MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of May 10th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
The leaderboard continues to have razor thin margins and our Consensus Core 5 continues to perform at a high level. 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: 6.08)
#2) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 5.67)
#3) Sportsline (Score: 5.63)
Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 2.85)
#2) RG 6-Pack (Score: 2.72)
#3) Awesemo (Score: 2.66)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotoballer | 7.50 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | 6.00 | 22 | 6.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.90 |
| NumberFire | 7.50 | 2 | 2.67 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.67 | 2 | 7.67 | 10 | 6.50 |
| Sportsline | 5.00 | 15 | 5.00 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.67 | 2 | 7.67 | 10 | 6.47 |
| FantasyLabs | 7.67 | 1 | 2.33 | 11 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 12 | 8.25 | 7 | 6.25 |
| Awesemo | 4.33 | 19 | 1.67 | 16 | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 7.67 | 10 | 5.92 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 2.50 | 25 | 6.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.90 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 7.50 | 2 | 2.67 | 7 | 8.25 | 12 | 3.40 | 11 | 7.20 | 15 | 5.80 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 5.00 | 15 | 2.00 | 12 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.80 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 7.00 | 7 | 2.00 | 12 | 7.33 | 15 | 4.00 | 5 | 8.25 | 7 | 5.72 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 7.50 | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 23 | 6.50 | 17 | 5.70 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 6.00 | 9 | 1.67 | 16 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.67 | 19 | 7.33 | 13 | 5.33 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 7.50 | 2 | 1.00 | 23 | 6.00 | 22 | 2.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.30 |
| FantasyAlarm | 7.00 | 7 | 3.33 | 6 | 4.33 | 26 | 3.75 | 8 | 7.71 | 9 | 5.22 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 6.00 | 9 | 2.67 | 7 | 7.00 | 16 | 3.75 | 8 | 5.40 | 24 | 4.96 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 5.00 | 15 | 1.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 15 | 6.50 | 17 | 4.90 |
| RunPureSports | 4.00 | 20 | 2.00 | 12 | 8.40 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 4.80 |
| GoingFor2 | 6.00 | 9 | 1.00 | 23 | 8.00 | 13 | 4.00 | 5 | – | – | 4.75 |
| Industry Consensus | 5.60 | 14 | 1.50 | 18 | 6.33 | 21 | 2.83 | 13 | 7.33 | 13 | 4.72 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 4.00 | 20 | 1.50 | 18 | 6.50 | 18 | 1.50 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.70 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 5.00 | 15 | 4.25 | 4 | – | – | 3.50 | 10 | 5.75 | 23 | 4.63 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 4.00 | 20 | 1.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 23 | 6.50 | 17 | 4.50 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 2.50 | 25 | 2.50 | 10 | 6.50 | 18 | – | – | 6.50 | 17 | 4.50 |
| FantasyPros | 2.67 | 24 | 1.75 | 15 | 7.75 | 14 | 4.00 | 5 | 6.00 | 22 | 4.43 |
| Rotowire | 5.67 | 13 | 1.33 | 21 | 6.00 | 22 | 4.33 | 4 | 4.67 | 25 | 4.40 |
| DK Playbook | 6.00 | 9 | 1.50 | 18 | 6.00 | 22 | 1.50 | 20 | 6.50 | 17 | 4.30 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 2.50 | 25 | 1.00 | 23 | 6.50 | 18 | 1.50 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.30 |
| EliteFantasy | 4.00 | 20 | 0.80 | 28 | 7.00 | 16 | 2.83 | 13 | 6.60 | 16 | 4.25 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | 1.25 | 22 | 4.25 | 27 | – | – | – | – | 2.75 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 2.00 | 28 | 2.00 | 15 | – | – | 2.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 3.40 | 3 | 4.60 | 1 | – | – | 4.00 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | 3.38 | 10 | 2.70 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 3.04 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 3.37 | 4 | 2.42 | 20 | – | – | 2.89 | 7 | 3.37 | 6 | 3.01 |
| GoingFor2 | 3.08 | 7 | 4.00 | 5 | 3.00 | 7 | 1.95 | 15 | – | – | 3.01 |
| Sportsline | 0.00 | 28 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 1.17 | 20 | 5.20 | 1 | 2.87 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.79 | 10 | 3.42 | 9 | 1.67 | 24 | 2.77 | 9 | 3.36 | 7 | 2.80 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.89 | 9 | 2.91 | 13 | 2.31 | 17 | 2.39 | 11 | 3.50 | 5 | 2.80 |
| NumberFire | 0.83 | 26 | 3.64 | 8 | 4.83 | 1 | 0.71 | 23 | 3.57 | 4 | 2.72 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 1.78 | 23 | 3.85 | 6 | 2.82 | 10 | 2.21 | 14 | 2.67 | 14 | 2.67 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 3.00 | 8 | 3.73 | 7 | 2.73 | 11 | 0.60 | 24 | 3.27 | 8 | 2.67 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.57 | 24 | 1.63 | 25 | 2.50 | 14 | 4.50 | 3 | 3.13 | 9 | 2.67 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.93 | 22 | 3.38 | 10 | 2.50 | 14 | 1.83 | 17 | 3.62 | 3 | 2.65 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 2.50 | 13 | 4.33 | 3 | 3.00 | 7 | 0.25 | 27 | 3.00 | 10 | 2.62 |
| FantasyPros | 3.64 | 3 | 1.89 | 24 | 1.91 | 22 | 3.00 | 6 | 2.62 | 16 | 2.61 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.33 | 5 | 2.57 | 15 | 3.71 | 2 | 2.80 | 8 | 0.38 | 25 | 2.56 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 5.63 | 1 | 2.43 | 18 | 2.60 | 13 | 1.43 | 19 | 0.57 | 24 | 2.53 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 0.50 | 27 | 3.33 | 12 | 3.36 | 5 | 3.89 | 4 | 1.57 | 20 | 2.53 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.16 | 19 | 2.18 | 21 | 3.28 | 6 | 3.29 | 5 | 1.38 | 22 | 2.46 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.17 | 18 | 2.00 | 23 | 2.29 | 18 | 4.57 | 2 | 1.25 | 23 | 2.46 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.26 | 16 | 2.50 | 17 | 2.12 | 21 | 2.33 | 12 | 2.96 | 12 | 2.43 |
| RunPureSports | 2.16 | 19 | 2.89 | 14 | 2.21 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 2.42 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.42 | 14 | 2.12 | 22 | 1.80 | 23 | 2.55 | 10 | 3.00 | 10 | 2.38 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.13 | 21 | 4.83 | 2 | 2.43 | 16 | 0.43 | 26 | 2.00 | 17 | 2.36 |
| Awesemo | 3.12 | 6 | 1.47 | 26 | 0.86 | 26 | – | – | 3.95 | 2 | 2.35 |
| Rotowire | 2.25 | 17 | 4.25 | 4 | 2.15 | 20 | 1.08 | 21 | 2.00 | 17 | 2.35 |
| Rotoballer | 2.33 | 15 | 0.40 | 28 | 3.38 | 4 | 1.86 | 16 | 2.67 | 14 | 2.13 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.75 | 11 | 2.57 | 15 | 1.33 | 25 | 0.50 | 25 | 2.75 | 13 | 1.98 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 2.71 | 12 | 2.43 | 18 | 0.67 | 27 | 1.71 | 18 | 2.00 | 17 | 1.90 |
| DK Playbook | 1.44 | 25 | 0.64 | 27 | 0.64 | 28 | 2.33 | 12 | 1.42 | 21 | 1.29 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.00 | 29 | 1.00 | 22 | 0.00 | 26 | 1.20 |
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
- None
Tuesday
- Chris Taylor (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
- Chris Bassitt (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Odubel Herrera (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Asdrubal Cabrera (FantasyPros)
Wednesday
- Odubel Herrera (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Andrew Vaughn (NumberFire)
- Matt Olson (RG Grind Down)
Thursday
- Rich Hill (FantasyPros)
- Willie Calhoun (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Yan Gomes (Awesemo)
- Manny Pina (EliteFantasy)
- Max Muncy (EliteFantasy)
- Drew Smyly (Fantasy Alarm)
- Yonathan Daza (Fantasy Alarm)
- Griffin Canning (FantasyPros)
- German Marquez (FantasyPros)
- Josh Bell (NumberFire)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 14
- FantasyPros – 13
- EliteFantasy – 11
- Awesemo – 8
- Fantasy Alarm – 7
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 5
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 4
- DailyRoto – 3
- NBC Sports Edge – 3
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 3
- NumberFire – 3
- FantasyLabs – 2
- Rotowire – 2
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 2
- DK Playbook – 2
- DFS Army Domination Station – 2
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 2
- GoingFor2 – 1
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 1
- DailyFantasyNerd – 1
- DailyFantasyInsider – 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 | 90.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 90.4% |
| 24 | 72.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.7% |
| 23 | 89.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 89.3% |
| 22 | 88.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 88.5% |
| 21 | 79.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 79.0% |
| 20 | 61.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56.7% | 70.5% | N/A | 62.0% |
| 19 | 63.4% | N/A | 65.1% | N/A | N/A | 40.10% | 40.10% | 52.2% |
| 18 | 69.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 41.6% | N/A | 63.4% | 65.8% |
| 17 | 65.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56.7% | 84.10% | 78.10% | 64.1% |
| 16 | 45.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42.7% | N/A | 43.8% | 44.2% |
| 15 | 59.9% | N/A | 46.9% | 81.80% | 53.7% | 46.2% | 47.2% | 56.0% |
| 14 | 45.5% | 64.3% | 18.5% | N/A | 39.7% | 35.1% | 46.9% | 40.9% |
| 13 | 54.0% | 11.1% | 32.1% | 51.7% | 26.1% | 50.1% | 39.3% | 44.2% |
| 12 | 38.7% | 3.4% | 29.7% | 29.5% | 51.4% | 33.0% | 41.4% | 37.4% |
| 11 | 31.4% | 46.4% | 25.9% | 26.0% | 38.3% | 32.3% | 36.8% | 33.3% |
| 10 | 19.3% | 25.9% | 26.0% | 24.7% | 19.4% | 28.5% | 26.0% | 24.2% |
| 9 | 26.1% | 33.5% | 23.3% | 15.7% | 19.3% | 14.7% | 23.9% | 21.3% |
| 8 | 14.8% | 20.2% | 18.9% | 19.1% | 21.3% | 11.3% | 21.8% | 18.6% |
| 7 | 12.9% | 15.1% | 13.2% | 18.5% | 13.1% | 11.4% | 15.2% | 14.4% |
| 6 | 9.1% | 14.9% | 12.3% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 12.4% | 15.2% | 12.9% |
| 5 | 5.7% | 11.0% | 11.7% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 6.3% | 12.1% | 9.7% |
| 4 | 3.8% | 6.8% | 6.2% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| 3 | 4.6% | 10.6% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 3.8% | 6.0% | 8.6% | 7.1% |
| 2 | 2.2% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 4.4% |
| 1 | 1.1% | 3.8% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 25 | 67.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 67.0% |
| 24 | 49.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 49.2% |
| 23 | 68.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 68.5% |
| 22 | 69.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 69.8% |
| 21 | 50.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50.1% |
| 20 | 44.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.9% | 33.1% | N/A | 39.5% |
| 19 | 58.3% | N/A | 33.6% | N/A | N/A | 37.00% | 21.00% | 37.5% |
| 18 | 44.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.7% | N/A | 36.5% | 41.6% |
| 17 | 43.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.3% | 54.30% | 49.40% | 39.1% |
| 16 | 40.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25.9% | N/A | 35.3% | 35.0% |
| 15 | 40.9% | N/A | 31.5% | 45.90% | 24.7% | 27.4% | 28.0% | 35.4% |
| 14 | 39.6% | 42.1% | 16.8% | N/A | 30.5% | 20.7% | 26.5% | 28.2% |
| 13 | 34.2% | 13.3% | 24.6% | 28.4% | 18.8% | 27.4% | 26.7% | 28.0% |
| 12 | 33.1% | 4.9% | 19.0% | 17.7% | 30.0% | 24.3% | 25.5% | 26.2% |
| 11 | 27.7% | 23.8% | 16.5% | 15.8% | 23.3% | 17.2% | 21.6% | 21.4% |
| 10 | 21.8% | 22.2% | 17.9% | 20.0% | 17.5% | 15.8% | 17.3% | 18.7% |
| 9 | 25.3% | 25.0% | 15.4% | 12.5% | 15.2% | 12.0% | 18.5% | 17.1% |
| 8 | 16.9% | 15.2% | 13.0% | 16.3% | 15.3% | 12.5% | 16.2% | 15.6% |
| 7 | 16.7% | 12.5% | 10.8% | 15.3% | 11.5% | 11.2% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 6 | 12.8% | 13.4% | 11.2% | 11.8% | 9.6% | 10.8% | 12.9% | 11.9% |
| 5 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 9.4% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 11.3% | 9.8% |
| 4 | 8.0% | 7.9% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 9.1% | 10.0% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.7% | 8.0% | 6.3% | 8.0% | 6.2% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.7% |
| 2 | 5.5% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 5.4% |
| 1 | 3.1% | 4.3% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
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