MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of July 5th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
We have arrived at the All-Star Break. Things on our hitter side of the leaderboard are super tight heading into the 2nd half! We have 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) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 5.79)
#2) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.54)
#3) Awesemo (Score: 5.36)
Hitters
#1) RG 6-Pack (Score: 2.78)
#2) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 2.77)
#3) RG Consensus (Score: 2.76)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 1.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 6 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.40 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 0.00 | 23 | 5.00 | 6 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 |
| GoingFor2 | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | 28 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Sportsline | 2.33 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 11 | 1.00 | 7 | 6.67 | 9 | 4.87 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 1.75 | 10 | 6.50 | 4 | 5.25 | 5 | 0.67 | 14 | 8.33 | 7 | 4.50 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 1.00 | 16 | 7.50 | 2 | 5.25 | 5 | 0.00 | 17 | 6.50 | 14 | 4.05 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.80 | 4 | 3.13 | 15 | 4.33 | 11 | 3.43 | 2 | 6.50 | 14 | 4.04 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 0.67 | 22 | 7.50 | 2 | 4.33 | 11 | 0.50 | 16 | 6.67 | 9 | 3.93 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.40 | 3 | 2.00 | 20 | 4.00 | 16 | 3.33 | 3 | 6.67 | 9 | 3.88 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.40 | 6 | 3.71 | 14 | 4.60 | 10 | 2.60 | 5 | 5.75 | 18 | 3.81 |
| EliteFantasy | 0.75 | 21 | 4.33 | 12 | 7.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 7 | 5.60 | 20 | 3.74 |
| NumberFire | 1.50 | 14 | 6.00 | 5 | 3.67 | 17 | 0.67 | 14 | 6.67 | 9 | 3.70 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.75 | 10 | 4.33 | 12 | 5.25 | 5 | 0.75 | 12 | 5.75 | 18 | 3.57 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 1.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 6 | 1.50 | 20 | 0.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.50 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.00 | 16 | 1.00 | 23 | 5.00 | 8 | – | – | 6.67 | 9 | 3.42 |
| FantasyAlarm | 1.60 | 13 | 2.33 | 19 | 4.33 | 11 | 3.00 | 4 | 5.60 | 20 | 3.37 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.50 | 1 | 3.00 | 16 | 1.50 | 20 | 2.00 | 6 | 6.50 | 14 | 3.30 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 2.00 | 9 | – | – | 1.00 | 24 | 0.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.25 |
| Awesemo | 2.33 | 7 | 5.00 | 6 | 1.00 | 24 | 0.00 | 17 | 7.67 | 8 | 3.20 |
| FantasyPros | 1.25 | 15 | 2.00 | 20 | 4.75 | 9 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.25 | 26 | 3.05 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | – | – | 3.25 | 18 | 0.75 | 12 | 4.50 | 23 | 2.83 |
| DK Playbook | 3.50 | 1 | 2.50 | 18 | 1.50 | 20 | 0.00 | 17 | 6.50 | 14 | 2.80 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 2.50 | 5 | 3.00 | 16 | 0.50 | 26 | 1.00 | 7 | 5.50 | 22 | 2.50 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 0.00 | 23 | 5.00 | 6 | 2.00 | 19 | 0.00 | 17 | 3.00 | 24 | 2.00 |
| Rotowire | 1.67 | 12 | 0.33 | 24 | 4.33 | 11 | 0.00 | 17 | 1.50 | 27 | 1.57 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 6 | 1.50 | 20 | 0.00 | 17 | 0.00 | 28 | 1.50 |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 1.50 | 22 | 0.50 | 26 | 1.00 | 7 | 3.00 | 24 | 1.50 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.86 | 1 | 3.29 | 12 | 2.75 | 8 | 1.71 | 20 | 4.63 | 1 | 3.25 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.13 | 12 | 3.63 | 7 | 2.40 | 12 | 3.83 | 3 | 4.00 | 3 | 3.20 |
| NumberFire | 3.07 | 3 | 3.86 | 3 | 2.21 | 16 | 3.29 | 5 | 3.31 | 7 | 3.15 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.55 | 7 | 3.62 | 8 | 2.69 | 9 | 3.92 | 2 | 2.55 | 12 | 3.07 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.83 | 5 | 2.83 | 16 | 2.50 | 10 | 3.00 | 8 | 4.00 | 3 | 3.03 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.00 | 4 | 3.62 | 8 | 3.50 | 4 | 2.58 | 11 | 2.14 | 19 | 2.97 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | – | – | 1.91 | 22 | 4.80 | 1 | 2.17 | 18 | 2.96 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 0.80 | 28 | – | – | 4.60 | 2 | 2.70 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 3.25 | 2 | 3.46 | 10 | 3.42 | 6 | 1.44 | 21 | 1.82 | 22 | 2.68 |
| Rotowire | 1.62 | 18 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.08 | 20 | 0.80 | 26 | 3.85 | 5 | 2.67 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 1.88 | 15 | 4.29 | 2 | 3.14 | 7 | 2.13 | 18 | 1.75 | 23 | 2.64 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 2.78 | 6 | 3.85 | 5 | 3.48 | 5 | 0.86 | 25 | 2.21 | 16 | 2.64 |
| FantasyPros | 2.21 | 10 | 2.75 | 17 | 2.31 | 14 | 3.13 | 6 | 2.18 | 17 | 2.52 |
| Awesemo | 2.50 | 8 | 2.95 | 14 | 2.38 | 13 | 2.40 | 14 | 2.14 | 19 | 2.47 |
| Rotoballer | – | – | 2.75 | 17 | 3.57 | 3 | 2.40 | 14 | 1.14 | 26 | 2.47 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.15 | 11 | 2.39 | 20 | 1.95 | 21 | 3.13 | 6 | 2.59 | 10 | 2.44 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 2.50 | 8 | 3.00 | 13 | 2.50 | 10 | 2.50 | 12 | 1.25 | 24 | 2.35 |
| FantasyLabs | 0.57 | 24 | 0.57 | 25 | 4.25 | 1 | 3.50 | 4 | 2.78 | 8 | 2.33 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.00 | 13 | 1.88 | 22 | 1.40 | 27 | 2.63 | 10 | 3.73 | 6 | 2.33 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 1.50 | 21 | 3.33 | 11 | 2.29 | 15 | 3.00 | 8 | 1.25 | 24 | 2.27 |
| EliteFantasy | 1.53 | 20 | 2.59 | 19 | 2.15 | 18 | 2.21 | 17 | 2.59 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.67 | 17 | 2.95 | 14 | 2.11 | 19 | 1.88 | 19 | 2.34 | 14 | 2.19 |
| Sportsline | 0.75 | 23 | 3.75 | 6 | 1.80 | 23 | 2.50 | 12 | 2.00 | 21 | 2.16 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.88 | 15 | 3.86 | 3 | 4.00 | 2 | 0.50 | 27 | 0.43 | 28 | 2.13 |
| DK Playbook | 1.91 | 14 | 2.00 | 21 | 1.44 | 26 | 2.33 | 16 | 2.75 | 9 | 2.09 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 1.55 | 19 | 1.20 | 23 | 2.17 | 17 | 1.00 | 22 | 2.27 | 15 | 1.64 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 0.86 | 22 | 0.67 | 24 | 1.63 | 24 | 0.88 | 24 | 2.38 | 13 | 1.28 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 0.00 | 25 | – | – | 1.50 | 25 | 1.00 | 22 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.63 |
| GoingFor2 | – | – | – | – | 0.40 | 29 | – | – | 0.50 | 27 | 0.45 |
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
- Omar Narvaez (Fantasy Alarm)
- Bailey Ober (FantasyLabs)
- Ben Gamel (FantasyPros)
- Andrew McCutchen (NumberFire)
- Jose Ramirez (RG Grind Down)
- Brandon Lowe (RG Grind Down)
- Rafael Devers (RG Grind Down)
Tuesday
- Orlando Arcia (Awesemo)
- Elvis Andrus (Awesemo)
- Luke Voit (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Brandon Crawford (EliteFantasy)
- Wil Myers (EliteFantasy)
- Michael A. Taylor (FantasyPros)
- Pedro Severino (RG Lineup Builder)
- David Fletcher (RG Lineup Builder)
- Yordan Alvarez (RG Grind Down)
- Adolis Garcia (Rotowire)
Wednesday
- Jesus Aguilar (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
Thursday
- Didi Gregorius (Fantasy Alarm)
- Hunter Dozier (FantasyPros)
- JA Happ (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- David Fletcher (Awesemo)
- Adam Engel (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Francisco Lindor (Daily Overlay On the Hill)
- Trevor Story (DailyRoto)
- Jake Cronenworth (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Jonathan Villar (DK Playbook)
- Gavin Sheets (EliteFantasy)
- Austin Riley (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Andrew Vaughn (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Ramon Urias (FantasyPros)
- Wade Miley (GoingFor2)
- Pete Alonso (RG Grind Down)
- Freddie Freeman (RG Grind Down)
- DJ LeMahieu (RG Grind Down)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 51
- EliteFantasy – 36
- FantasyPros – 35
- Fantasy Alarm – 26
- Awesemo – 15
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 12
- FantasyLabs – 12
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 12
- DailyRoto – 11
- NBC Sports Edge – 8
- DK Playbook – 8
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 8
- NumberFire – 8
- GoingFor2 – 6
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 6
- DFS Army Domination Station – 5
- Rotoballer – 5
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 4
- Rotowire – 4
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- DailyFantasyNerd – 3
- RG Lineup Builder – 3
- RG Consensus – 2
- DailyFantasyInsider – 1
- RG 6-Pack – 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 | 86.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 86.7% |
| 22 | 74.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70.1% | N/A | N/A | 73.8% |
| 21 | 78.4% | N/A | 73.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 78.0% |
| 20 | 69.4% | N/A | 70.5% | 63.0% | 56.7% | 70.5% | N/A | 68.0% |
| 19 | 70.8% | N/A | 56.1% | N/A | 72.6% | 40.1% | 53.1% | 63.0% |
| 18 | 67.6% | N/A | 66.1% | N/A | 50.6% | 59.5% | 62.2% | 63.8% |
| 17 | 63.5% | 64.1% | N/A | 49.5% | 60.1% | 84.1% | 65.7% | 63.0% |
| 16 | 50.8% | N/A | 56.7% | 40.0% | 39.1% | 41.4% | 57.1% | 49.8% |
| 15 | 58.2% | 68.5% | 57.6% | 60.1% | 45.2% | 49.4% | 50.5% | 54.2% |
| 14 | 49.5% | 68.5% | 38.8% | 47.7% | 48.7% | 38.8% | 46.8% | 46.4% |
| 13 | 48.4% | 46.6% | 37.1% | 36.6% | 28.4% | 51.8% | 43.6% | 42.1% |
| 12 | 38.5% | 31.9% | 29.4% | 36.9% | 48.5% | 31.1% | 43.6% | 38.3% |
| 11 | 34.8% | 37.7% | 23.5% | 27.1% | 29.8% | 34.0% | 38.2% | 32.7% |
| 10 | 19.9% | 25.5% | 27.6% | 29.5% | 21.7% | 25.1% | 28.3% | 25.4% |
| 9 | 25.7% | 32.0% | 22.3% | 20.2% | 20.7% | 19.5% | 28.2% | 23.8% |
| 8 | 15.0% | 23.8% | 18.7% | 17.8% | 16.2% | 11.9% | 21.6% | 17.8% |
| 7 | 14.6% | 22.0% | 17.2% | 14.9% | 12.7% | 13.4% | 15.7% | 15.4% |
| 6 | 10.2% | 16.2% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 15.8% | 13.1% |
| 5 | 7.9% | 11.4% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 10.2% | 8.6% | 11.8% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 5.3% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 9.7% | 7.4% |
| 3 | 5.3% | 9.6% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 7.7% | 6.7% |
| 2 | 2.9% | 4.7% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.2% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.0% |
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 | 64.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 64.3% |
| 22 | 53.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34.0% | N/A | N/A | 51.0% |
| 21 | 53.5% | N/A | 38.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.2% |
| 20 | 47.1% | N/A | 35.3% | 38.2% | 31.9% | 33.1% | N/A | 41.5% |
| 19 | 49.0% | N/A | 32.4% | N/A | 29.5% | 37.0% | 23.8% | 39.4% |
| 18 | 43.2% | N/A | 27.7% | N/A | 31.6% | 34.4% | 36.8% | 39.3% |
| 17 | 41.0% | 50.8% | N/A | 28.8% | 32.2% | 54.3% | 39.8% | 38.0% |
| 16 | 38.1% | N/A | 25.6% | 25.0% | 25.6% | 21.9% | 35.6% | 32.7% |
| 15 | 39.4% | 38.8% | 29.4% | 33.4% | 21.9% | 27.3% | 28.2% | 32.2% |
| 14 | 37.3% | 39.3% | 22.6% | 21.9% | 29.9% | 20.4% | 27.5% | 28.9% |
| 13 | 33.9% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 23.6% | 20.1% | 24.7% | 24.6% | 26.1% |
| 12 | 32.4% | 23.5% | 18.7% | 21.8% | 25.8% | 18.0% | 25.0% | 25.2% |
| 11 | 29.3% | 21.1% | 15.9% | 16.2% | 19.9% | 21.3% | 21.2% | 21.9% |
| 10 | 23.4% | 19.9% | 18.3% | 21.0% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 18.2% | 19.3% |
| 9 | 23.6% | 20.2% | 16.1% | 14.2% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 20.3% | 18.1% |
| 8 | 17.7% | 16.0% | 12.7% | 14.9% | 14.2% | 11.4% | 16.0% | 15.1% |
| 7 | 17.1% | 14.2% | 13.1% | 12.8% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 13.6% | 13.4% |
| 6 | 13.1% | 13.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 11.0% | 13.3% | 11.8% |
| 5 | 12.7% | 10.8% | 8.9% | 8.5% | 9.7% | 8.4% | 11.0% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 9.0% | 8.2% | 7.6% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 9.9% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.2% | 8.1% | 5.8% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 7.2% | 8.1% | 7.3% |
| 2 | 6.1% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| 1 | 3.1% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
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