38 | 21 | 2.77 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.06 | 13 | 3.61 | 6 | 2.10 | 21 | 2.24 | 15 | 2.47 | 13 | 2.70 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 5.00 | 2 | 2.83 | 14 | 4.13 | 4 | 0.29 | 26 | 0.86 | 23 | 2.62 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.00 | 23 | 3.10 | 10 | 2.69 | 14 | 2.31 | 13 | 3.00 | 9 | 2.62 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.57 | 20 | 3.14 | 9 | 4.25 | 3 | 2.29 | 14 | 0.63 | 25 | 2.58 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.27 | 11 | 1.38 | 24 | 2.33 | 20 | 3.40 | 2 | 2.40 | 14 | 2.56 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.42 | 7 | 2.46 | 19 | 2.57 | 16 | 1.71 | 22 | 2.36 | 16 | 2.50 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.64 | 17 | 2.81 | 16 | 2.39 | 19 | 2.10 | 17 | 2.54 | 12 | 2.50 |
| RotoGrinders-6 Pack | 1.00 | 26 | 4.40 | 2 | – | – | 2.00 | 18 | – | – | 2.47 |
| RunPureSports | 2.52 | 21 | – | – | 1.83 | 23 | 2.56 | 11 | 2.38 | 15 | 2.32 |
| FantasyPros | 2.58 | 19 | 3.15 | 8 | 1.62 | 24 | 2.20 | 16 | 1.64 | 20 | 2.24 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 0.00 | 27 | 0.50 | 25 | 2.00 | 22 | 2.50 | 12 | 6.00 | 1 | 2.20 |
| DK Playbook | 2.76 | 15 | 2.42 | 22 | 2.40 | 18 | 1.89 | 20 | 1.00 | 22 | 2.09 |
| DFSKarma-Building Blocks | 1.50 | 25 | – | – | 3.67 | 8 | 0.00 | 27 | 0.50 | 26 | 1.42 |
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
- Miles Mikolas (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Sean Manaea (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
Tuesday
- Aledmys Diaz (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Freddie Freeman (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Joey Bart (FantasyPros)
- David Villar (FantasyPros)
- Andrew McCutchen (RG Grind Down)
- Willy Adames (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Freddie Freeman (Daily Overlay On the Hill)
- Vlad Guerrero, Jr (FantasyGuru)
- Marcus Semien (FantasyGuru)
- Teoscar Hernandez (FantasyGuru)
- Austin Hays (FantasyGuru)
Thursday
- Bobby Witt, Jr (Awesemo)
- Jose Abreu (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Gleyber Torres (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Matt Carpenter (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Josh Bell (FantasyGuru)
- Aaron Judge (FantasyGuru)
- Maikel Franco (FantasyPros)
- Luis Castillo (RG Grind Down)
- Pete Alonso (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Austin Nola (Awesemo)
- Ketel Marte (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Justin Turner (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Leody Taveras (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Trey Mancini (FantasyGuru)
- Joey Bart (FantasyPros)
- Rafael Devers (RG Grind Down)
- Riley Greene (RG Grind Down)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 52
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 32
- FantasyGuru – 28
- FantasyPros – 23
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 15
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 14
- Awesemo – 10
- Rotowire – 9
- NumberFire – 6
- DK Playbook – 5
- FantasyLabs – 5
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 4
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 3
- Rotoballer – 3
- Rotowire Optimizer – 2
- RG Consensus – 2
- RG Lineup Builder – 2
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- DFS Army Domination Station – 2
- DailyFantasyNerd – 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 |
| 24 | 82.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 82.0% |
| 23 | 78.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 78.9% |
| 22 | 76.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 76.2% |
| 21 | 54.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 54.9% |
| 20 | 73.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 68.8% | 73.4% | 72.6% |
| 19 | 78.8% | NA | NA | NA | 65.8% | 67.6% | 68.6% | 73.6% |
| 18 | 63.2% | 82.8% | 62.9% | 65.4% | 64.5% | 53.7% | 76.1% | 64.8% |
| 17 | 55.2% | NA | 50.5% | 50.7% | 37.8% | 64.8% | 62.5% | 55.0% |
| 16 | 57.6% | 47.0% | 46.6% | 58.0% | 56.3% | 44.7% | 48.0% | 51.8% |
| 15 | 53.7% | 49.6% | 41.4% | 63.6% | 56.9% | 44.1% | 46.7% | 49.9% |
| 14 | 46.6% | 28.2% | 39.6% | 45.3% | 44.3% | 35.4% | 46.9% | 43.8% |
| 13 | 38.5% | 62.3% | 39.5% | 52.8% | 37.8% | 41.6% | 44.4% | 42.5% |
| 12 | 32.4% | 21.7% | 39.1% | 38.2% | 24.7% | 33.0% | 34.4% | 33.6% |
| 11 | 30.0% | 38.6% | 40.5% | 31.0% | 29.5% | 28.2% | 32.6% | 31.7% |
| 10 | 28.9% | 34.4% | 28.5% | 28.4% | 29.7% | 21.1% | 31.0% | 29.0% |
| 9 | 18.5% | 42.1% | 21.7% | 19.8% | 22.6% | 16.9% | 26.3% | 23.1% |
| 8 | 16.0% | 21.3% | 16.2% | 19.1% | 15.3% | 18.3% | 22.9% | 18.7% |
| 7 | 12.2% | 26.7% | 13.9% | 17.4% | 12.3% | 15.0% | 18.0% | 15.8% |
| 6 | 12.5% | 18.9% | 11.0% | 12.4% | 11.2% | 9.8% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
| 5 | 7.9% | 12.5% | 7.5% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 12.1% | 10.3% |
| 4 | 6.0% | 9.9% | 7.2% | 9.2% | 6.6% | 6.2% | 8.6% | 7.8% |
| 3 | 4.4% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 7.0% |
| 2 | 3.1% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| 1 | 1.3% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 24 | 59.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 59.8% |
| 23 | 53.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 53.3% |
| 22 | 57.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 57.1% |
| 21 | 38.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 38.2% |
| 20 | 47.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 35.4% | 42.5% | 44.6% |
| 19 | 51.9% | NA | NA | NA | 31.5% | 37.6% | 42.6% | 45.3% |
| 18 | 42.7% | 53.5% | 33.2% | 30.2% | 31.5% | 31.9% | 43.1% | 37.1% |
| 17 | 36.5% | NA | 24.4% | 21.3% | 20.0% | 31.3% | 33.5% | 31.7% |
| 16 | 38.8% | 22.6% | 25.2% | 28.7% | 29.2% | 25.1% | 23.1% | 28.4% |
| 15 | 36.4% | 22.4% | 23.3% | 30.9% | 29.6% | 24.2% | 27.6% | 30.1% |
| 14 | 34.7% | 16.6% | 21.5% | 24.9% | 24.9% | 20.2% | 25.5% | 27.3% |
| 13 | 29.4% | 33.2% | 22.5% | 25.9% | 25.6% | 23.2% | 21.6% | 25.6% |
| 12 | 28.5% | 9.4% | 22.4% | 19.0% | 15.3% | 22.0% | 19.2% | 21.8% |
| 11 | 26.1% | 18.8% | 20.0% | 18.3% | 18.0% | 16.3% | 20.5% | 21.1% |
| 10 | 25.4% | 16.6% | 18.8% | 19.7% | 19.9% | 15.8% | 19.1% | 20.1% |
| 9 | 19.8% | 28.8% | 15.6% | 16.6% | 17.3% | 14.2% | 18.6% | 18.3% |
| 8 | 19.4% | 14.7% | 11.9% | 15.0% | 11.4% | 16.1% | 17.1% | 15.7% |
| 7 | 16.0% | 15.7% | 11.5% | 12.5% | 11.0% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 6 | 17.0% | 14.4% | 10.6% | 10.9% | 10.5% | 10.0% | 11.4% | 12.1% |
| 5 | 11.4% | 10.7% | 8.5% | 9.0% | 9.4% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 9.6% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 9.6% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 8.7% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.5% | 9.5% | 6.6% | 8.8% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 8.1% |
| 2 | 6.6% | 6.3% | 4.6% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| 1 | 3.2% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
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