MLB – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of September 13th and FINAL Grades
MLB DFS Experts Grades
Our MLB coverage for the 2021 season is finished. What a wild, months-long ride that we had. When the dust settled, it was once again Rotogrinders that dominated the top-3 standings. That said, our Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 finished atop the pitcher standings. Looking forward to the 2022 MLB season and continuing to provide our subscribers with great content. A three-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: 5.91)
#2) RG 6-Pack (Score: 5.44)
#3) Awesemo (Score: 5.41)
Hitters
#1) RG 6-Pack (Score: 2.90)
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 2.84)
#3) NumberFire (Score: 2.78)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Awesemo | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 |
| Rotowire | 5.33 | 6 | 7.33 | 2 | 5.00 | 15 | 5.89 |
| Sportsline | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | 4.67 | 17 | 5.72 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 5.00 | 7 | 2.00 | 22 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.67 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.50 | 10 | 6.50 | 3 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.33 |
| DK Playbook | 0.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.33 |
| EliteFantasy | 6.25 | 4 | 5.00 | 10 | 4.33 | 18 | 5.19 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.67 | 3 | 3.00 | 18 | 5.75 | 11 | 5.14 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 6.25 | 4 | 3.00 | 18 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.08 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 3.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 4 | 5.50 | 12 | 5.00 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 4 | 5.50 | 12 | 5.00 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 3.50 | 10 | 3.75 | 14 | 7.33 | 4 | 4.86 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.50 | 10 | 5.00 | 10 | 6.00 | 5 | 4.83 |
| NumberFire | 5.00 | 7 | 1.67 | 24 | 7.75 | 3 | 4.81 |
| Industry Consensus | 4.25 | 9 | 3.63 | 15 | 5.83 | 10 | 4.57 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.20 | 20 | 5.50 | 9 | 5.50 | 12 | 4.40 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 3.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 4 | 2.00 | 19 | 3.83 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 3.50 | 10 | 6.00 | 4 | 1.50 | 21 | 3.67 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.50 | 19 | 3.50 | 16 | 5.00 | 15 | 3.67 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.00 | 22 | 2.00 | 22 | 6.00 | 5 | 3.00 |
| DailyRoto | 3.00 | 18 | 2.80 | 20 | – | – | 2.90 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.50 | 10 | 2.50 | 21 | 1.50 | 21 | 2.50 |
| FantasyPros | 2.00 | 21 | 3.25 | 17 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.42 |
| Rotoballer | 0.00 | 23 | 6.00 | 4 | 0.00 | 23 | 2.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyLabs | 7.50 | 1 | 0.83 | 23 | 2.75 | 15 | 3.69 |
| Rotoballer | 2.29 | 17 | 2.71 | 9 | 5.71 | 1 | 3.57 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.86 | 4 | 2.80 | 6 | 3.25 | 7 | 3.30 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 3.60 | 6 | 2.75 | 8 | 3.47 | 5 | 3.27 |
| Rotowire | 3.77 | 5 | 3.00 | 3 | 2.85 | 14 | 3.21 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 4.64 | 2 | 3.13 | 2 | 1.44 | 21 | 3.07 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.17 | 19 | 2.17 | 14 | 4.71 | 2 | 3.02 |
| EliteFantasy | 3.06 | 10 | 2.69 | 10 | 2.90 | 12 | 2.88 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.07 | 3 | 1.00 | 20 | 3.42 | 6 | 2.83 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 3.29 | 8 | 2.25 | 13 | 2.94 | 11 | 2.83 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.23 | 18 | 2.91 | 5 | 3.10 | 8 | 2.75 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.51 | 14 | 2.46 | 11 | 2.97 | 10 | 2.65 |
| FantasyPros | 2.92 | 12 | 2.78 | 7 | 2.10 | 20 | 2.60 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 3.43 | 7 | 4.17 | 1 | 0.00 | 24 | 2.53 |
| Awesemo | 3.07 | 9 | 1.25 | 18 | 2.65 | 17 | 2.32 |
| NumberFire | 3.00 | 11 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.89 | 13 | 2.30 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.44 | 15 | 1.34 | 17 | 3.09 | 9 | 2.29 |
| DK Playbook | 1.00 | 25 | 1.82 | 16 | 3.82 | 4 | 2.21 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.75 | 13 | 1.14 | 19 | 2.71 | 16 | 2.20 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.71 | 22 | 0.71 | 24 | 4.00 | 3 | 2.14 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 1.80 | 21 | 2.00 | 15 | 2.25 | 18 | 2.02 |
| Sportsline | 2.40 | 16 | 1.00 | 20 | 2.20 | 19 | 1.87 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 1.50 | 23 | 3.00 | 3 | 0.50 | 23 | 1.67 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 1.50 | 23 | 0.00 | 25 | 1.25 | 22 | 0.92 |
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.
Tuesday
- JD Martinez (EliteFantasy)
- Tony Gonsolin (FantasyLabs)
- DJ Peters (FantasyPros)
- Ji-Man Choi (RG Grind Down)
- Salvador Perez (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Oscar Mercado (DailyRoto Optimizer)
- Harrison Bader (DFS Army Domination Station)
- Freddy Galvis (DK Playbook)
- Nolan Arenado (EliteFantasy)
- Matt Duffy (FantasyPros)
- Brandon Marsh (FantasyPros)
- Bobby Bradley (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Jorge Polanco (DK Playbook)
- Dylan Carlson (DK Playbook)
- Brandon Crawford (EliteFantasy)
- Jered Kelenic (Fantasy Alarm)
- Romy Gonzalez (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Travis d’Arnaud (Rotoballer)
- Miguel Sano (RG Grind D0wn)
- Will Crowe (RG Grind D0wn)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 95
- EliteFantasy – 68
- FantasyPros – 59
- Fantasy Alarm – 41
- DK Playbook – 21
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 20
- Awesemo – 19
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 19
- DailyRoto – 17
- FantasyLabs – 17
- NumberFire – 15
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 13
- NBC Sports Edge – 12
- Rotowire – 10
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 10
- Rotoballer – 10
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 9
- DFS Army Domination Station – 8
- GoingFor2 – 6
- RG Lineup Builder – 6
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- DailyFantasyNerd – 3
- RG Consensus – 2
- DailyFantasyInsider – 2
- Rotowire Optimizer – 2
- 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 | 84.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84.3% |
| 22 | 74.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70.1% | N/A | N/A | 74.1% |
| 21 | 78.4% | N/A | 73.7% | N/A | 75.8% | N/A | 78.7% | 78.0% |
| 20 | 68.4% | N/A | 65.0% | 57.2% | 56.7% | 69.1% | N/A | 66.3% |
| 19 | 67.0% | N/A | 52.4% | N/A | 69.0% | 40.1% | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 18 | 62.9% | N/A | 64.3% | N/A | 42.6% | 55.0% | 62.2% | 59.5% |
| 17 | 62.9% | 64.1% | 25.0% | 49.5% | 57.8% | 84.1% | 66.5% | 61.4% |
| 16 | 51.0% | N/A | 56.7% | 48.9% | 46.5% | 32.6% | 58.8% | 50.8% |
| 15 | 54.9% | 56.9% | 58.4% | 55.2% | 47.7% | 41.4% | 52.6% | 51.9% |
| 14 | 45.1% | 68.5% | 38.9% | 50.1% | 49.7% | 36.9% | 48.5% | 45.6% |
| 13 | 47.4% | 46.6% | 36.8% | 36.7% | 28.1% | 45.0% | 47.4% | 41.8% |
| 12 | 37.3% | 31.9% | 29.3% | 31.6% | 39.7% | 30.2% | 43.1% | 36.7% |
| 11 | 30.8% | 35.8% | 26.6% | 28.7% | 29.1% | 29.1% | 39.2% | 31.7% |
| 10 | 22.2% | 24.0% | 26.7% | 28.2% | 21.5% | 24.0% | 29.6% | 25.7% |
| 9 | 24.5% | 25.2% | 22.5% | 23.6% | 22.4% | 22.5% | 28.5% | 24.5% |
| 8 | 17.7% | 22.3% | 20.7% | 16.4% | 16.6% | 12.4% | 21.2% | 18.3% |
| 7 | 15.0% | 20.5% | 15.5% | 16.5% | 15.6% | 14.8% | 17.6% | 16.4% |
| 6 | 11.6% | 16.6% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 10.2% | 13.2% | 15.9% | 13.3% |
| 5 | 8.9% | 12.8% | 9.3% | 9.8% | 10.6% | 8.8% | 11.7% | 10.4% |
| 4 | 5.8% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| 3 | 5.3% | 9.3% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 8.2% | 6.7% |
| 2 | 3.4% | 5.2% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 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 | 62.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 62.6% |
| 22 | 52.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34.0% | N/A | N/A | 51.1% |
| 21 | 53.4% | N/A | 38.9% | N/A | 47.5% | N/A | 46.1% | 51.8% |
| 20 | 46.2% | N/A | 33.2% | 34.9% | 31.9% | 32.1% | N/A | 41.0% |
| 19 | 45.9% | N/A | 31.4% | N/A | 30.4% | 37.0% | 29.8% | 39.9% |
| 18 | 39.8% | N/A | 35.0% | N/A | 25.6% | 35.4% | 36.8% | 36.8% |
| 17 | 42.6% | 50.8% | 26.1% | 28.8% | 31.8% | 54.3% | 38.8% | 38.4% |
| 16 | 38.0% | N/A | 25.6% | 26.4% | 26.9% | 21.4% | 36.0% | 32.7% |
| 15 | 38.6% | 35.9% | 30.1% | 27.7% | 24.1% | 24.6% | 30.5% | 31.6% |
| 14 | 35.0% | 39.3% | 22.5% | 24.6% | 29.4% | 20.8% | 27.3% | 28.2% |
| 13 | 33.0% | 22.3% | 22.7% | 23.0% | 20.0% | 22.7% | 24.6% | 25.7% |
| 12 | 31.2% | 23.5% | 18.1% | 19.6% | 22.3% | 18.0% | 24.2% | 24.2% |
| 11 | 28.2% | 18.9% | 17.0% | 17.2% | 19.8% | 17.7% | 21.5% | 21.4% |
| 10 | 23.5% | 18.3% | 17.1% | 20.8% | 17.3% | 17.9% | 19.2% | 19.5% |
| 9 | 23.3% | 17.3% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 15.5% | 15.3% | 19.7% | 18.1% |
| 8 | 18.5% | 14.8% | 13.4% | 13.8% | 15.2% | 11.5% | 16.0% | 15.1% |
| 7 | 17.1% | 14.0% | 12.6% | 13.2% | 12.3% | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.5% |
| 6 | 14.0% | 13.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 11.3% | 13.1% | 11.9% |
| 5 | 13.0% | 10.7% | 8.5% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 8.8% | 10.9% | 10.1% |
| 4 | 9.5% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 7.7% | 9.9% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.4% | 7.7% | 5.8% | 6.9% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 7.2% |
| 2 | 6.5% | 5.7% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| 1 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
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