We had a fun series in Coors between the Rockies and Nationals that enable some of you to find the DFS paydirt. Some shuffles in the overall top-3 but only one major mover. FantasyTeamAdvice used a big week to narrow the gap between themselves and 1st place to a very slim margin. This time next week, I may be writing about their rise to the top of the mountain. As always, check out our MLB Expert Standings to make sure that you’re up to speed on who is making the grade. Enjoy!
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In this article, I will give a brief recap of each day we gathered and graded the experts, including how the Industry Consensus picks did, highlighting which experts were at the top for the day and which players were only called out by one expert, but produced an “A+” grade. We will also review the overall standings and highlight the top experts so far this season.
As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the MLB Industry 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 and sample lineups for the day. As an added bonus in 2017, we will publish the Consensus on weekends when we have a writer available. To begin the 2017 season, we will grade 20 experts that provide pitcher selections and 21 that provide hitter selections daily.
Leaderboard
The top-3 for both pitchers and hitters are below. Things are getting awfully tight on the pitching side of things with ten experts grading out between 4.0 and 5.0. On the hitter side, the top-6 have created some solid separation with the top-3 having a stranglehold on that next tier of three. Check out the full MLB Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
Pitchers
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 4.96) took a dip below the 5.0 threshold but still maintains the lead. That lead, however, is shrinking and DFSR is in jeopardy of falling out of the top slot.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.86) made a big leap with a solid showing last week. FTA was not even inside the top-3 after last week.
#3) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 4.63) found its way back onto the leaderboard. Stephen put together a well-rounded week to slot himself back among the leaders.
Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.54) saw his gap between 1st and 2nd close significantly. This was not so much due to a major slip by Brad but more of a monstrous week from our expert at #2.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.46) had a huuuuuge week to vault into 2nd place. If they can put together another week like that, they’ll be on top of the mountain looking down on everyone.
#3) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.29) managed to hang in the top-3 with a decent week. He has a pretty sizable gap between the nearest competition.
Week in Review
Monday (April 24th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.00 (T-8th)
Hitters – 2.09 (11th)
A+ – Zack Greinke, Jesse Chavez, Mark Reynolds, Addison Russell, David Peralta, Corey Dickerson
F – Nineteen of the 42 total selections finished in the failing category.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-F) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder, Daily Overlay – Value Index, FantasyTeamAdvice, Rotowire, DailyFantasyNerd, RotoGrinders – Lucror (Score: 5.00) all tied atop the pitcher leaderboard on Monday with a 5.0 score.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Rotowire (Score: 4.38) finished off a nice day by topping the hitter leaderboard, too. Four of their eight plays finished with an “A” or better.
#2) DK Playbook (Score: 3.82) started the week off on the right foot. Five of the 11 selections scored an “A” or better.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Kris Bryant (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Chris Owings (Scout Fantasy)
Tuesday (April 25th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 5.25 (8th)
Hitters – 3.00 (14th)
A+ – Clayton Kershaw, JC Ramirez, Patrick Corbin, Paul Goldschmidt, Daniel Murphy, Trea Turner, Chris Owings, Mike Moustakas, Miguel Sano, Charlie Blackmon, AJ Pollock, Nelson Cruz
F – Fifteen of the 47 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-F) FantasyTeamAdvice, FantasyPros, DailyFantasyNerd, Rotoballer (Score: 10.00) all nailed down perfect scores on Tuesday.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 8.40) exploded on Tuesday with their hitter selections. Four of their five plays scored an “A+” with the other hauling in a “C” grade.
#2) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 7.00) would have landed in the top spot on any day but this past Tuesday. Six of their eight selections scored an “A” or better including five “A+” grades.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Gerrit Cole (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Ian Kinsler (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Justin Upton (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jabari Blash (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (April 26th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 5.17 (4th)
Hitters – 3.51 (11th)
A+ – Alex Wood, James Paxton, Ryan Zimmerman, Anthony Rizzo, Ryan Rua, Daniel Murphy, Trea Turner, Kris Bryant, Maikel Franco, Nelson Cruz, Bryce Harper, AJ Pollock
F – Eleven of the 43 selections finished with a failing grade (all failing grades were hitter picks).
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 10.00) utilized Alex Wood to haul in a perfect score on Wednesday.
#2) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 6.75) came in 2nd as three of their four plays scored an “A” or better.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 7.00) had a solid day on Wednesday. Beer had four of his six selections score an “A+” grade. He was the lone expert to play both Josh Harrison and Shin-soo Choo on Wednesday.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.45) scored an “A” or better with over half of their 11 plays. That included five “A+” grades.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Paul Goldschmidt (DailyRoto)
A+ – Josh Harrison (RotoGrinders 6-Pack)
A+ – Shin-soo Choo (RotoGrinders 6-Pack)
A+ – Lusi Severino (RotoGrinders Consensus)
A+ – Rick Porcello (Scout Fantasy)
Thursday (April 27th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.75 (T-8th)
Hitters – 2.60 (5th)
A+ – Taijuan Walker, Chris Owings, Dexter Fowler, Yasmany Tomas
F – Eleven of the 24 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 10.00) played Taijuan Walker for his perfect score.
#2A) RotoGrinders – Lucror (Score: 5.00) finished with an “A+”, a “B” and “C” for his 5.00 score on Thursday.
#2B) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 5.00) touched on both ends of the spectrum with an “A+” and a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) DailyRoto (Score: 6.00) found the top of the expert list as they scored an “A+” and a “C”. Thursday was a weird split slate day with the evening one being small.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.00) scored an “A” or better with four of their 7 plays to find the top-2.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Masahiro Tanaka (RotoGrinders Consensus)
Friday (April 28th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.22 (8th)
Hitters – 2.33 (16th)
A+ – Kenta Maeda, Marcus Stroman, Salvador Perez, Starlin Castro, Manny Machado, Mike Trout, Avisail Garcia, Aaron Judge
F – Twenty of the 52 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 10.00) played the value pick of Charlie Morton to score his 10.00 to end the week.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.50) scored an “A+” and a “D” to round out the week in the top-2.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1A) Rotowire (Score: 4.00) scored an “A” or better with three of their 8 plays to finish the week strong.
#1B) Sportsline (Score: 4.00) found the top-2 by also scoring an “A” or better with three of their 8 plays.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jacob deGrom (DailyRoto)
A+ – Matt Holliday (DailyRoto)
A+ – Ryan Braun (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jordy Mercer (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Francisco Cervelli (DK Playbook)
A+ – Ariel Miranda (FantasyPros)
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 |
| 16 | 91.30% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.40% | N/A | 78.85% |
| 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 63.30% | 63.10% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 74.20% | 65.98% |
| 13 | 73.77% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.90% | N/A | N/A | 73.66% |
| 12 | 72.90% | N/A | 65.50% | 37.00% | 27.10% | 70.95% | 57.60% | 57.43% |
| 11 | 52.55% | N/A | 51.10% | 46.70% | N/A | 43.73% | 32.90% | 46.70% |
| 10 | 48.94% | N/A | 17.00% | 40.13% | 52.55% | 31.00% | 54.75% | 47.71% |
| 9 | 44.73% | 29.58% | 36.35% | 23.63% | 32.47% | 53.30% | 34.67% | 36.75% |
| 8 | 39.04% | 20.95% | 32.73% | 21.48% | 36.97% | 29.78% | 23.33% | 30.22% |
| 7 | 20.00% | 36.72% | 25.00% | 20.86% | 21.00% | 15.53% | 27.95% | 24.22% |
| 6 | 18.92% | 17.12% | 16.69% | 16.96% | 21.34% | 20.27% | 24.43% | 19.95% |
| 5 | 14.98% | 15.38% | 16.27% | 11.52% | 10.34% | 12.14% | 19.84% | 15.36% |
| 4 | 12.69% | 10.15% | 8.27% | 9.61% | 9.22% | 7.99% | 12.96% | 10.32% |
| 3 | 6.63% | 10.51% | 6.42% | 9.02% | 6.55% | 6.68% | 8.64% | 7.72% |
| 2 | 4.04% | 5.05% | 4.53% | 5.83% | 5.00% | 4.72% | 5.71% | 5.12% |
| 1 | 2.55% | 3.28% | 1.99% | 3.09% | 2.66% | 2.12% | 2.92% | 2.69% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 67.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 46.50% | N/A | 56.75% |
| 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 43.95% | 40.40% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.30% | 43.15% |
| 13 | 49.90% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.40% | N/A | N/A | 48.21% |
| 12 | 48.50% | N/A | 30.20% | 20.30% | 27.10% | 33.40% | 40.00% | 33.27% |
| 11 | 35.82% | N/A | 36.80% | 31.30% | N/A | 25.28% | 23.10% | 30.74% |
| 10 | 33.99% | N/A | 14.00% | 36.33% | 33.65% | 21.60% | 32.70% | 32.42% |
| 9 | 35.06% | 23.88% | 21.55% | 15.23% | 17.60% | 18.20% | 21.16% | 25.13% |
| 8 | 32.31% | 17.40% | 18.10% | 15.74% | 26.17% | 15.70% | 19.58% | 21.57% |
| 7 | 20.53% | 23.32% | 20.93% | 12.72% | 16.48% | 13.18% | 19.74% | 19.04% |
| 6 | 18.39% | 13.95% | 13.01% | 14.58% | 17.46% | 14.71% | 15.94% | 15.55% |
| 5 | 15.76% | 11.66% | 11.91% | 12.18% | 11.15% | 11.29% | 13.86% | 12.88% |
| 4 | 14.27% | 10.46% | 7.92% | 8.07% | 9.50% | 8.73% | 9.97% | 9.80% |
| 3 | 9.37% | 8.68% | 6.97% | 7.62% | 6.81% | 7.97% | 9.06% | 8.19% |
| 2 | 6.82% | 5.25% | 5.52% | 6.07% | 5.99% | 6.08% | 6.05% | 5.99% |
| 1 | 4.71% | 4.26% | 3.07% | 3.87% | 3.69% | 3.45% | 4.19% | 3.92% |
