MLB – Expert Recap and Grading – Week of August 2nd
MLB DFS Experts Grades
It’s the sprint to the end for the MLB teams and our DFS experts. There’s is plenty of time for movement and the leaderboards are close enough that it will happen. 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) RG 6-Pack (Score: 5.74)
#2) Daily Overlay Consensus Core 5 (Score: 5.68)
#3) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.42)
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 2.95)
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 2.82)
#3) RG 6-Pack (Score: 2.77)
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 10.00 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.50 | 7 | 6.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 6.50 | 7 | 5.60 |
| Awesemo | 2.33 | 5 | 4.00 | 8 | 8.33 | 4 | 2.50 | 10 | 6.50 | 7 | 4.73 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.50 | 2 | 4.80 | 4 | 6.67 | 6 | 3.50 | 4 | 6.17 | 13 | 4.73 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | – | – | 4.67 | 19 | 2.67 | 9 | 5.60 | 15 | 4.31 |
| Rotowire | 1.00 | 12 | 3.33 | 14 | 4.67 | 19 | 2.33 | 16 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.27 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 0.00 | 17 | 1.00 | 21 | 6.00 | 8 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 4.25 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.25 | 10 | 4.25 | 7 | 6.25 | 7 | 1.75 | 22 | 7.00 | 4 | 4.10 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 2.50 | 2 | 6.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 27 | 2.50 | 10 | 6.50 | 7 | 4.00 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.00 | 17 | 6.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 17 | 2.50 | 10 | 6.50 | 7 | 4.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 0.00 | 17 | 1.00 | 21 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 10 | 6.50 | 7 | 4.00 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 0.75 | 13 | 3.67 | 10 | 6.00 | 8 | 3.50 | 4 | 5.11 | 16 | 3.81 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 0.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 17 | 3.33 | 25 | 3.50 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.77 |
| FantasyLabs | 0.67 | 14 | 3.50 | 11 | 5.20 | 16 | 4.25 | 2 | 4.50 | 20 | 3.62 |
| EliteFantasy | 0.00 | 17 | 3.00 | 15 | 5.50 | 13 | 2.33 | 16 | 7.00 | 4 | 3.57 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 0.67 | 14 | 4.33 | 6 | 3.75 | 21 | 2.33 | 16 | 6.67 | 6 | 3.55 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 0.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 17 | 7.50 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 23 | 3.50 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.50 | 2 | 1.50 | 20 | 6.00 | 8 | 3.50 | 4 | 4.00 | 21 | 3.50 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.40 | 9 | 3.43 | 13 | 5.57 | 12 | 1.75 | 22 | 4.86 | 18 | 3.40 |
| Sportsline | 1.67 | 6 | 4.67 | 5 | 3.33 | 25 | 2.33 | 16 | 5.00 | 17 | 3.40 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 0.00 | 17 | 1.00 | 21 | 5.40 | 14 | 3.50 | 4 | 6.50 | 7 | 3.28 |
| NumberFire | 0.00 | 17 | 3.71 | 9 | 5.00 | 17 | 2.33 | 16 | 4.67 | 19 | 3.14 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 1.25 | 10 | 3.50 | 11 | 5.40 | 14 | 1.75 | 22 | – | – | 2.98 |
| FantasyPros | 3.50 | 1 | 1.75 | 19 | 3.50 | 22 | 2.25 | 21 | 3.75 | 22 | 2.95 |
| DK Playbook | 0.50 | 16 | 2.50 | 16 | 6.00 | 8 | 2.50 | 10 | 3.00 | 23 | 2.90 |
| Rotoballer | 0.00 | 17 | 1.00 | 21 | 3.50 | 22 | 1.00 | 25 | 6.00 | 14 | 2.30 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.50 | 7 | 1.00 | 21 | 3.50 | 22 | 2.50 | 10 | 2.50 | 25 | 2.20 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 16 | 0.50 | 27 | 5.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.70 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.00 | 13 | 3.91 | 7 | 3.13 | 4 | 2.63 | 13 | 4.40 | 2 | 3.21 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.25 | 23 | 3.86 | 9 | 2.15 | 14 | 4.58 | 2 | 3.00 | 7 | 2.97 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.88 | 16 | 6.10 | 2 | 2.27 | 11 | 2.89 | 12 | 1.44 | 22 | 2.92 |
| Rotowire | 2.23 | 12 | 3.77 | 11 | 1.77 | 20 | 4.10 | 3 | 2.69 | 9 | 2.91 |
| DFSKarma-Game Theory | 2.00 | 13 | 3.90 | 8 | 1.77 | 20 | 3.70 | 6 | – | – | 2.84 |
| NumberFire | 2.31 | 9 | 4.28 | 5 | 2.76 | 6 | 2.94 | 10 | 1.77 | 20 | 2.81 |
| Industry Consensus – Core 5 | 0.50 | 25 | 8.00 | 1 | 1.33 | 25 | 0.75 | 23 | 3.25 | 4 | 2.77 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.57 | 6 | 3.29 | 14 | 2.17 | 13 | 3.14 | 8 | 2.33 | 13 | 2.70 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.46 | 7 | 1.17 | 23 | 3.38 | 2 | 2.91 | 11 | 3.35 | 3 | 2.65 |
| Rotoballer | 0.25 | 26 | 4.63 | 4 | 5.38 | 1 | 2.00 | 16 | 0.83 | 24 | 2.62 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 2.00 | 13 | 2.38 | 17 | 2.35 | 10 | 3.27 | 7 | 3.04 | 6 | 2.61 |
| DailyOverlay – On The Hill | 2.30 | 10 | 2.00 | 19 | 2.00 | 17 | 4.00 | 5 | 2.64 | 10 | 2.59 |
| EliteFantasy | 1.54 | 21 | 3.32 | 13 | 2.51 | 7 | 2.56 | 14 | 2.91 | 8 | 2.57 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.43 | 8 | 4.13 | 6 | 0.88 | 26 | 3.13 | 9 | 2.25 | 14 | 2.56 |
| Awesemo | 1.42 | 22 | 3.00 | 15 | 2.00 | 17 | 4.07 | 4 | 2.18 | 15 | 2.53 |
| DFSArmy-CheatSheet | 2.25 | 11 | 3.43 | 12 | 2.91 | 5 | 1.64 | 19 | 2.38 | 12 | 2.52 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 0.70 | 24 | 5.53 | 3 | 2.20 | 12 | 1.31 | 20 | 2.55 | 11 | 2.46 |
| DK Playbook | 3.22 | 5 | 1.27 | 22 | 2.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 16 | 2.09 | 17 | 2.12 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.75 | 17 | 2.21 | 18 | 2.11 | 16 | 2.40 | 15 | 2.09 | 17 | 2.11 |
| FantasyPros | 3.55 | 2 | 1.10 | 25 | 2.50 | 8 | 1.00 | 21 | 1.79 | 19 | 1.99 |
| DFSArmy-DominationStation | 1.71 | 18 | 1.75 | 20 | 2.13 | 15 | 0.83 | 22 | 3.13 | 5 | 1.91 |
| DailyRoto | – | – | – | – | 3.18 | 3 | 0.75 | 23 | 1.60 | 21 | 1.84 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 1.71 | 18 | 3.86 | 9 | 0.43 | 28 | 0.71 | 26 | 2.14 | 16 | 1.77 |
| Sportsline | 3.50 | 3 | 1.40 | 21 | 2.40 | 9 | 0.75 | 23 | 0.75 | 25 | 1.76 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 1.60 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 1.60 |
| DailyRoto-Optimizer | 3.29 | 4 | 1.14 | 24 | 1.63 | 22 | 0.71 | 26 | 1.13 | 23 | 1.58 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 1.71 | 18 | 0.38 | 26 | 1.38 | 24 | 2.00 | 16 | 0.71 | 26 | 1.24 |
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
- Alex Dickerson (DailyRoto Optimizer)
- Cedric Mullins (Fantasy Alarm)
- Chris Flexen (FantasyPros)
- Brock Holt (FantasyPros)
Tuesday
- Freddie Freeman (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Austin Nola (EliteFantasy)
- Andy Ibanez (EliteFantasy)
- Randy Arozarena (EliteFantasy)
- Max Fried (Fantasy Alarm)
- Teoscar Hernandez (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Lance McCullers, Jr (FantasyLabs)
- Jorge Polanco (NBC Sports Edge)
- Jo Adell (NBC Sports Edge)
- Avisail Garcia (NumberFire)
- Mitch Garver (RG Grind Down)
- Gregory Polanco (RG Grind Down)
Wednesday
- Salvador Perez (DailyRoto)
- Javier Baez (DailyRoto)
- Jesus Aguilar (EliteFantasy)
- Owen Miller (EliteFantasy)
- Michael Brantley (FantasyLabs)
- Carter Kieboom (FantasyPros)
- Oscar Mercado (FantasyPros)
- Nolan Arenado (Rotowire)
Thursday
- Edward Olivares (EliteFantasy)
- Ross Stripling (FantasyLabs)
- Joey Gallo (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Marcus Semien (EliteFantasy)
- Sam Hilliard (EliteFantasy)
- Cal Quantrill (Fantasy Alarm)
- Pedro Severino (Fantasy Alarm)
- Chris McCormick (RG Lineup Builder)
- Tyler O’Neill (RG Grind Down)
- Charlie Blackmon (RG Grind Down)
- Wade Miley (Rotowire)
Value Tracker
- RG Grind Down – 65
- EliteFantasy – 51
- FantasyPros – 46
- Fantasy Alarm – 33
- Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator – 17
- Awesemo – 16
- DailyRoto – 15
- FantasyLabs – 15
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 14
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 11
- NumberFire – 11
- NBC Sports Edge – 11
- DK Playbook – 10
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 7
- Daily Overlay On the Hill – 7
- Rotowire – 7
- GoingFor2 – 6
- DFS Army Domination Station – 6
- Rotoballer – 6
- RG Lineup Builder – 5
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- DailyFantasyNerd – 3
- RG Consensus – 2
- DailyFantasyInsider – 2
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- Rotowire Optimizer – 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 | 73.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70.1% | N/A | N/A | 73.1% |
| 21 | 77.7% | N/A | 73.7% | N/A | 75.8% | N/A | 78.7% | 77.3% |
| 20 | 65.4% | N/A | 70.5% | 57.2% | 56.7% | 70.5% | N/A | 64.8% |
| 19 | 65.5% | N/A | 52.4% | N/A | 72.6% | 40.1% | 60.0% | 60.6% |
| 18 | 65.2% | N/A | 60.8% | N/A | 44.8% | 59.0% | 62.2% | 61.3% |
| 17 | 61.3% | 64.1% | 25.0% | 49.5% | 57.8% | 84.1% | 64.6% | 60.2% |
| 16 | 52.0% | N/A | 56.7% | 48.9% | 40.2% | 41.4% | 56.8% | 50.6% |
| 15 | 56.5% | 65.6% | 57.6% | 58.5% | 48.7% | 44.1% | 50.5% | 53.0% |
| 14 | 46.4% | 68.5% | 38.8% | 47.7% | 48.3% | 35.9% | 48.2% | 45.8% |
| 13 | 47.0% | 46.6% | 38.4% | 36.7% | 26.7% | 46.7% | 43.7% | 40.9% |
| 12 | 37.7% | 31.9% | 26.1% | 31.6% | 48.2% | 31.1% | 42.4% | 37.3% |
| 11 | 33.7% | 35.8% | 26.0% | 30.4% | 29.8% | 28.1% | 38.7% | 32.6% |
| 10 | 22.3% | 25.5% | 25.4% | 28.9% | 21.2% | 23.9% | 27.8% | 25.3% |
| 9 | 25.0% | 27.6% | 23.6% | 21.8% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 28.4% | 24.4% |
| 8 | 15.7% | 24.1% | 19.4% | 17.2% | 16.9% | 13.0% | 21.9% | 18.2% |
| 7 | 14.6% | 22.0% | 16.3% | 17.0% | 13.4% | 13.8% | 16.6% | 16.0% |
| 6 | 10.2% | 15.6% | 11.4% | 11.7% | 10.7% | 13.6% | 15.8% | 13.1% |
| 5 | 8.8% | 12.7% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 10.0% | 8.7% | 11.9% | 10.2% |
| 4 | 5.3% | 8.0% | 6.9% | 7.4% | 7.3% | 6.7% | 9.5% | 7.6% |
| 3 | 5.6% | 9.6% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 7.8% | 6.7% |
| 2 | 3.3% | 4.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 4.7% | 4.2% |
| 1 | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 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 | 52.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34.0% | N/A | N/A | 50.0% |
| 21 | 52.8% | N/A | 38.9% | N/A | 47.5% | N/A | 46.1% | 51.0% |
| 20 | 44.7% | N/A | 35.3% | 34.9% | 31.9% | 33.1% | N/A | 40.8% |
| 19 | 47.1% | N/A | 31.4% | N/A | 29.5% | 37.0% | 29.8% | 38.7% |
| 18 | 40.6% | N/A | 33.6% | N/A | 27.8% | 36.4% | 36.8% | 37.6% |
| 17 | 40.9% | 50.8% | 26.1% | 28.8% | 31.8% | 54.3% | 38.8% | 37.5% |
| 16 | 38.2% | N/A | 25.6% | 26.4% | 25.6% | 21.9% | 36.0% | 32.8% |
| 15 | 39.1% | 41.3% | 29.4% | 30.7% | 24.5% | 27.4% | 28.2% | 32.0% |
| 14 | 35.8% | 39.3% | 22.6% | 21.9% | 29.3% | 20.2% | 27.7% | 28.8% |
| 13 | 33.9% | 22.3% | 23.8% | 23.0% | 18.3% | 22.9% | 24.5% | 25.7% |
| 12 | 31.3% | 23.5% | 17.6% | 19.6% | 24.4% | 18.0% | 24.0% | 24.5% |
| 11 | 29.5% | 18.9% | 16.8% | 18.0% | 19.9% | 17.8% | 21.2% | 21.8% |
| 10 | 23.4% | 19.9% | 17.0% | 20.9% | 17.0% | 17.3% | 18.4% | 19.3% |
| 9 | 23.1% | 18.8% | 16.3% | 15.2% | 15.1% | 15.3% | 19.9% | 18.1% |
| 8 | 18.3% | 15.7% | 13.4% | 14.5% | 14.6% | 11.7% | 16.2% | 15.3% |
| 7 | 17.0% | 14.2% | 13.0% | 13.4% | 12.3% | 11.6% | 13.6% | 13.5% |
| 6 | 13.7% | 13.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 13.2% | 11.9% |
| 5 | 13.0% | 10.8% | 8.8% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 8.3% | 11.0% | 10.0% |
| 4 | 9.1% | 8.2% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 7.5% | 9.9% | 8.4% |
| 3 | 8.3% | 8.0% | 5.9% | 6.9% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 8.2% | 7.3% |
| 2 | 6.4% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| 1 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
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