We have new leaders on both the pitching and hitting side this week with DailyFantasyNerd taking over the top spot on the pitching side and FantasyTeamAdvice moving into the top spot on the hitting side. There is still a lot of MLB DFS experts bunched up near the top 3 so things will surely continue to change from week-to-week.
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) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.18) moves up two spots in the Pitcher standings into the top spot for the season. They had the 4th highest weekly pitchers score including two Top 3 days.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 5.18) dropped to second place after a down week but is just a fraction of a point behind the leader.
#3) DraftKings Playbook (Score: 4.96) moves into the Top 3 of the Pitcher Leaderboard as they had the second highest pitching score this past week but with a host of experts right on their tail they will need to keep their momentum going to stay in the Top 3.
Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.63) only provided pick on three slates this week but they dominated those slates with three Top 3 finishes to propel them to the overall lead for hitters on the season.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.27) joins the Top 3 on the Hitters leaderboard with the second highest Hitters score for the past week including four Top 3 finishes.
#3) DailyOverlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.26) dropped two spots in the Hitter standing but only lost .01 points and had four Top 5 finishes during the week.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyGuruElite | 1.25 | 13 | 8.25 | 4 | 7.00 | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 6.75 | 1 | 7.40 | 2 | 5.78 |
| DK Playbook | 0.00 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.50 | 3 | 6.50 | 2 | 6.00 | 4 | 5.00 | 8 | 5.67 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.00 | 9 | 5.00 | 9 | 6.00 | 5 | 6.00 | 3 | 6.00 | 4 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.42 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.50 | 12 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.50 | 3 | 2.00 | 11 | 5.00 | 7 | 5.00 | 8 | 5.00 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 1.00 | 14 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 9 | 5.00 | 6 | 3.33 | 11 | 4.33 | 13 | 4.67 |
| DailyRoto | 3.38 | 5 | 4.69 | 10 | 3.78 | 12 | – | – | 6.17 | 3 | 3.89 | 15 | 4.38 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.67 | 6 | 5.50 | 8 | 3.43 | 13 | 5.20 | 5 | 5.29 | 6 | 4.17 | 14 | 4.38 |
| FantasyPros | 5.00 | 3 | 2.75 | 16 | 5.00 | 7 | 5.00 | 6 | 6.25 | 2 | 1.50 | 16 | 4.25 |
| FantasyCPR | 1.67 | 11 | 3.75 | 13 | 5.67 | 6 | 6.00 | 3 | 3.33 | 11 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.24 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 5.50 | 1 | 1.50 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 5.50 | 4 | 4.17 | ||
| FantasyAlarm | 2.60 | 7 | 6.67 | 5 | 4.20 | 10 | 2.00 | 11 | 4.25 | 10 | 4.60 | 11 | 4.05 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 2.00 | 9 | 0.00 | 19 | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.00 |
| Rotowire | 0.50 | 17 | 6.50 | 6 | 2.00 | 15 | – | – | 5.00 | 7 | 6.00 | 3 | 4.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 5.25 | 2 | 3.25 | 15 | 4.75 | 8 | 2.00 | 11 | 3.33 | 11 | 5.25 | 7 | 3.97 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.00 | 14 | 4.33 | 11 | 4.00 | 11 | 2.50 | 10 | – | – | 5.50 | 4 | 3.47 |
| Sportsline | 0.00 | 18 | 2.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 7 | 1.50 | 16 | 3.42 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.80 | 4 | 4.17 | 12 | 2.00 | 15 | 2.00 | 11 | 2.33 | 14 | 4.60 | 11 | 3.32 |
| Rotoballer | 1.00 | 14 | 6.50 | 6 | 1.50 | 18 | 1.50 | 15 | – | – | 5.50 | 4 | 3.20 |
| Scout Fantasy | 2.33 | 8 | 3.56 | 14 | 2.50 | 14 | 3.75 | 9 | 1.67 | 15 | 1.33 | 18 | 2.52 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 3.92 | 3 | 8.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5.64 | 1 | 5.85 | ||
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.92 | 12 | 2.77 | 12 | 4.43 | 2 | 4.70 | 1 | 3.75 | 1 | 4.29 | 3 | 3.27 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.71 | 16 | 3.64 | 6 | 3.21 | 6 | 3.57 | 6 | 2.57 | 6 | 3.93 | 7 | 2.80 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.50 | 7 | 4.11 | 4 | 2.00 | 12 | 3.33 | 8 | 2.86 | 4 | 3.73 | 9 | 2.79 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.82 | 5 | 3.17 | 9 | 3.45 | 5 | 1.08 | 14 | 3.00 | 3 | 4.92 | 2 | 2.78 |
| FantasyCPR | 4.45 | 1 | 2.33 | 16 | 1.60 | 17 | 4.27 | 3 | 2.50 | 7 | 4.11 | 5 | 2.75 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.57 | 6 | 1.29 | 19 | 1.86 | 13 | 4.63 | 2 | 3.13 | 2 | 3.63 | 11 | 2.59 |
| DailyRoto | 3.00 | 11 | 3.32 | 8 | 2.17 | 10 | – | – | 2.36 | 9 | 4.05 | 6 | 2.48 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.50 | 20 | 4.57 | 3 | 4.13 | 3 | 0.71 | 15 | 2.75 | 5 | 4.13 | 4 | 2.40 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.74 | 14 | 2.77 | 12 | 2.61 | 7 | 3.17 | 9 | 1.77 | 16 | 3.66 | 10 | 2.39 |
| DK Playbook | 2.78 | 13 | 1.30 | 18 | 3.50 | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | 2.36 | 9 | 2.45 | 15 | 2.34 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 4.00 | 2 | 2.75 | 14 | 2.60 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.34 |
| Sportsline | 3.86 | 4 | 2.50 | 15 | 2.17 | 10 | 3.57 | 6 | 2.38 | 8 | 1.88 | 17 | 2.34 |
| Rotowire | 3.13 | 9 | 3.13 | 10 | 1.86 | 13 | – | – | 1.86 | 14 | 3.88 | 8 | 2.31 |
| Scout Fantasy | 2.72 | 15 | 3.79 | 5 | 1.72 | 15 | 2.87 | 12 | 2.05 | 11 | 2.72 | 13 | 2.27 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 3.09 | 10 | 3.03 | 11 | 1.45 | 18 | 3.13 | 10 | 1.78 | 15 | 3.08 | 12 | 2.22 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.40 | 17 | 1.65 | 17 | 2.22 | 9 | 3.00 | 11 | 2.05 | 11 | 2.41 | 16 | 1.96 |
| Rotoballer | 2.00 | 18 | 4.71 | 2 | 0.33 | 19 | 3.75 | 5 | 0.00 | 17 | 2.63 | 14 | 1.92 |
| FantasyPros | 0.67 | 19 | 3.38 | 7 | 4.60 | 1 | 1.43 | 13 | 1.90 | 13 | 1.13 | 18 | 1.87 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 3.18 | 8 | – | – | 1.70 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.63 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (April 30)
A+ – CJ Cron (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jordan Zimmermann (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jake Faria (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (May 1)
A+ – Kevin Pillar (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Jon Gray (DailyRoto)
A+ – Nelson Cruz (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Matt Boyd (FantasyPros)
A+ – Wilmer Difo (FantasyPros)
A+ – David Dahl (Rotowire)
Wednesday (May 2)
A+ – Corey Dickerson (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Jed Lowrie (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Jose Urena (FantasyPros)
A+ – Luis Severino (DailyFantasyNerd)
Thursday (May 3)
A+ – Dee Gordon (ScoutFantasy)
Friday (May 4)
A+ – Eduardo Escobar (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Gleyber Torres (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Charlie Blackmon (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 |
| 16 | 56.30% | 56.30% | ||||||
| 15 | 74.20% | 74.20% | ||||||
| 14 | 76.13% | 54.10% | 58.05% | 66.43% | ||||
| 13 | 63.43% | 72.90% | 54.80% | 62.31% | ||||
| 12 | 59.93% | 32.10% | 27.50% | 58.95% | 56.59% | 52.84% | ||
| 11 | 52.01% | 59.40% | 43.10% | 48.00% | 43.43% | 50.48% | 59.10% | 50.66% |
| 10 | 45.11% | 61.10% | 44.20% | 52.57% | 53.30% | 60.20% | 51.57% | |
| 9 | 31.59% | 32.73% | 42.80% | 31.58% | 37.51% | 29.17% | 36.72% | 34.20% |
| 8 | 39.01% | 22.43% | 33.07% | 28.40% | 33.37% | 28.23% | 33.74% | 33.07% |
| 7 | 33.68% | 27.71% | 25.91% | 24.05% | 19.43% | 25.64% | 29.51% | 27.53% |
| 6 | 19.91% | 29.98% | 17.76% | 18.91% | 18.39% | 17.49% | 24.81% | 21.25% |
| 5 | 18.42% | 22.74% | 15.29% | 15.59% | 15.80% | 12.49% | 18.04% | 16.80% |
| 4 | 13.55% | 13.65% | 8.51% | 10.96% | 10.69% | 6.57% | 13.77% | 11.61% |
| 3 | 7.48% | 9.37% | 5.84% | 6.44% | 7.20% | 5.69% | 9.44% | 7.70% |
| 2 | 4.48% | 6.36% | 4.86% | 7.30% | 5.54% | 4.31% | 5.87% | 5.58% |
| 1 | 2.52% | 3.25% | 2.86% | 2.20% | 3.80% | 2.17% | 2.37% | 2.69% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 42.00% | 42.00% | ||||||
| 15 | 42.65% | 42.65% | ||||||
| 14 | 59.47% | 25.40% | 37.65% | 46.52% | ||||
| 13 | 47.05% | 43.20% | 31.65% | 42.10% | ||||
| 12 | 43.13% | 20.80% | 22.70% | 30.00% | 41.44% | 36.68% | ||
| 11 | 35.80% | 33.30% | 32.45% | 33.30% | 25.93% | 31.38% | 33.33% | 32.70% |
| 10 | 31.37% | 55.90% | 23.25% | 29.70% | 26.50% | 35.99% | 32.00% | |
| 9 | 27.54% | 27.87% | 30.90% | 23.70% | 27.13% | 20.90% | 27.83% | 26.88% |
| 8 | 29.61% | 18.40% | 22.99% | 24.53% | 25.56% | 20.84% | 24.05% | 24.73% |
| 7 | 27.85% | 21.56% | 18.64% | 19.24% | 18.96% | 20.05% | 24.39% | 22.20% |
| 6 | 21.83% | 20.86% | 13.84% | 15.05% | 13.82% | 15.01% | 17.69% | 17.17% |
| 5 | 18.81% | 16.86% | 11.31% | 11.95% | 13.40% | 12.76% | 15.59% | 14.36% |
| 4 | 15.93% | 12.53% | 8.60% | 10.99% | 11.17% | 7.97% | 12.52% | 11.72% |
| 3 | 10.30% | 11.82% | 6.76% | 6.69% | 8.35% | 6.94% | 9.78% | 8.84% |
| 2 | 6.88% | 6.88% | 6.20% | 7.28% | 6.70% | 5.48% | 6.91% | 6.68% |
| 1 | 4.49% | 3.82% | 3.48% | 3.25% | 4.51% | 3.43% | 3.42% | 3.73% |
