Back again with another recap. Last week was the first one in awhile where we didn’t grade an afternoon slate. That has already changed significantly this week. No new faces in our overall top-3 leaderboards though there was some small shuffling on the hitter side of things. 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.
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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 2019 season, we are grading 24 experts that provide pitcher selections and 24 that provide hitter selections daily. 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) RotoGrinders – 6 Pack (Score: 6.13) took a sizable step backwards last week in pitcher selections but maintains a large lead over the competition.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 4.98) dipped slightly below the 5.0 score threshold. Still has a nice cushion between themselves and 3rd place.
#3) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 4.69) continued the downward trend for the experts on the pitcher side last week. Brad will surely bounce back this week.
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.27) made the leap into first place with a bump in score of .02 for the week.
#2A) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.19) continued his rough week on the hitter side, too. That said, nothing is very rough when you’re sitting in the top-2 of both sides.
#2B) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.19) stayed in a 2nd place tie despite dropping .06 in score.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| NumberFire | 6.67 | 3 | 6.67 | 4 | 6.00 | 2 | – | – | 8.33 | 3 | 6.92 |
| RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder | 5.00 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 19 | 7.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.60 |
| DFSArmy | 2.00 | 17 | 5.67 | 7 | 5.50 | 3 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 19 | 5.43 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 14 | 0.00 | 17 | 5.00 | 8 | 5.40 |
| Sportsline | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 8 | 0.50 | 19 | 2.50 | 16 | 7.50 | 4 | 5.20 |
| RotoGrinders – MLBGrindDown | 4.13 | 5 | 4.38 | 14 | 5.14 | 5 | 6.67 | 4 | 4.50 | 17 | 4.96 |
| FantasyPros | 2.50 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 15 | 4.50 | 13 | 6.25 | 6 | 4.95 |
| FantasyCPR | 3.33 | 9 | 6.00 | 6 | 2.50 | 12 | – | – | 7.50 | 4 | 4.83 |
| EliteFantasy | 2.50 | 13 | 4.29 | 15 | 4.60 | 7 | 6.75 | 3 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.63 |
| Industry Consensus | 4.00 | 6 | 3.44 | 17 | 4.43 | 8 | 6.25 | 5 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.62 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.50 | 13 | 6.50 | 5 | 1.50 | 15 | 6.25 | 5 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.35 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.00 | 19 | 5.00 | 10 | 6.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.30 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.00 | 12 | 5.40 | 9 | 2.20 | 13 | – | – | 5.00 | 8 | 3.90 |
| Rotowire | 3.67 | 7 | 3.33 | 18 | 3.44 | 10 | 4.86 | 12 | 4.17 | 18 | 3.89 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 0.00 | 19 | 5.00 | 10 | 0.50 | 19 | 3.50 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.80 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.50 | 13 | 3.00 | 20 | 3.00 | 11 | 5.50 | 7 | 4.67 | 16 | 3.73 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 5.00 | 10 | 1.00 | 17 | – | – | 5.00 | 8 | 3.67 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.33 | 9 | 2.83 | 21 | 4.80 | 6 | 5.50 | 7 | 1.67 | 21 | 3.63 |
| DailyRoto | 3.43 | 8 | 3.82 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.63 |
| DK Playbook | 0.00 | 19 | 5.00 | 10 | 0.50 | 19 | 5.00 | 9 | 6.00 | 7 | 3.30 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.33 | 9 | 3.33 | 18 | 3.67 | 9 | 4.33 | 14 | 1.67 | 21 | 3.27 |
| Rotoballer | 1.50 | 18 | 0.00 | 23 | 5.50 | 3 | 5.00 | 9 | 0.00 | 23 | 2.40 |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | – | – | 0.00 | 23 | 1.00 | 17 | – | – | 5.00 | 8 | 2.00 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 0.00 | 19 | 1.00 | 22 | 0.50 | 19 | – | – | 2.00 | 20 | 0.88 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.25 | 3 | 4.83 | 2 | 3.25 | 5 | 2.13 | 5 | 2.82 | 7 | 3.26 |
| Rotowire | 2.92 | 6 | 2.44 | 16 | 3.40 | 4 | 4.67 | 1 | 2.14 | 16 | 3.11 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.33 | 2 | 5.50 | 1 | 2.00 | 11 | 1.63 | 10 | 1.86 | 18 | 2.86 |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | – | – | 4.50 | 4 | 1.63 | 14 | – | – | 2.29 | 13 | 2.81 |
| DailyRoto | 2.81 | 8 | 2.68 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.75 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.07 | 14 | 4.23 | 6 | 2.97 | 7 | 1.63 | 10 | 2.75 | 8 | 2.73 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 3.00 | 9 | 1.60 | 15 | – | – | 3.40 | 3 | 2.67 |
| Scout Fantasy | 1.96 | 16 | 2.71 | 13 | 2.76 | 8 | 2.36 | 4 | 3.37 | 5 | 2.63 |
| RotoGrinders – Consensus | 2.15 | 13 | 2.21 | 19 | 4.58 | 1 | 1.75 | 8 | 2.29 | 13 | 2.60 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 2.27 | 11 | 2.00 | 20 | 1.91 | 13 | 3.10 | 2 | 3.67 | 1 | 2.59 |
| RotoGrinders – MLBGrindDown | 2.82 | 7 | 2.81 | 11 | 3.14 | 6 | 1.50 | 12 | 2.50 | 12 | 2.55 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.25 | 12 | 4.78 | 3 | 0.80 | 20 | – | – | 2.25 | 15 | 2.52 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 0.25 | 21 | 4.25 | 5 | 4.11 | 2 | – | – | 1.25 | 22 | 2.47 |
| RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder | 4.57 | 1 | 2.00 | 20 | 1.38 | 16 | 2.00 | 6 | 2.13 | 17 | 2.42 |
| EliteFantasy | 3.03 | 5 | 2.38 | 17 | 2.00 | 11 | 1.68 | 9 | 2.68 | 9 | 2.35 |
| FantasyPros | 2.00 | 15 | 2.55 | 15 | 0.58 | 22 | 3.10 | 2 | 3.30 | 6 | 2.31 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.94 | 17 | 2.77 | 12 | 2.63 | 10 | 1.21 | 14 | 2.68 | 9 | 2.25 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.13 | 4 | 3.43 | 7 | 0.57 | 23 | 0.50 | 17 | 3.38 | 4 | 2.20 |
| DFSArmy | 2.78 | 9 | 2.29 | 18 | 1.00 | 17 | 1.38 | 13 | 2.53 | 11 | 2.00 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.30 | 10 | 3.08 | 8 | 0.67 | 21 | – | – | 1.82 | 19 | 1.97 |
| NumberFire | 0.00 | 22 | 1.50 | 22 | 2.67 | 9 | – | – | 3.67 | 1 | 1.96 |
| DK Playbook | 0.55 | 19 | 3.00 | 9 | 1.00 | 17 | 1.80 | 7 | 1.75 | 20 | 1.62 |
| Sportsline | 0.43 | 20 | 0.33 | 24 | 3.57 | 3 | 1.00 | 15 | 1.63 | 21 | 1.39 |
| Rotoballer | 1.29 | 18 | 1.33 | 23 | 1.00 | 17 | 1.00 | 15 | 0.83 | 23 | 1.09 |
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 (April 29th)
A+ – No players that were selected by only one expert scored an “A+” grade
Tuesday (April 23rd)
A+ – Rick Porcello (DailyRoto)
A+ – Alex Bregman (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Victor Robles (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Michael Brantley (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Carlos Santana (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Starling Marte (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Adam Eaton (DailyFantasyNerd)
Wednesday (May 1st)
A+ – Randal Grichuk (RG Consensus)
A+ – Martin Perez (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Maikel Franco (Rotowire)
A+ – Jose Iglesias (Sportsline)
Thursday (May 2nd)
A+ – Ian Kinsler (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Ty France (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Wil Myers (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Eric Hosmer (Rotowire)
A+ – Raimel Tapia (Rotowire)
A+ – Ryan Braun (Rotowire – Optimizer)
A+ – Jason Castro (EliteFantasy)
Friday (May 3rd)
A+ – Michael Chavis (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Derek Dietrich (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Yusei Kikuchi (EliteFantasy)
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 |
| 18 | 69.40% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 69.40% |
| 17 | 76.30% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 76.30% |
| 16 | 67.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.50% | 43.85% |
| 15 | 54.88% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.80% | N/A | 52.16% |
| 14 | 60.60% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.55% | 49.35% | 55.78% |
| 13 | 48.43% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.10% | 51.98% | 49.33% |
| 12 | 55.03% | N/A | 16.60% | 50.80% | 46.18% | 29.83% | 48.24% | 44.80% |
| 11 | 50.00% | 36.20% | 23.90% | 26.45% | 34.50% | 38.98% | 30.35% | 35.17% |
| 10 | 42.61% | 66.90% | 26.05% | 31.03% | 24.05% | 27.30% | 31.84% | 33.88% |
| 9 | 27.41% | 43.70% | 24.57% | 32.25% | 26.80% | 22.54% | 29.13% | 28.55% |
| 8 | 26.19% | 19.58% | 16.84% | 29.21% | 20.44% | 24.56% | 26.83% | 24.15% |
| 7 | 18.59% | 14.60% | 17.27% | 25.84% | 24.38% | 16.21% | 19.12% | 20.11% |
| 6 | 18.45% | 21.31% | 9.37% | 16.85% | 20.32% | 17.12% | 15.30% | 16.28% |
| 5 | 16.71% | 18.44% | 11.93% | 15.19% | 10.76% | 10.98% | 11.15% | 12.72% |
| 4 | 10.14% | 14.83% | 7.11% | 7.60% | 10.46% | 8.11% | 10.47% | 9.66% |
| 3 | 7.42% | 9.02% | 8.57% | 9.39% | 10.47% | 8.22% | 7.42% | 8.61% |
| 2 | 5.72% | 8.40% | 4.14% | 6.21% | 5.32% | 4.74% | 5.45% | 5.59% |
| 1 | 3.58% | 4.05% | 2.85% | 2.89% | 2.44% | 2.82% | 3.32% | 3.17% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 18 | 48.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 48.80% |
| 17 | 39.25% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39.25% |
| 16 | 44.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.00% | 28.50% |
| 15 | 35.58% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22.60% | N/A | 33.73% |
| 14 | 37.30% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30.00% | 22.55% | 31.79% |
| 13 | 35.98% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26.20% | 35.40% | 34.88% |
| 12 | 38.63% | N/A | 28.10% | 38.80% | 29.55% | 21.73% | 29.40% | 30.04% |
| 11 | 33.29% | 23.10% | 18.38% | 24.97% | 22.28% | 20.45% | 20.10% | 24.29% |
| 10 | 31.88% | 42.30% | 16.58% | 18.48% | 17.70% | 20.48% | 24.36% | 24.57% |
| 9 | 22.41% | 24.78% | 16.80% | 23.85% | 20.70% | 16.22% | 20.05% | 20.39% |
| 8 | 23.81% | 18.72% | 13.52% | 19.27% | 18.21% | 15.56% | 19.08% | 18.67% |
| 7 | 19.65% | 11.43% | 12.63% | 21.00% | 17.29% | 13.94% | 15.58% | 16.78% |
| 6 | 18.41% | 16.86% | 10.03% | 13.65% | 13.87% | 12.29% | 14.24% | 14.27% |
| 5 | 17.20% | 16.49% | 9.74% | 13.55% | 10.41% | 9.61% | 10.48% | 11.81% |
| 4 | 11.02% | 11.23% | 7.56% | 7.86% | 8.85% | 9.13% | 9.85% | 9.39% |
| 3 | 12.77% | 8.37% | 7.88% | 10.65% | 9.29% | 8.48% | 8.22% | 9.12% |
| 2 | 8.59% | 8.85% | 4.71% | 6.06% | 6.50% | 6.41% | 6.16% | 6.63% |
| 1 | 5.89% | 4.84% | 3.47% | 3.67% | 3.88% | 4.33% | 3.85% | 4.20% |
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