MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of May 17th
MLB DFS Experts Grades
Lots of shuffling at the top of the leaderboard this week! Still plenty of season left though and I’m sure much more shuffling ahead. There were several players picked by only one expert this week. Make sure you’re looking at our Value Tracker so you know where to turn when filling out those lineups. 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: 5.64)
#2) Sportsline (Score: 5.55)
#3) Awesemo (Score: 5.47)
Hitters
#1) DailyRoto Optimizer (Score: 2.78)
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 2.71)
#3) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 2.68)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DK Playbook | 2.00 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 5.50 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 23 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 6.63 |
| Awesemo | 7.00 | 3 | 6.67 | 5 | 3.50 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 17 | 6.30 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 5.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 8 | 2.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 7 | 5.90 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 5.50 |
| Sportsline | 4.67 | 18 | 6.67 | 5 | 3.00 | 11 | 6.50 | 5 | 5.33 | 11 | 5.23 |
| EliteFantasy | 4.67 | 18 | 5.50 | 13 | 4.00 | 6 | 6.50 | 5 | 5.00 | 13 | 5.13 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 6.00 | 6 | 5.50 | 13 | 2.50 | 15 | 4.67 | 11 | 6.75 | 5 | 5.08 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 7.75 | 1 | 6.29 | 7 | 2.00 | 17 | 5.50 | 10 | 3.88 | 21 | 5.08 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.00 | 6 | 5.50 | 13 | 3.50 | 7 | 4.67 | 11 | 5.40 | 10 | 5.01 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 5.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 8 | 6.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 18 | 4.00 | 19 | 4.90 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 6.00 | 6 | 5.22 | 16 | 4.22 | 5 | 4.33 | 16 | 4.50 | 16 | 4.85 |
| Rotoballer | 6.50 | 5 | 2.00 | 23 | 3.00 | 11 | 6.50 | 5 | 6.00 | 7 | 4.80 |
| Industry Consensus | 6.80 | 4 | 4.86 | 17 | 3.00 | 11 | 4.67 | 11 | 4.29 | 18 | 4.72 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 7.75 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1.33 | 22 | – | – | 4.54 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.50 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 20 | 3.00 | 18 | 2.50 | 23 | 4.50 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 1.00 | 25 | 2.00 | 23 | 5.00 | 3 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 4.50 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 2.00 | 22 | 4.33 | 19 | 4.33 | 4 | 6.50 | 5 | 5.33 | 11 | 4.50 |
| DailyRoto | 5.50 | 10 | – | – | 2.83 | 14 | – | – | 5.00 | 13 | 4.44 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 5.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 8 | 3.50 | 7 | 0.00 | 23 | 6.50 | 6 | 4.30 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 0.50 | 26 | 6.00 | 8 | 1.50 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 24 | 4.00 |
| FantasyAlarm | 5.67 | 9 | 3.71 | 20 | 2.00 | 17 | 4.67 | 11 | 3.57 | 22 | 3.92 |
| Rotowire | 1.67 | 24 | 4.67 | 18 | 1.00 | 23 | 4.67 | 11 | 7.33 | 4 | 3.87 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 5.50 | 10 | 1.00 | 25 | 3.50 | 7 | 3.00 | 18 | 6.00 | 7 | 3.80 |
| GoingFor2 | – | – | 3.67 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.67 |
| NumberFire | 4.67 | 18 | 0.67 | 26 | 2.25 | 16 | 6.50 | 5 | 4.00 | 19 | 3.62 |
| FantasyPros | 3.50 | 21 | 3.50 | 22 | 1.50 | 20 | 4.33 | 16 | 5.00 | 13 | 3.57 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 5.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 8 | 1.00 | 23 | 3.00 | 18 | 0.00 | 25 | 3.10 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 4.25 | 2 | 5.71 | 3 | 2.86 | 18 | 3.14 | 2 | 4.25 | 3 | 4.04 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 0.50 | 26 | 1.50 | 24 | 6.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 3.90 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.13 | 8 | 5.75 | 2 | 3.86 | 5 | 2.88 | 4 | 1.00 | 25 | 3.32 |
| Sportsline | 1.40 | 23 | 6.20 | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 23 | 3.33 | 8 | 3.19 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.00 | 3 | 4.63 | 4 | 4.33 | 3 | 0.86 | 24 | 1.75 | 21 | 3.11 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.83 | 5 | 3.30 | 9 | 3.10 | 12 | 1.91 | 18 | 3.43 | 7 | 3.11 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.64 | 13 | 3.08 | 14 | 4.77 | 2 | 2.85 | 6 | 1.82 | 20 | 3.03 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 4.35 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1.58 | 21 | – | – | 2.97 |
| DailyRoto | 3.11 | 9 | – | – | 3.08 | 13 | – | – | 2.40 | 15 | 2.86 |
| NumberFire | 3.80 | 6 | 3.86 | 6 | 2.92 | 16 | 2.27 | 14 | 1.37 | 24 | 2.84 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.52 | 15 | 4.00 | 5 | 3.32 | 10 | 2.14 | 17 | 2.21 | 16 | 2.84 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.57 | 14 | 2.74 | 17 | 2.67 | 20 | 2.67 | 9 | 3.49 | 6 | 2.83 |
| DK Playbook | 2.80 | 10 | 2.00 | 21 | 2.45 | 22 | 3.08 | 3 | 3.73 | 5 | 2.81 |
| Awesemo | 3.50 | 7 | 3.31 | 8 | 2.39 | 23 | 1.88 | 19 | 2.55 | 13 | 2.73 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.00 | 3 | 3.29 | 10 | 3.00 | 14 | 1.70 | 20 | 1.60 | 23 | 2.72 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.11 | 18 | 2.85 | 15 | 3.33 | 8 | 2.36 | 12 | 2.46 | 14 | 2.62 |
| Rotoballer | 2.71 | 12 | 2.25 | 20 | 2.50 | 21 | 2.83 | 7 | 2.71 | 12 | 2.60 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 1.78 | 20 | 3.20 | 13 | 3.00 | 14 | 2.87 | 5 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.57 |
| Rotowire | 0.83 | 25 | 2.85 | 15 | 3.14 | 11 | 2.78 | 8 | 3.23 | 9 | 2.57 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.86 | 19 | 1.57 | 23 | 2.75 | 19 | 2.17 | 15 | 4.38 | 2 | 2.55 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.78 | 11 | 2.57 | 18 | 2.91 | 17 | 2.33 | 13 | 2.09 | 18 | 2.54 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 2.50 | 16 | 3.54 | 7 | 3.50 | 7 | 1.38 | 22 | 1.69 | 22 | 2.52 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.75 | 21 | 1.75 | 22 | 2.14 | 25 | 2.50 | 10 | 3.13 | 10 | 2.25 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 2.36 | 17 | 2.33 | 19 | 3.75 | 6 | 0.50 | 25 | 2.18 | 17 | 2.22 |
| FantasyPros | 1.64 | 22 | 1.10 | 25 | 2.27 | 24 | 2.15 | 16 | 3.83 | 4 | 2.20 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 1.00 | 24 | 3.25 | 11 | 3.33 | 8 | 0.25 | 26 | 3.00 | 11 | 2.17 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 0.38 | 27 | 3.25 | 11 | 0.57 | 27 | 2.50 | 10 | 0.86 | 26 | 1.51 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 0.40 | 27 | 1.20 | 26 | – | – | – | – | 0.80 |
| GoingFor2 | – | – | 0.75 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.75 |
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
- Harold Ramirez (Daily Overlay On the Hill)
- Casey Mize (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Manny Machado (FantasyLabs)
Tuesday
- Nolan Arenado (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Randal Grichuk (EliteFantasy)
- Josh Fuentes (Fantasy Alarm)
- Kyle Tucker (Fantasy Alarm)
- Yasmani Grandal (RG Grind Down)
- Jose Ramirez (RG Grind Down)
- Jeimer Candelario (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Jose Ramirez (DailyRoto)
- Edmundo Sosa (DailyRoto Optimizer)
- Yuli Gurriel (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Jose Altuve (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Trevor Rogers (EliteFantasy)
- Kyle Seager (FantasyLabs)
- Christian Vazquez (RG Consensus)
- Zack Greinke (RG Grind Down)
Thursday
- Albert Pujols (Fantasy Alarm)
Friday
- Joc Pederson (Awesemo)
- Trent Grisham (DFS Army Domination Station)
- James Kaprielian (DK Playbook)
- Gleyber Torres (DK Playbook)
- Brandon Lowe (EliteFantasy)
- Austin Riley (EliteFantasy)
- Marcus Semien (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Jeff Hoffman (FantasyPros)
- German Marquez (FantasyPros)
- Chad Pinder (FantasyPros)
- Carlos Rodon (NBC Sports Edge)
- Randy Dobnak (NBC Sports Edge)
- Jordan Montgomery (RG Grind Down)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 19
- FantasyPros – 16
- EliteFantasy – 15
- Fantasy Alarm – 10
- Awesemo – 9
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 7
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 6
- NBC Sports Edge – 5
- DailyRoto – 4
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 4
- FantasyLabs – 4
- DK Playbook – 4
- NumberFire – 3
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- DFS Army Domination Station – 3
- Rotowire – 2
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 2
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 2
- GoingFor2 – 1
- DailyFantasyNerd – 1
- DailyFantasyInsider – 1
- RG Consensus – 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 | 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 | 88.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 88.5% |
| 21 | 79.0% | N/A | 73.70% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 77.9% |
| 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 | 68.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 41.6% | N/A | 63.4% | 65.4% |
| 17 | 65.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 59.1% | 84.10% | 74.27% | 65.9% |
| 16 | 49.3% | N/A | N/A | 79.20% | 42.7% | N/A | 43.8% | 48.9% |
| 15 | 59.9% | N/A | 46.9% | 81.80% | 53.7% | 46.2% | 45.0% | 55.1% |
| 14 | 49.2% | 64.3% | 27.9% | 47.70% | 43.7% | 35.1% | 44.7% | 42.8% |
| 13 | 51.8% | 11.1% | 37.7% | 37.5% | 24.6% | 50.1% | 39.3% | 41.7% |
| 12 | 41.6% | 3.4% | 29.7% | 29.5% | 51.4% | 33.0% | 43.0% | 39.1% |
| 11 | 29.4% | 46.4% | 25.9% | 26.0% | 38.3% | 35.3% | 38.8% | 33.9% |
| 10 | 19.3% | 25.9% | 26.0% | 29.4% | 19.4% | 28.5% | 27.3% | 25.3% |
| 9 | 23.8% | 33.5% | 26.0% | 15.7% | 23.6% | 13.8% | 23.9% | 21.4% |
| 8 | 14.1% | 21.6% | 15.6% | 18.8% | 20.0% | 12.3% | 21.1% | 18.0% |
| 7 | 13.7% | 16.1% | 13.2% | 17.7% | 12.2% | 10.7% | 15.3% | 14.3% |
| 6 | 7.9% | 15.5% | 11.8% | 10.3% | 11.8% | 13.4% | 14.3% | 12.5% |
| 5 | 5.8% | 12.2% | 11.4% | 9.1% | 8.7% | 7.5% | 11.8% | 9.9% |
| 4 | 4.2% | 7.1% | 6.0% | 7.4% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 7.3% |
| 3 | 5.0% | 9.9% | 7.0% | 5.9% | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9.0% | 7.2% |
| 2 | 2.4% | 5.1% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.2% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 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 | 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 | 69.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 69.8% |
| 21 | 50.1% | N/A | 38.90% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47.8% |
| 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 | 43.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.7% | N/A | 36.5% | 40.9% |
| 17 | 43.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.0% | 54.30% | 43.40% | 38.5% |
| 16 | 39.8% | N/A | N/A | 47.20% | 25.9% | N/A | 35.3% | 36.6% |
| 15 | 40.9% | N/A | 31.5% | 45.90% | 24.7% | 27.4% | 26.0% | 34.6% |
| 14 | 39.8% | 42.1% | 18.8% | 21.90% | 30.9% | 20.7% | 26.1% | 28.5% |
| 13 | 32.8% | 13.3% | 23.6% | 23.8% | 20.3% | 27.4% | 26.7% | 26.7% |
| 12 | 33.9% | 4.9% | 19.0% | 17.7% | 30.0% | 24.3% | 25.2% | 26.9% |
| 11 | 26.7% | 23.8% | 16.5% | 15.8% | 23.3% | 20.7% | 21.8% | 21.7% |
| 10 | 21.8% | 22.2% | 17.9% | 20.6% | 17.5% | 15.8% | 17.8% | 18.8% |
| 9 | 24.3% | 25.0% | 16.7% | 12.5% | 15.7% | 11.7% | 18.5% | 17.1% |
| 8 | 16.5% | 15.3% | 11.5% | 15.9% | 14.8% | 12.0% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| 7 | 17.0% | 11.9% | 10.8% | 15.1% | 11.9% | 11.3% | 13.6% | 13.3% |
| 6 | 12.1% | 13.8% | 10.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 12.6% | 11.7% |
| 5 | 11.8% | 10.3% | 9.1% | 8.7% | 8.8% | 7.4% | 11.4% | 9.8% |
| 4 | 8.0% | 8.4% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.9% | 8.0% | 6.1% | 7.7% | 5.9% | 7.2% | 8.6% | 7.6% |
| 2 | 5.7% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| 1 | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
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