The Top 3 on both the pitchers and hitters leaderboards remains the same this week but things are starting to tighten up as we head into the dog days of summer. Weekly winners were RotoGrinders 6-pack on the pitching side and FantasyTeamAdvice on the hitting side. Meanwhile, FantasyAlarm led the way with eight low owned sleepers this past 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) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.13) continues to occupy the top of the leaderboard on the pitching side despite a drop in their DO Score this past week.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.00) has a narrow lead over 3rd and 4th place as we head into the final weeks.
#3) RotoGrinders 6-pack (Score: 4.98) remains in 3rd but can move up and down the standings in a hurry with very few pitchers picks this season.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.17) stays in 1st place but their lead is shrinking.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.13) closed the gap a little bit with the leader on the hitting side with the top weekly score.
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.00) continues to hold a slim edge over a couple of DailyOverlay analysts heading in the final weeks.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 1.00 | 16 | – | – | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 |
| FantasyAlarm | 7.00 | 2 | 4.67 | 6 | 6.00 | 1 | – | – | 3.86 | 15 | 5.38 |
| FantasyCPR | 5.00 | 4 | 7.50 | 1 | 4.00 | 6 | 5.00 | 10 | 4.00 | 14 | 5.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 6.50 | 3 | 1.00 | 16 | 1.50 | 17 | 6.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.25 | 13 | 4.75 | 5 | 4.50 | 4 | 6.50 | 2 | 6.00 | 4 | 5.00 |
| DK Playbook | 5.00 | 4 | 5.00 | 3 | 2.50 | 12 | 6.50 | 2 | 5.50 | 5 | 4.90 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 7.67 | 1 | 3.67 | 9 | 2.67 | 11 | 4.33 | 11 | 5.33 | 7 | 4.73 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 3.43 | 11 | 4.33 | 7 | 4.50 | 4 | 6.50 | 2 | 4.78 | 11 | 4.71 |
| Rotowire | 5.00 | 4 | 3.17 | 12 | 5.00 | 2 | – | – | 5.00 | 8 | 4.54 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.67 | 8 | 4.83 | 4 | 2.50 | 12 | 5.33 | 9 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.47 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 2.50 | 14 | 4.00 | 6 | – | – | 6.50 | 3 | 4.33 |
| Scout Fantasy | 4.50 | 9 | 5.50 | 2 | 3.75 | 9 | 4.33 | 11 | 3.50 | 16 | 4.32 |
| Industry Consensus | 4.17 | 10 | 2.71 | 13 | 3.00 | 10 | 6.50 | 2 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.28 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.00 | 16 | 4.33 | 7 | 1.50 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 13 | 4.23 |
| DailyRoto | 3.29 | 12 | 3.33 | 10 | 5.00 | 2 | 4.33 | 11 | 4.40 | 12 | 4.07 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 5.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 16 | 2.50 | 12 | 6.50 | 2 | 1.50 | 19 | 3.30 |
| FantasyPros | 2.50 | 14 | 3.25 | 11 | 2.50 | 12 | 4.00 | 14 | 3.50 | 16 | 3.15 |
| Sportsline | 2.00 | 15 | 1.00 | 16 | 2.50 | 12 | 6.50 | 2 | 2.00 | 18 | 2.80 |
| Rotoballer | 0.00 | 17 | 1.50 | 15 | 4.00 | 6 | 3.00 | 15 | 5.50 | 5 | 2.80 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 3.70 | 2 | 4.56 | 4 | – | – | 2.27 | 10 | 3.51 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.25 | 2 | 1.71 | 17 | 5.00 | 2 | 3.71 | 3 | 3.14 | 3 | 3.36 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 3.13 | 3 | – | – | 5.00 | 2 | – | – | 1.50 | 14 | 3.21 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 1.30 | 16 | 3.25 | 6 | 2.60 | 12 | 5.60 | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | 3.15 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.77 | 6 | 3.39 | 4 | 3.85 | 8 | – | – | 2.14 | 11 | 3.04 |
| DK Playbook | 2.75 | 7 | 3.70 | 2 | 2.50 | 13 | 2.45 | 8 | 3.36 | 2 | 2.95 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.47 | 15 | 2.73 | 9 | 5.50 | 1 | 4.25 | 2 | 0.79 | 18 | 2.95 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.07 | 12 | 3.29 | 5 | 3.29 | 10 | 3.00 | 5 | 2.64 | 8 | 2.86 |
| DailyRoto | 2.46 | 10 | 2.66 | 10 | 2.91 | 11 | 2.36 | 11 | 3.06 | 4 | 2.69 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.13 | 3 | 1.71 | 17 | 3.86 | 6 | 3.50 | 4 | 1.13 | 16 | 2.67 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.71 | 14 | 2.59 | 11 | 3.92 | 5 | 2.89 | 6 | 1.79 | 12 | 2.58 |
| FantasyPros | 2.80 | 5 | 2.18 | 13 | 1.22 | 18 | 2.00 | 13 | 4.13 | 1 | 2.47 |
| Scout Fantasy | 2.50 | 9 | 2.50 | 12 | 2.11 | 16 | 2.00 | 13 | 3.03 | 5 | 2.43 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 4.80 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | 20 | 2.40 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.33 | 1 | 1.70 | 19 | 3.58 | 9 | 2.42 | 9 | 0.91 | 17 | 2.39 |
| Sportsline | 2.71 | 8 | 1.88 | 15 | 3.86 | 6 | 1.00 | 15 | 1.71 | 13 | 2.23 |
| Rotowire | 1.29 | 17 | 3.25 | 6 | 2.00 | 17 | – | – | 2.33 | 9 | 2.22 |
| FantasyCPR | 1.86 | 13 | 3.00 | 8 | 1.00 | 19 | 2.86 | 7 | 1.43 | 15 | 2.03 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 2.13 | 11 | 2.14 | 14 | 2.34 | 14 | 2.42 | 9 | 0.75 | 19 | 1.96 |
| Rotoballer | 0.43 | 18 | 1.80 | 16 | 2.17 | 15 | 2.25 | 12 | 2.83 | 7 | 1.90 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (August 20)
A+ – Mike Fiers (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Matt Carpenter (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Michael Brantley (ScoutFantasy)
Tuesday (August 21)
A+ – Joey Wendle (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Nicky Delmonico (DailyRoto)
A+ – Matt Wieters (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Marcell Ozuna (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Billy McKinney (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Austin Hedges (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Jeff McNeil (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – David Fletcher (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Robbie Erlin (FantasyPros)
A+ – Cedric Mullins (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (August 22)
A+ – Yonny Chirinos (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jack Flaherty (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Clay Buchholz (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Xander Bogaerts (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Justin Bour (ScoutFantasy)
Thursday (August 23)
A+ – Alex Gordon (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
Friday (August 24)
A+ – Ji-Man Choi (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Marwin Gonzalez (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Adam Frazier (FantasyPros)
A+ – Billy McKinney (FantasyPros)
A+ – Tyler O’Neill (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Salvador Perez (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 | 67.25% | 67.25% | |||||||
| 15 | 73.18% | 75.10% | 57.60% | 71.23% | |||||
| 14 | 74.65% | 54.10% | 64.85% | 52.23% | 68.99% | ||||
| 13 | 63.06% | 61.23% | 60.70% | 57.43% | 61.57% | 61.40% | |||
| 12 | 65.49% | 30.10% | 40.63% | 60.30% | 54.50% | 56.35% | 58.47% | 57.85% | |
| 11 | 54.22% | 40.60% | 48.83% | 35.28% | 41.98% | 49.00% | 46.79% | 49.16% | |
| 10 | 49.92% | 63.50% | 44.66% | 49.20% | 33.36% | 48.05% | 52.67% | 48.41% | |
| 9 | 30.95% | 39.56% | 22.32% | 29.72% | 35.92% | 34.12% | 40.18% | 33.27% | |
| 8 | 30.21% | 26.24% | 27.64% | 35.73% | 29.05% | 27.45% | 33.63% | 30.35% | |
| 7 | 26.33% | 25.83% | 24.37% | 23.11% | 20.28% | 23.23% | 25.27% | 24.39% | |
| 6 | 21.68% | 23.55% | 17.31% | 19.44% | 16.34% | 17.03% | 22.74% | 20.05% | |
| 5 | 16.00% | 16.61% | 13.15% | 14.18% | 15.02% | 12.68% | 16.65% | 15.08% | |
| 4 | 10.90% | 13.23% | 8.43% | 10.46% | 11.10% | 7.94% | 12.98% | 11.06% | |
| 3 | 7.38% | 8.57% | 6.68% | 6.25% | 7.47% | 5.45% | 8.98% | 7.49% | |
| 2 | 5.62% | 7.88% | 4.65% | 5.74% | 4.70% | 3.96% | 5.99% | 5.57% | |
| 1 | 2.29% | 3.74% | 2.24% | 2.51% | 2.82% | 1.73% | 2.45% | 2.54% | |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 44.75% | 44.75% | ||||||
| 15 | 42.50% | 43.40% | 29.80% | 40.81% | ||||
| 14 | 45.62% | 25.40% | 42.30% | 32.30% | 42.11% | |||
| 13 | 45.52% | 30.67% | 30.30% | 35.83% | 33.23% | 39.07% | ||
| 12 | 45.85% | 27.50% | 24.08% | 35.40% | 29.94% | 28.53% | 40.26% | 37.32% |
| 11 | 34.92% | 26.40% | 28.16% | 22.08% | 24.60% | 28.59% | 28.57% | 30.40% |
| 10 | 34.15% | 53.15% | 26.05% | 29.90% | 22.06% | 32.18% | 33.22% | 31.43% |
| 9 | 26.19% | 29.30% | 16.93% | 20.57% | 23.45% | 22.47% | 26.70% | 24.06% |
| 8 | 23.40% | 20.98% | 18.76% | 23.58% | 21.43% | 18.92% | 22.89% | 21.64% |
| 7 | 22.53% | 21.04% | 16.28% | 16.77% | 17.92% | 17.43% | 19.10% | 18.98% |
| 6 | 19.96% | 17.34% | 13.26% | 14.85% | 12.63% | 13.29% | 17.12% | 15.88% |
| 5 | 15.60% | 13.73% | 10.53% | 11.30% | 12.42% | 11.22% | 13.76% | 12.80% |
| 4 | 13.50% | 11.14% | 8.05% | 9.93% | 10.14% | 8.13% | 11.06% | 10.43% |
| 3 | 10.35% | 9.76% | 6.80% | 6.81% | 7.91% | 6.97% | 8.95% | 8.31% |
| 2 | 7.82% | 7.37% | 5.63% | 6.16% | 6.06% | 5.26% | 6.57% | 6.47% |
| 1 | 4.50% | 4.10% | 3.24% | 3.34% | 3.76% | 3.10% | 3.40% | 3.62% |
