MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of June 21st
MLB DFS Experts Grades
We are creeping toward the All-Star Break. If you’re like me, you’re trying to shake out your full season fantasy squad as mid season approaches. As for DFS, 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: 5.63)
#2) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.34)
#3) Sportsline (Score: 5.31)
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 2.95)
#2) RG 6-Pack (Score: 2.85)
#3) DailyRoto Optimizer (Score: 2.83)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 6.00 | 4 | 6.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.50 | 11 | 1.50 | 14 | 5.40 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 5.00 | 7 | 6.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 25 | 3.00 | 12 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.40 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 17 | 7.50 | 5 | 5.50 | 4 | 1.50 | 14 | 5.30 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 22 | 3.00 | 9 | 5.20 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 17 | 4.00 | 22 | 1.00 | 22 | 7.50 | 2 | 4.90 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.00 | 11 | 5.20 | 5 | 3.17 | 24 | 5.60 | 3 | 5.25 | 3 | 4.64 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 2.50 | 22 | 6.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 5 | 5.50 | 4 | 1.50 | 14 | 4.60 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.50 | 17 | 4.00 | 7 | 6.40 | 14 | 4.67 | 7 | 3.50 | 8 | 4.41 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 4.33 | 9 | 4.67 | 6 | 6.67 | 12 | 4.33 | 10 | 2.00 | 11 | 4.40 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | 1.80 | 23 | 7.00 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 4.40 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 4.33 | 9 | 1.90 | 22 | 4.75 | 21 | 5.75 | 2 | 4.82 | 5 | 4.31 |
| GoingFor2 | 3.50 | 17 | – | – | 5.50 | 16 | 2.67 | 13 | 5.00 | 4 | 4.17 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.75 | 15 | 3.50 | 12 | 7.50 | 5 | 4.50 | 8 | 1.00 | 23 | 4.05 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 3.40 | 19 | 3.86 | 10 | 5.50 | 16 | 2.67 | 13 | 4.33 | 7 | 3.95 |
| EliteFantasy | 4.00 | 11 | 3.40 | 14 | 8.33 | 4 | 2.67 | 13 | 1.00 | 23 | 3.88 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 5.50 | 5 | 2.00 | 17 | 7.50 | 5 | 1.50 | 19 | 2.50 | 10 | 3.80 |
| NumberFire | 4.00 | 11 | 4.00 | 7 | 6.67 | 12 | 2.67 | 13 | 1.50 | 14 | 3.77 |
| Rotoballer | 1.00 | 23 | 6.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 19 | 0.00 | 26 | 3.70 |
| FantasyPros | 3.25 | 20 | 3.25 | 15 | 5.00 | 18 | 5.25 | 6 | 1.67 | 13 | 3.68 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 0.00 | 25 | 1.00 | 26 | 5.00 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 14 | 3.50 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 4.00 | 11 | 3.75 | 11 | – | – | 4.50 | 8 | 1.00 | 23 | 3.31 |
| Rotowire | 1.00 | 23 | 4.00 | 7 | 7.33 | 10 | 2.67 | 13 | 1.50 | 14 | 3.30 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.25 | 20 | 3.00 | 16 | 3.50 | 23 | 2.00 | 18 | 4.60 | 6 | 3.27 |
| Awesemo | 3.67 | 16 | 2.00 | 17 | 7.50 | 5 | 1.50 | 19 | 1.50 | 14 | 3.23 |
| Sportsline | 4.67 | 8 | 1.67 | 24 | 6.00 | 15 | 1.00 | 22 | 2.00 | 11 | 3.07 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 5.50 | 5 | 1.50 | 25 | 5.00 | 18 | 0.50 | 26 | 1.50 | 14 | 2.80 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 2.00 | 26 | – | – | – | – | 2.00 |
| DK Playbook | 0.00 | 25 | 3.50 | 12 | 1.00 | 27 | 1.00 | 22 | 1.50 | 14 | 1.40 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 2.00 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 28 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 5.50 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 4.00 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4.00 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 3.88 | 2 | 1.63 | 23 | 4.13 | 2 | 5.17 | 3 | 3.43 | 10 | 3.65 |
| Awesemo | 3.58 | 3 | 2.72 | 10 | 2.81 | 15 | 4.88 | 4 | 3.54 | 9 | 3.51 |
| NumberFire | 2.68 | 9 | 4.10 | 2 | 2.64 | 19 | 3.15 | 19 | 4.67 | 6 | 3.45 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.71 | 8 | 2.75 | 8 | 2.13 | 22 | 3.00 | 23 | 6.14 | 2 | 3.35 |
| GoingFor2 | 2.60 | 10 | – | – | 3.40 | 8 | 4.35 | 8 | 2.43 | 17 | 3.20 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 1.29 | 24 | 3.75 | 3 | – | – | 4.00 | 11 | 3.73 | 8 | 3.19 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.18 | 5 | 2.00 | 20 | 3.38 | 9 | 5.64 | 2 | 1.69 | 23 | 3.18 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 2.27 | 17 | 2.27 | 15 | 3.58 | 6 | 4.50 | 6 | 3.00 | 12 | 3.12 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.00 | 20 | 3.65 | 4 | 2.67 | 17 | 3.42 | 16 | 3.41 | 11 | 3.03 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.77 | 6 | 2.24 | 17 | 2.67 | 17 | 4.41 | 7 | 3.00 | 12 | 3.02 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.43 | 1 | 2.00 | 20 | 3.50 | 7 | 2.90 | 24 | 2.11 | 21 | 2.99 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.54 | 12 | 2.45 | 14 | 3.21 | 12 | 2.82 | 25 | 3.81 | 7 | 2.97 |
| Rotowire | 2.10 | 19 | 1.50 | 24 | 2.33 | 21 | 3.08 | 22 | 5.80 | 3 | 2.96 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 2.13 | 18 | 3.13 | 5 | 4.25 | 1 | 2.50 | 26 | 2.67 | 15 | 2.94 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 2.50 | 13 | 2.63 | 11 | 3.38 | 9 | 4.33 | 9 | 1.63 | 24 | 2.89 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 1.50 | 23 | 0.25 | 26 | 1.75 | 23 | 4.00 | 11 | 6.75 | 1 | 2.85 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.50 | 13 | 2.75 | 8 | 2.75 | 16 | 3.40 | 17 | 2.13 | 20 | 2.71 |
| Sportsline | 1.00 | 25 | 1.71 | 22 | 1.17 | 26 | 4.25 | 10 | 5.20 | 4 | 2.67 |
| DK Playbook | 1.80 | 22 | 2.25 | 16 | 3.33 | 11 | 3.10 | 21 | 2.70 | 14 | 2.64 |
| FantasyPros | 0.90 | 26 | 2.62 | 12 | 3.62 | 5 | 4.71 | 5 | 1.17 | 26 | 2.60 |
| Rotoballer | 2.75 | 7 | 3.00 | 6 | 1.29 | 25 | 3.71 | 14 | 2.14 | 19 | 2.58 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 3.27 | 4 | 1.00 | 25 | 3.00 | 13 | 3.93 | 13 | 1.33 | 25 | 2.51 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.35 | 16 | 2.07 | 19 | 2.54 | 20 | 3.13 | 20 | 2.09 | 22 | 2.44 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.55 | 11 | 2.88 | 7 | 1.00 | 27 | 3.17 | 18 | 2.50 | 16 | 2.42 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.43 | 15 | 2.17 | 18 | 1.59 | 24 | 3.51 | 15 | 2.26 | 18 | 2.39 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 0.40 | 27 | 2.50 | 13 | 3.71 | 4 | 2.00 | 27 | 0.20 | 27 | 1.76 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | 0.22 | 27 | 2.91 | 14 | – | – | – | – | 1.57 |
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
- Josh Naylor (DK Playbook)
Tuesday
- Kolten Wong (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Eli White (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Ozzie Albies (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Wilmer Flores (EliteFantasy)
- Hunter Renfore (EliteFantasy)
- Yasmani Grandal (FantasyLabs)
- Kyle Freeland (FantasyPros)
- Ryan O’Hearn (FantasyPros)
- Joey Gallo (RG Grind Down)
- Christian Yelich (RG Grind Down)
- CJ Cron (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Austin Meadows (Fantasy Alarm)
- Victor Caratini (FantasyPros)
- Brett Phillips (FantasyPros)
- Jake Cronenworth (GoingFor2)
- Adolis Garcia (RG Grind Down)
- Carlos Santana (Rotowire)
Thursday
- Lourdes Gurriel, Jr (NBC Sports Edge)
- Joe Ross (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Nolan Arenado (EliteFantasy)
- Josh Naylor (EliteFantasy)
- Eddie Rosario (EliteFantasy)
- Alex Kirilloff (Rotoballer)
- Johnny Cueto (RG Grind Down)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 39
- EliteFantasy – 30
- FantasyPros – 29
- Fantasy Alarm – 19
- Awesemo – 12
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 12
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 9
- FantasyLabs – 9
- DailyRoto – 7
- NBC Sports Edge – 7
- DK Playbook – 7
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 7
- NumberFire – 5
- DFS Army Domination Station – 5
- GoingFor2 – 5
- Rotoballer – 5
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 4
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 3
- DailyFantasyNerd – 3
- Rotowire – 3
- RG Consensus – 2
- DailyFantasyInsider – 1
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- RG Lineup Builder – 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 | 89.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 89.3% |
| 22 | 74.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70.1% | N/A | N/A | 73.8% |
| 21 | 78.5% | N/A | 73.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 78.0% |
| 20 | 66.3% | N/A | N/A | 63.0% | 56.7% | 70.5% | N/A | 65.1% |
| 19 | 75.7% | N/A | 56.1% | N/A | 72.6% | 40.1% | 40.1% | 61.5% |
| 18 | 69.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 48.1% | 46.2% | 67.1% | 65.1% |
| 17 | 64.3% | 64.1% | N/A | 49.5% | 61.7% | 84.1% | 66.6% | 64.1% |
| 16 | 50.8% | N/A | 56.7% | 40.0% | 41.6% | 62.5% | 57.1% | 51.5% |
| 15 | 57.7% | N/A | 52.1% | 81.8% | 45.1% | 49.4% | 50.6% | 54.1% |
| 14 | 47.7% | 64.3% | 36.6% | 47.7% | 48.7% | 38.8% | 48.4% | 45.7% |
| 13 | 49.7% | 11.1% | 37.1% | 35.9% | 24.8% | 52.1% | 40.1% | 40.6% |
| 12 | 39.9% | 29.8% | 28.9% | 36.9% | 51.3% | 30.8% | 43.0% | 38.8% |
| 11 | 36.1% | 37.7% | 28.7% | 24.1% | 37.7% | 34.0% | 38.2% | 34.6% |
| 10 | 19.2% | 23.5% | 27.6% | 32.0% | 21.7% | 26.3% | 28.1% | 25.5% |
| 9 | 25.6% | 35.9% | 21.8% | 20.2% | 20.7% | 19.5% | 28.9% | 23.8% |
| 8 | 14.7% | 23.8% | 18.7% | 16.8% | 15.8% | 13.6% | 21.6% | 17.9% |
| 7 | 13.6% | 22.0% | 18.0% | 15.2% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 15.2% | 15.3% |
| 6 | 10.5% | 15.7% | 11.9% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 12.8% | 15.6% | 13.1% |
| 5 | 7.5% | 11.2% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.7% | 11.9% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 5.2% | 8.2% | 6.6% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 6.7% | 9.4% | 7.5% |
| 3 | 4.9% | 9.8% | 6.2% | 6.9% | 4.1% | 5.3% | 7.5% | 6.7% |
| 2 | 2.7% | 4.8% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.1% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.9% |
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 | 68.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 68.5% |
| 22 | 53.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34.0% | N/A | N/A | 51.0% |
| 21 | 53.7% | N/A | 38.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.3% |
| 20 | 46.7% | N/A | N/A | 38.2% | 31.9% | 33.1% | N/A | 41.4% |
| 19 | 52.6% | N/A | 32.4% | N/A | 29.5% | 37.0% | 21.0% | 38.8% |
| 18 | 43.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 37.2% | 32.8% | 38.4% | 41.6% |
| 17 | 43.4% | 50.8% | N/A | 28.8% | 34.3% | 54.3% | 42.5% | 40.1% |
| 16 | 38.1% | N/A | 25.6% | 25.0% | 26.5% | 24.9% | 35.6% | 33.5% |
| 15 | 39.6% | N/A | 27.4% | 45.9% | 23.0% | 27.3% | 29.2% | 33.3% |
| 14 | 36.5% | 42.1% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 29.9% | 20.4% | 28.1% | 28.7% |
| 13 | 33.5% | 13.3% | 22.9% | 23.8% | 20.3% | 25.3% | 24.2% | 26.0% |
| 12 | 33.2% | 17.5% | 20.0% | 21.8% | 27.0% | 18.2% | 24.8% | 25.8% |
| 11 | 28.5% | 21.1% | 16.3% | 14.7% | 23.3% | 21.3% | 21.2% | 22.0% |
| 10 | 23.2% | 17.6% | 18.3% | 22.0% | 16.7% | 16.1% | 17.9% | 19.1% |
| 9 | 24.3% | 22.1% | 16.6% | 14.2% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 19.7% | 18.1% |
| 8 | 18.3% | 16.0% | 12.7% | 15.1% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 15.6% | 15.2% |
| 7 | 17.4% | 13.7% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 12.2% | 11.3% | 13.6% | 13.6% |
| 6 | 12.8% | 12.9% | 10.3% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 13.3% | 11.9% |
| 5 | 12.1% | 10.8% | 9.2% | 8.5% | 9.1% | 7.9% | 11.4% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 8.5% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.9% | 10.1% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.4% | 8.1% | 5.9% | 7.6% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 8.0% | 7.3% |
| 2 | 5.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| 1 | 3.0% | 3.8% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
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