Another week in the books for the 2018 MLB season and another round of grades/scores for the MLB DFS Analysts. While the top spot on the Pitchers (RotoGrinders – 6-pack) and Hitters (FantasyTeamAdvice) remained the same we did have a couple of new sites join the Top 3 ranks with DailyFantasyNerd moving into 3rd place on the Pitchers side, while DailyFantasySportsRankings leaped into the 2nd spot on the Hitters side. Plenty more jostling for position will occur as scores will continue to fluctuate more early in the season.
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.
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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. For the 2018 season, we are grading 20 experts that provide pitcher selections and 21 that provide hitter selections 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) RotoGrinders 6-pack (Score: 6.20) had one bad day and one good day this past week to hold onto the top spot on the Pitchers side.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 5.89) moves up one spot into second place with a great start to the previous week with three straight Top 3 days picking pitchers.
#3) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.78) moves into the Top 3 for the first time this season fueled by the top weekly DailyOverlay score including three 1st place finishes.
Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.35) didn’t have any picks this past week so there scored remains unchanged and good enough to hold onto the top spot on the Hitters side.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.28) jumps up a couple of spots into 2nd place overall with three Top 3 days recommending hitters.
#3) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.27) drops one spot in the Hitter standings but still had a solid week finished 4th with three Top 5 days.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 14 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 3 | 7.50 | 1 | 7.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 10.00 | 1 | 4.75 | 4 | 6.50 | 3 | 4.33 | 5 | 5.75 | 3 | 6.27 |
| Rotowire | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 14 | 5.00 | 14 | 6.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 6.20 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 14 | 4.00 | 6 | 4.33 | 8 | 5.87 |
| DK Playbook | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 8 | 5.50 | 11 | 3.50 | 9 | 5.00 | 5 | 5.60 |
| FantasyPros | 7.50 | 14 | 7.75 | 1 | 6.50 | 3 | 4.50 | 4 | 1.50 | 14 | 5.55 |
| Sportsline | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 8 | 6.50 | 3 | 1.50 | 13 | 5.50 | 4 | 5.50 |
| Rotoballer | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 | 6.50 | 3 | 2.00 | 12 | 1.00 | 16 | 5.40 |
| FantasyLabs | 7.75 | 12 | 4.29 | 5 | 6.50 | 3 | 3.25 | 10 | 4.33 | 8 | 5.22 |
| Industry Consensus | 8.71 | 9 | 4.14 | 6 | 5.40 | 12 | 3.60 | 7 | 3.86 | 11 | 5.14 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 0.00 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 6.50 | 16 | 4.00 | 8 | 6.50 | 3 | 6.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 14 | 4.90 |
| DailyRoto | 8.00 | 10 | 4.00 | 8 | 5.33 | 13 | 3.60 | 7 | 3.00 | 12 | 4.79 |
| FantasyCPR | 10.00 | 1 | 1.67 | 17 | 6.50 | 3 | 1.00 | 15 | 4.25 | 10 | 4.68 |
| FantasyAlarm | 8.00 | 10 | 3.83 | 12 | 4.75 | 16 | 1.00 | 15 | 5.00 | 5 | 4.52 |
| Scout Fantasy | 7.75 | 12 | 3.40 | 13 | – | – | 2.33 | 11 | – | – | 4.49 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 7.50 | 14 | 4.14 | 6 | 4.50 | 17 | 1.00 | 15 | 4.50 | 7 | 4.33 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 5.50 | 17 | 2.50 | 14 | 6.00 | 10 | 1.50 | 13 | 1.67 | 13 | 3.43 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 10.00 | 1 | 2.14 | 9 | 1.86 | 12 | 3.63 | 4 | 4.50 | 2 | 4.43 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 4.00 | 6 | 1.75 | 14 | 6.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3.92 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.67 | 18 | 2.55 | 3 | 6.00 | 1 | 2.40 | 10 | 4.93 | 1 | 3.51 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.75 | 14 | 3.57 | 2 | 3.08 | 5 | 4.08 | 1 | 2.29 | 13 | 3.15 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 4.00 | 6 | 2.36 | 4 | 3.75 | 3 | 1.27 | 16 | 4.00 | 4 | 3.08 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.17 | 10 | 2.35 | 5 | 1.67 | 13 | 3.76 | 3 | 4.05 | 3 | 3.00 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | – | – | 2.05 | 11 | 3.75 | 3 | – | – | 2.83 | 9 | 2.88 |
| Rotowire | 5.33 | 3 | 1.50 | 15 | 1.57 | 14 | 2.25 | 12 | 3.63 | 5 | 2.86 |
| DailyRoto | 3.77 | 8 | 2.09 | 10 | 2.33 | 8 | 2.33 | 11 | 3.29 | 7 | 2.76 |
| DK Playbook | 3.00 | 12 | 1.92 | 12 | 2.33 | 8 | 3.90 | 2 | 2.25 | 14 | 2.68 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.95 | 13 | 2.34 | 6 | 2.35 | 7 | 1.77 | 13 | 3.59 | 6 | 2.60 |
| FantasyPros | 1.86 | 17 | 3.78 | 1 | 2.11 | 11 | 2.44 | 9 | 2.50 | 10 | 2.54 |
| FantasyCPR | 4.40 | 4 | 2.33 | 7 | 0.71 | 17 | 3.13 | 5 | 2.00 | 17 | 2.51 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.18 | 5 | 2.18 | 8 | 1.00 | 16 | 2.91 | 6 | 2.18 | 15 | 2.49 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.12 | 11 | 1.40 | 16 | – | – | 2.56 | 8 | – | – | 2.36 |
| Rotoballer | 6.67 | 2 | 0.83 | 18 | 0.29 | 18 | 1.17 | 17 | 2.13 | 16 | 2.22 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 2.28 | 16 | 1.90 | 13 | 1.34 | 15 | 2.85 | 7 | 2.48 | 11 | 2.17 |
| Sportsline | 2.50 | 15 | 1.29 | 17 | 2.14 | 10 | 1.75 | 14 | 3.00 | 8 | 2.14 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.50 | 9 | 0.00 | 19 | 2.83 | 6 | 1.38 | 15 | 2.43 | 12 | 2.03 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (April 16)
A+ – Christian Villanueva (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – German Marquez (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (April 17)
A+ – Jonathan Lucroy (DailyRoto)
A+ – Eric Thames (DailyOverlay – Stacks)
A+ – Robinson Cano (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Junior Guerra (FantasyPros)
A+ – Matt Moore (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (April 18)
A+ – Yoenis Cespedes (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Rick Porcello (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Chris Stratton (FantasyPros)
Thursday (April 19)
A+ – Preston Tucker (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Matt Wisler (Rotowire)
Friday (April 20)
A+ – Mitch Haniger (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mike Trout (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jed Lowrie (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Dee Gordon (Sportsline)
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 |
| 15 | 74.20% | 74.20% | ||||||
| 14 | 76.13% | 58.05% | 68.90% | |||||
| 13 | 63.43% | 72.90% | 54.80% | 62.31% | ||||
| 12 | 25.80% | 27.50% | 55.00% | 63.33% | 51.66% | |||
| 11 | 54.58% | 48.00% | 41.00% | 56.93% | 59.10% | 54.61% | ||
| 10 | 50.37% | 38.65% | 52.58% | 49.13% | ||||
| 9 | 29.39% | 32.73% | 42.80% | 15.30% | 36.58% | 34.50% | 34.28% | 32.51% |
| 8 | 42.40% | 22.43% | 25.55% | 41.50% | 21.30% | 25.42% | 34.33% | 32.23% |
| 7 | 35.23% | 19.90% | 28.71% | 27.46% | 24.03% | 25.99% | 28.74% | 28.51% |
| 6 | 20.65% | 27.80% | 16.15% | 19.53% | 17.56% | 19.89% | 24.61% | 21.09% |
| 5 | 18.23% | 23.20% | 15.24% | 13.49% | 15.63% | 13.95% | 18.39% | 16.68% |
| 4 | 15.62% | 15.06% | 8.17% | 10.29% | 9.18% | 6.96% | 15.94% | 12.35% |
| 3 | 6.50% | 9.98% | 5.83% | 7.04% | 6.99% | 5.40% | 9.38% | 7.71% |
| 2 | 3.49% | 5.84% | 4.81% | 6.36% | 7.78% | 3.74% | 6.33% | 5.61% |
| 1 | 2.34% | 3.63% | 3.68% | 2.24% | 3.56% | 1.85% | 2.71% | 2.88% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 15 | 42.65% | 42.65% | ||||||
| 14 | 59.47% | 37.65% | 50.74% | |||||
| 13 | 47.05% | 43.20% | 31.65% | 42.10% | ||||
| 12 | 27.40% | 22.70% | 26.00% | 46.10% | 37.21% | |||
| 11 | 38.47% | 33.30% | 25.80% | 30.77% | 33.33% | 34.44% | ||
| 10 | 30.23% | 21.60% | 30.56% | 28.67% | ||||
| 9 | 26.91% | 27.87% | 30.90% | 17.35% | 26.34% | 22.70% | 26.33% | 26.06% |
| 8 | 30.16% | 18.40% | 16.23% | 30.73% | 14.58% | 16.62% | 26.99% | 23.26% |
| 7 | 29.25% | 20.55% | 18.50% | 18.66% | 24.90% | 20.65% | 24.65% | 22.61% |
| 6 | 20.54% | 20.63% | 13.93% | 15.04% | 13.73% | 17.12% | 16.27% | 16.90% |
| 5 | 18.10% | 17.05% | 12.18% | 10.29% | 13.36% | 13.81% | 16.33% | 14.37% |
| 4 | 17.82% | 12.15% | 9.37% | 11.01% | 9.06% | 8.40% | 14.06% | 12.28% |
| 3 | 10.24% | 11.53% | 7.25% | 6.52% | 7.51% | 6.51% | 9.58% | 8.61% |
| 2 | 6.79% | 7.06% | 5.70% | 6.91% | 8.37% | 5.12% | 7.36% | 6.86% |
| 1 | 4.28% | 4.21% | 4.09% | 3.79% | 4.62% | 3.09% | 3.58% | 3.92% |
