MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of May 16th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
For the first time in a long time, in any sport, we don’t have a RotoGrinders article in either of the MLB top-3’s. I bet it doesn’t stay that way for long. Plenty of shakeups last week! Below is a four-day week recapped. 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) DFS Army Domination Station (Score: 5.84)
#2) DailyRoto Optimizer (Score: 5.81)
#3) Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Core 5 (Score: 5.73)
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 3.41)
#2) DFS Karma Building Blocks (Score: 3.23)
#3) DFS Army Domination Station (Score: 2.94)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.50 | 3 | 3.50 | 9 | 7.50 |
| Awesemo | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 13 | 5.67 | 3 | 7.50 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 24 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 10.00 | 1 | 3.50 | 16 | 7.50 | 2 | 6.00 | 2 | 6.75 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 3 | 6.50 | 3 | 3.00 | 10 | 6.25 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 3 | 6.50 | 3 | 2.00 | 16 | 6.00 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 3 | 6.50 | 3 | 1.50 | 19 | 5.88 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 23 | 6.50 | 3 | 5.00 | 6 | 5.75 |
| DFSKarma-Building Blocks | 6.67 | 12 | – | – | 4.33 | 13 | – | – | 5.50 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 24 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 23 | 5.25 |
| Sportsline | 5.00 | 21 | 5.50 | 3 | 4.50 | 12 | 5.25 | 5 | 5.06 |
| NumberFire | 6.67 | 12 | 2.67 | 19 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.33 | 4 | 4.92 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 6.67 | 12 | 2.00 | 21 | 5.67 | 8 | – | – | 4.78 |
| Rotowire | 8.00 | 10 | 5.50 | 3 | 3.20 | 21 | 1.50 | 19 | 4.55 |
| FantasyAlarm | 6.00 | 16 | 3.60 | 15 | 4.25 | 15 | 4.33 | 8 | 4.55 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.00 | 16 | 4.33 | 10 | 5.00 | 9 | 2.20 | 15 | 4.38 |
| FantasyPros | 5.50 | 20 | 5.50 | 3 | 4.25 | 15 | 2.25 | 14 | 4.38 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 7.50 | 11 | 3.50 | 16 | 3.75 | 17 | 2.00 | 16 | 4.19 |
| Industry Consensus | 5.00 | 21 | 3.67 | 13 | 3.50 | 18 | 4.43 | 7 | 4.15 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 6.67 | 12 | 3.86 | 12 | 3.50 | 18 | 2.00 | 16 | 4.01 |
| FantasyGuru | 5.75 | 19 | 2.00 | 21 | 5.00 | 9 | 3.00 | 10 | 3.94 |
| RunPureSports | 4.29 | 23 | 2.63 | 20 | 3.50 | 18 | 3.00 | 10 | 3.36 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 3.50 | 24 | 4.00 | 11 | 2.88 | 23 | 2.80 | 13 | 3.30 |
| Rotoballer | 6.00 | 16 | 3.67 | 13 | 3.00 | 22 | 0.00 | 23 | 3.17 |
| RotoGrinders-6 Pack | – | – | 5.00 | 9 | 2.00 | 24 | 1.00 | 22 | 2.67 |
| DK Playbook | 0.00 | 25 | 3.00 | 18 | 1.50 | 25 | 1.50 | 19 | 1.50 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DFSKarma-Building Blocks | 1.00 | 21 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 2 | – | – | 5.33 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 1.00 | 21 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 26 | 6.00 | 1 | 4.38 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 3.48 | 3 | 3.89 | 17 | 5.75 | 1 | 3.00 | 15 | 4.03 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.43 | 17 | 7.00 | 3 | 0.71 | 22 | 5.50 | 2 | 3.66 |
| DK Playbook | 10.00 | 1 | 1.92 | 27 | 0.64 | 23 | 1.75 | 21 | 3.58 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 2.43 | 8 | 7.00 | 3 | 0.86 | 19 | 3.57 | 5 | 3.47 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.38 | 4 | 6.00 | 6 | 0.63 | 25 | 3.25 | 10 | 3.32 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 4.00 | 2 | 2.60 | 23 | 4.13 | 3 | 2.33 | 19 | 3.27 |
| Rotoballer | 1.14 | 20 | 4.25 | 13 | 3.50 | 4 | 3.25 | 10 | 3.04 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.17 | 10 | 4.76 | 10 | 2.00 | 9 | 3.09 | 13 | 3.01 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.10 | 11 | 5.10 | 8 | 3.33 | 5 | 1.35 | 23 | 2.97 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.00 | 12 | 4.57 | 11 | 1.71 | 10 | 3.38 | 9 | 2.92 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 2.00 | 12 | 5.67 | 7 | 1.20 | 16 | 2.75 | 16 | 2.91 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.93 | 14 | 5.00 | 9 | 1.42 | 15 | 3.07 | 14 | 2.86 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 1.42 | 18 | 3.92 | 16 | 2.42 | 6 | – | – | 2.59 |
| FantasyGuru | 2.80 | 6 | 3.54 | 19 | 1.43 | 14 | 2.38 | 18 | 2.54 |
| FantasyAlarm | 1.32 | 19 | 3.58 | 18 | 1.68 | 11 | 3.41 | 8 | 2.50 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 0.50 | 25 | 6.33 | 5 | 2.25 | 7 | 0.80 | 24 | 2.47 |
| Sportsline | 1.60 | 15 | 3.00 | 21 | 1.17 | 17 | 3.67 | 4 | 2.36 |
| Rotowire | 2.53 | 7 | 3.24 | 20 | 2.20 | 8 | 1.43 | 22 | 2.35 |
| RotoGrinders-6 Pack | – | – | 2.40 | 24 | 0.80 | 20 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.23 |
| RunPureSports | 2.32 | 9 | 2.26 | 25 | 1.57 | 13 | 2.60 | 17 | 2.19 |
| NumberFire | 1.59 | 16 | 4.29 | 12 | 0.64 | 23 | 2.20 | 20 | 2.18 |
| FantasyPros | 0.92 | 23 | 4.22 | 14 | 0.42 | 27 | 3.15 | 12 | 2.18 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 0.00 | 26 | 4.00 | 15 | 0.75 | 21 | 3.50 | 6 | 2.06 |
| Awesemo | 2.85 | 5 | 2.95 | 22 | 1.68 | 11 | 0.75 | 25 | 2.06 |
| FantasyLabs | 0.83 | 24 | 2.14 | 26 | 1.00 | 18 | 4.00 | 3 | 1.99 |
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
- Yasmani Grandal (Awesemo)
- Chris Taylor (FantasyGuru)
- Ian Happ (RG Grind Down)
- Anthony Rizzo (Rotowire)
Tuesday
- Corey Seager (RG Grind Down)
- Kyle Tucker (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Emmanuel Rivera (Awesemo)
- MJ Melendez (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Bobby Witt, Jr (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
Friday
- Freddie Freeman (FantasyLabs)
- Darin Ruf (Rotoballer)
- Myles Straw (RG Lineup Builder)
- Randy Arozarena (RG Grind Down)
- Manny Machado (RG Grind Down)
- Jake Cronenworth (RG Grind Down)
- Mike Zunino (Rotowire Optimizer)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 18
- FantasyPros – 7
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 7
- FantasyGuru – 7
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 6
- Awesemo – 5
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 4
- Rotowire – 3
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 2
- NumberFire – 2
- Rotowire Optimizer – 2
- FantasyLabs – 2
- Rotoballer – 2
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 1
- DK Playbook – 1
- RG Consensus – 1
- RG Lineup Generator – 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 | 73.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 73.0% |
| 23 | 83.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 83.1% |
| 22 | 88.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 88.5% |
| 21 | 81.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 81.20% |
| 20 | 74.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 66.8% | 73.4% | 73.4% |
| 19 | 77.8% | NA | NA | NA | 74.4% | 68.0% | 71.7% | 75.0% |
| 18 | 67.6% | 82.8% | 60.3% | 59.3% | 53.5% | 29.00% | 74.8% | 63.1% |
| 17 | 49.7% | NA | 48.6% | 50.7% | NA | NA | 65.7% | 52.3% |
| 16 | 49.0% | 54.5% | 41.4% | 59.2% | 51.2% | 40.5% | 47.0% | 48.7% |
| 15 | 55.3% | NA | 38.5% | 64.1% | 55.2% | 43.1% | 45.1% | 49.7% |
| 14 | 43.5% | 13.0% | 32.8% | 45.3% | 44.3% | 18.9% | 46.4% | 40.4% |
| 13 | 30.9% | 66.2% | 46.6% | 47.2% | 38.6% | 50.5% | 42.9% | 42.6% |
| 12 | 34.8% | 42.6% | 38.5% | 54.6% | 19.1% | 31.7% | 36.4% | 35.3% |
| 11 | 22.1% | 16.0% | 39.4% | 28.5% | 33.1% | 23.0% | 27.5% | 27.3% |
| 10 | 29.4% | 32.3% | 31.0% | 29.3% | 33.2% | 18.3% | 31.3% | 29.5% |
| 9 | 21.6% | 38.6% | 24.7% | 21.6% | 22.4% | 15.3% | 30.7% | 25.4% |
| 8 | 20.2% | 23.4% | 17.3% | 23.9% | 14.7% | 19.6% | 26.4% | 21.5% |
| 7 | 15.3% | 30.1% | 19.4% | 17.9% | 12.3% | 13.1% | 16.6% | 16.3% |
| 6 | 15.7% | 22.1% | 11.3% | 12.6% | 9.8% | 10.5% | 14.1% | 13.9% |
| 5 | 9.8% | 9.8% | 7.4% | 10.7% | 15.0% | 11.5% | 12.1% | 10.9% |
| 4 | 6.3% | 9.9% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 6.9% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 7.7% |
| 3 | 3.7% | 10.4% | 4.8% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 7.2% |
| 2 | 3.6% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4.5% |
| 1 | 1.5% | 3.9% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 24 | 55.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 55.8% |
| 23 | 56.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 56.9% |
| 22 | 69.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 69.2% |
| 21 | 57.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 57.0% |
| 20 | 48.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 32.6% | 42.5% | 45.8% |
| 19 | 51.6% | NA | NA | NA | 43.2% | 37.9% | 43.6% | 47.3% |
| 18 | 47.7% | 53.5% | 33.3% | 26.0% | 23.5% | 27.7% | 41.1% | 38.0% |
| 17 | 37.2% | NA | 24.7% | 21.3% | NA | NA | 35.2% | 30.9% |
| 16 | 35.1% | 22.5% | 21.4% | 30.3% | 28.7% | 23.2% | 21.5% | 27.2% |
| 15 | 37.4% | NA | 19.4% | 31.0% | 32.8% | 23.7% | 26.2% | 30.5% |
| 14 | 32.4% | 11.0% | 21.6% | 24.9% | 24.9% | 10.3% | 27.6% | 25.7% |
| 13 | 28.4% | 41.5% | 30.5% | 22.8% | 26.2% | 30.7% | 21.4% | 27.7% |
| 12 | 28.8% | 18.1% | 26.2% | 24.3% | 13.9% | 18.6% | 20.5% | 22.9% |
| 11 | 26.3% | 10.8% | 20.5% | 18.8% | 19.1% | 12.1% | 19.4% | 20.2% |
| 10 | 27.2% | 14.8% | 21.5% | 20.3% | 21.4% | 15.4% | 21.0% | 21.5% |
| 9 | 19.6% | 28.0% | 18.0% | 17.4% | 15.4% | 13.4% | 20.8% | 19.3% |
| 8 | 21.5% | 17.1% | 12.5% | 15.7% | 12.4% | 16.3% | 18.9% | 16.9% |
| 7 | 18.6% | 16.2% | 14.7% | 12.0% | 11.3% | 11.2% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 6 | 19.1% | 15.8% | 11.0% | 12.6% | 9.7% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 13.0% |
| 5 | 11.6% | 10.6% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 10.5% |
| 4 | 10.3% | 9.4% | 7.2% | 9.4% | 9.2% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 9.0% |
| 3 | 8.0% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 6.7% | 9.4% | 8.2% |
| 2 | 7.0% | 6.2% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 6.0% |
| 1 | 3.5% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.6% |
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