With the NFL season about to get underway, we will be grading MLB DFS experts for just one more week. Heading into the final week there are still a few spots that could change hands in the Top 3 spots on the Pitchers and Hitters leaderboards. It’s the last chance for the experts to make there move!
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: 5.07) continues to slip a little bit as the second-place site (DailyFantasyNerd) continues to close the gap.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.04) gained some momentum this past week and is closing in on the top spot with one week to go.
#3) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 4.93) moved into the 3rd place and will try to hold onto a Top 3 spot in both the pitcher and hitter leaderboard.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.16) lengthened their lead over the second place this past week as they look to take home the crown on the hitting side.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.11) will need a big week to have any chance of overtaking first place in the final week.
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.00) tries to maintain their 3rd place ranking with a couple experts nipping at their heels.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotowire | 1.00 | 14 | 5.00 | 6 | 6.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.50 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 0.50 | 16 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 4 | 2.50 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.70 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.50 | 13 | 1.00 | 15 | 6.00 | 3 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.70 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 4.50 | 4 | 6.57 | 2 | 4.67 | 7 | 5.75 | 9 | 6.40 | 9 | 5.58 |
| DK Playbook | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 6 | 5.00 | 6 | 5.00 | 10 | 6.00 | 10 | 5.20 |
| Scout Fantasy | – | – | 4.60 | 9 | 4.00 | 8 | 6.67 | 4 | 5.00 | 14 | 5.07 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.33 | 8 | 5.57 | 5 | 2.83 | 12 | 6.60 | 6 | 7.00 | 7 | 5.07 |
| Sportsline | 2.50 | 11 | 1.00 | 15 | 1.00 | 17 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.90 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 5.00 | 1 | 3.75 | 12 | 3.25 | 11 | 3.50 | 16 | 7.50 | 5 | 4.60 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.00 | 10 | 4.71 | 8 | 5.20 | 5 | 5.00 | 10 | 4.80 | 16 | 4.54 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.25 | 5 | 6.00 | 3 | 1.40 | 14 | 4.33 | 14 | 6.60 | 8 | 4.52 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 5.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 10 | 1.33 | 15 | 6.67 | 4 | 3.33 | 18 | 4.07 |
| FantasyCPR | 3.75 | 6 | 6.00 | 3 | 1.33 | 15 | 4.67 | 13 | 3.75 | 17 | 3.90 |
| Rotoballer | 0.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 14 | 6.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | 6.00 | 10 | 3.90 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 2.50 | 11 | 1.00 | 15 | – | – | 6.50 | 7 | 5.00 | 14 | 3.75 |
| DailyRoto | 3.33 | 8 | 4.00 | 10 | 2.33 | 13 | 3.38 | 17 | 5.67 | 13 | 3.74 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.50 | 7 | 3.00 | 13 | 0.50 | 18 | 4.33 | 14 | 7.33 | 6 | 3.73 |
| FantasyPros | 1.00 | 14 | 0.50 | 18 | 3.50 | 9 | 6.00 | 8 | 5.75 | 12 | 3.35 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 0.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | 5.25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5.25 |
| Rotowire | 4.67 | 1 | 1.33 | 17 | 2.00 | 7 | 5.57 | 2 | 4.13 | 1 | 3.54 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.50 | 2 | 2.50 | 8 | 1.40 | 14 | 3.29 | 9 | 3.25 | 7 | 2.99 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.21 | 10 | 4.36 | 1 | 2.00 | 7 | 3.33 | 8 | 2.83 | 11 | 2.95 |
| FantasyPros | 3.00 | 4 | 1.50 | 16 | 2.00 | 7 | 7.25 | 1 | 0.70 | 18 | 2.89 |
| DailyRoto | 2.12 | 12 | 4.03 | 3 | 2.68 | 5 | 2.68 | 14 | 2.90 | 9 | 2.88 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.55 | 7 | 2.58 | 6 | 1.67 | 11 | 3.67 | 5 | 3.80 | 3 | 2.85 |
| DK Playbook | 2.25 | 9 | 1.58 | 15 | 4.00 | 2 | 3.42 | 6 | 2.90 | 9 | 2.83 |
| Scout Fantasy | – | – | 2.27 | 10 | 2.80 | 4 | 2.76 | 13 | 3.33 | 5 | 2.79 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 3.30 | 3 | 2.00 | 13 | – | – | 3.00 | 10 | 2.82 | 12 | 2.78 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 2.73 | 5 | 2.36 | 9 | 0.55 | 17 | 4.08 | 4 | 3.80 | 3 | 2.70 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 1.50 | 14 | – | – | 3.27 | 3 | – | – | 2.78 | 13 | 2.52 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.77 | 13 | 2.58 | 6 | 0.25 | 18 | 4.31 | 3 | 3.29 | 6 | 2.44 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.61 | 6 | 2.84 | 5 | 2.26 | 6 | 2.25 | 17 | 2.21 | 16 | 2.43 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 2.32 | 8 | 2.22 | 11 | 2.00 | 7 | 2.86 | 11 | 2.24 | 15 | 2.33 |
| Rotoballer | 1.00 | 16 | 2.86 | 4 | 1.40 | 14 | 2.50 | 16 | 3.14 | 8 | 2.18 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.17 | 11 | 2.17 | 12 | 1.44 | 13 | 2.52 | 15 | 2.46 | 14 | 2.15 |
| Sportsline | 0.75 | 18 | 4.29 | 2 | 1.00 | 16 | 0.75 | 18 | 3.88 | 2 | 2.13 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.38 | 15 | 1.67 | 14 | 0.17 | 19 | 3.38 | 7 | 1.00 | 17 | 1.52 |
| FantasyCPR | 1.00 | 16 | 0.71 | 18 | 1.50 | 12 | 2.86 | 11 | 0.17 | 19 | 1.25 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (August 27)
A+ – Trey Mancini (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Matt Chapman (FantasyPros)
A+ – DJ LeMahieu (Rotowire)
A+ – Kole Calhoun (Rotowire)
A+ – David Hess (FantasyGuruElite)
Tuesday (August 28)
A+ – Justin Smoak (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jonathan Villar (DailyRoto)
A+ – Eduardo Nunez (DailyRoto)
A+ – Brandon Lowe (DailyRoto)
A+ – Tim Beckham (DailyRoto)
A+ – Aaron Hicks (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Hunter Dozier (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Tyler O’Neill (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Jose Martinez (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Adalberto Mondesi (ScoutFantasy)
Wednesday (August 29)
A+ – Carlos Santana (DailyRoto)
A+ – Trevor Williams (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Jonathan Schoop (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Adam Jones (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Devon Travis (DraftKings Playbook)
Thursday (August 30)
A+ – Victor Martinez (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Ronny Rodriguez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Yolmer Sanchez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Andrelton Simmons (FantasyPros)
Friday (August 31)
A+ – Avisail Garcia (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Brian Anderson (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Hunter Dozier (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Aaron Hicks (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Johan Camargo (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Brad Keller (Rotowire)
A+ – Jose Quintana (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 | 75.40% | 75.40% | ||||||
| 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% | 57.64% | 57.67% |
| 11 | 53.23% | 40.60% | 48.83% | 35.28% | 41.98% | 49.00% | 47.71% | 48.89% |
| 10 | 48.21% | 63.50% | 40.79% | 49.20% | 33.36% | 45.38% | 52.67% | 46.91% |
| 9 | 31.60% | 39.56% | 24.38% | 30.46% | 35.92% | 33.41% | 39.19% | 33.38% |
| 8 | 30.93% | 26.50% | 27.14% | 35.73% | 30.31% | 26.52% | 33.63% | 30.44% |
| 7 | 25.78% | 25.33% | 24.47% | 22.60% | 19.47% | 23.23% | 25.20% | 24.04% |
| 6 | 21.37% | 23.33% | 16.94% | 18.75% | 16.50% | 17.34% | 22.70% | 19.91% |
| 5 | 15.98% | 16.57% | 13.25% | 14.08% | 15.28% | 13.01% | 16.60% | 15.12% |
| 4 | 10.97% | 12.99% | 8.65% | 10.52% | 10.91% | 7.88% | 12.94% | 11.03% |
| 3 | 7.38% | 9.20% | 6.78% | 6.28% | 7.41% | 5.45% | 8.85% | 7.53% |
| 2 | 5.71% | 7.79% | 4.58% | 5.91% | 4.67% | 3.94% | 5.91% | 5.56% |
| 1 | 2.32% | 3.68% | 2.28% | 2.59% | 2.76% | 1.74% | 2.48% | 2.56% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 49.77% | 49.77% | ||||||
| 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% | 39.20% | 37.14% |
| 11 | 34.25% | 26.40% | 28.16% | 22.08% | 24.60% | 28.59% | 28.89% | 30.17% |
| 10 | 33.12% | 53.15% | 24.79% | 29.90% | 22.06% | 30.50% | 33.22% | 30.69% |
| 9 | 26.21% | 29.30% | 17.85% | 20.61% | 23.45% | 22.06% | 26.17% | 23.94% |
| 8 | 24.27% | 20.74% | 18.53% | 23.58% | 21.41% | 18.70% | 22.89% | 21.75% |
| 7 | 22.08% | 20.59% | 16.20% | 16.40% | 17.28% | 17.43% | 18.94% | 18.69% |
| 6 | 19.67% | 17.36% | 13.05% | 14.51% | 12.63% | 13.41% | 17.02% | 15.76% |
| 5 | 15.46% | 13.78% | 10.62% | 11.35% | 12.60% | 11.24% | 13.67% | 12.79% |
| 4 | 13.38% | 11.00% | 8.10% | 9.90% | 10.01% | 7.98% | 11.02% | 10.36% |
| 3 | 10.37% | 9.92% | 6.86% | 6.83% | 7.87% | 7.00% | 8.85% | 8.30% |
| 2 | 7.87% | 7.34% | 5.57% | 6.20% | 6.04% | 5.23% | 6.51% | 6.45% |
| 1 | 4.52% | 4.08% | 3.28% | 3.38% | 3.72% | 3.11% | 3.39% | 3.62% |
