We have a new leader on the Pitching Leaderboard with DailyFantasySportsRankings jumping into the lead. Meanwhile, the tie atop the Hitting Leaderboard has been broken with RotoGrinders – Consensus taking the lead. The top weekly sites were FantasyTeamAdvice for Pitchers and RotoGrinders 6-pack for Hitters. One more week before we hit the All-Star break.
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: 5.23) catapults into the lead on the overall pitcher rankings with three straight top finishes to end the week.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.22) remains in second place and is nipping at the heels of the top spot.
#3) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 5.11) joins the Top 3 on the pitcher side thanks to three first-place finishes this past week.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.13) takes over sole possession of first place on the hitter’s side with three Top 3 finishes last week.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.10) dips into the second spot with just a middle of the pack finish this past week.
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.08) remains in third despite a good week with three Top 2 finishes.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 6.50 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 6.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 10 | 7.13 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.00 | 13 | 7.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 5 | 6.58 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.50 | 14 | 3.00 | 8 | 6.50 | 5 | 7.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.58 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 7.50 | 2 | 5.50 | 2 | 6.50 | 5 | 1.50 | 15 | 6.00 | 7 | 7.50 | 5 | 5.75 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.50 | 8 | 4.75 | 3 | 6.00 | 7 | 3.50 | 13 | 5.75 | 8 | 8.00 | 3 | 5.42 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.00 | 6 | 2.50 | 11 | 4.67 | 11 | 4.67 | 8 | 5.00 | 9 | 7.75 | 4 | 5.10 |
| FantasyCPR | 6.50 | 3 | 1.00 | 15 | 7.50 | 3 | 1.50 | 15 | 7.00 | 4 | 6.40 | 7 | 4.98 |
| Rotowire | 1.50 | 16 | 4.00 | 4 | – | – | 6.50 | 2 | 6.50 | 6 | 5.88 | 8 | 4.88 |
| Scout Fantasy | 5.20 | 7 | 2.20 | 12 | 7.20 | 4 | 5.75 | 5 | 4.00 | 16 | 4.71 | 16 | 4.84 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 7.67 | 1 | 1.33 | 14 | 7.67 | 2 | 1.33 | 19 | 6.67 | 5 | 4.33 | 17 | 4.83 |
| Sportsline | 6.50 | 3 | 1.00 | 15 | – | – | 6.00 | 4 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.50 | 10 | 4.80 |
| DailyRoto | 4.29 | 9 | 3.67 | 5 | – | – | 5.17 | 6 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.60 | 9 | 4.75 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.83 | 10 | 3.29 | 6 | 5.67 | 8 | 3.67 | 12 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.44 | 13 | 4.48 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 0.00 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 3.00 | 14 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 3.60 | 11 | 3.00 | 8 | 5.67 | 8 | 3.80 | 11 | 5.00 | 9 | 4.17 | 18 | 4.21 |
| Rotoballer | 1.00 | 18 | 3.00 | 8 | – | – | 5.00 | 7 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.00 | 15 | 3.80 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.17 | 15 | 3.25 | 7 | 4.00 | 13 | 4.20 | 9 | 4.00 | 16 | 5.17 | 14 | 3.80 |
| FantasyPros | 3.25 | 12 | 1.50 | 13 | 4.50 | 12 | 4.00 | 10 | 3.50 | 18 | 2.75 | 19 | 3.25 |
| DK Playbook | 1.50 | 16 | 0.50 | 17 | 5.00 | 10 | 1.50 | 15 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.50 | 10 | 3.17 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 4.80 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3.00 | 1 | – | – | 2.60 | 7 | 3.47 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.00 | 17 | 3.27 | 2 | 6.00 | 1 | 1.43 | 13 | 3.80 | 1 | 2.10 | 12 | 3.10 |
| FantasyCPR | 3.33 | 8 | 2.63 | 7 | 3.00 | 8 | 2.14 | 6 | 2.88 | 4 | 4.38 | 1 | 3.06 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.92 | 20 | 4.21 | 1 | 5.07 | 3 | 0.86 | 15 | 1.38 | 18 | 2.69 | 3 | 2.69 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 3.73 | 5 | – | – | 2.60 | 11 | 1.73 | 9 | – | – | 2.62 | 6 | 2.67 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 3.66 | 6 | 3.00 | 3 | 2.89 | 9 | 1.31 | 14 | 2.13 | 9 | 2.37 | 9 | 2.56 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.50 | 7 | 0.67 | 16 | 3.08 | 6 | 2.93 | 2 | 2.33 | 8 | 2.70 | 2 | 2.54 |
| Scout Fantasy | 2.83 | 11 | 2.28 | 10 | 2.38 | 12 | 2.48 | 4 | 2.80 | 5 | 2.35 | 10 | 2.52 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.79 | 12 | 2.22 | 11 | 3.63 | 5 | 1.44 | 12 | 2.71 | 6 | 2.26 | 11 | 2.51 |
| Rotowire | 5.63 | 1 | 2.89 | 6 | – | – | 1.57 | 10 | 1.88 | 13 | 0.50 | 18 | 2.49 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 2.18 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 2.20 | 5 | 3.50 | 2 | 1.89 | 13 | 2.44 |
| DailyRoto | 2.71 | 13 | 2.57 | 8 | – | – | 1.55 | 11 | 2.66 | 7 | 2.69 | 3 | 2.44 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.00 | 10 | 2.42 | 9 | 2.70 | 10 | 2.12 | 7 | 1.68 | 15 | 2.56 | 8 | 2.41 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.83 | 3 | 1.63 | 13 | 5.75 | 2 | 0.63 | 16 | 2.00 | 11 | 0.57 | 17 | 2.40 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.80 | 4 | 3.00 | 3 | 2.38 | 12 | 0.17 | 20 | 1.75 | 14 | 2.69 | 3 | 2.30 |
| DK Playbook | 3.20 | 9 | 2.90 | 5 | 3.08 | 6 | 0.33 | 17 | 2.08 | 10 | 1.40 | 14 | 2.17 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.57 | 14 | 1.50 | 14 | 4.13 | 4 | 0.25 | 18 | 3.29 | 3 | 0.29 | 19 | 2.01 |
| FantasyPros | 2.17 | 16 | 1.10 | 15 | 2.27 | 14 | 2.00 | 8 | 1.55 | 17 | 0.73 | 15 | 1.64 |
| Rotoballer | 2.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 12 | – | – | 0.20 | 19 | 2.00 | 11 | 0.67 | 16 | 1.37 |
| Sportsline | 2.00 | 17 | 0.00 | 17 | – | – | 2.75 | 3 | 1.63 | 16 | 0.14 | 20 | 1.30 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (July 2)
A+ – Wei-Yin Chen (DailyRoto)
A+ – Johan Camargo (FantasyPros)
A+ – Cody Bellinger (Rotowire)
Tuesday (July 3)
A+ – Dallas Keuchel (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Lucas Duda (Rotowire)
Wednesday (July 4)
A+ – Stephen Piscotty (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Nick Williams (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Yefry Ramirez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Travis Shaw (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Chase Anderson (FantasyGuruElite)
A+ – Yadier Molina (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Yario Munoz (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Tommy Pham (Sportsline)
Thursday (July 5)
A+ – Matt Adams (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Austin Hedges (DailyFantasyNerd)
Friday (July 6)
A+ – James McCann (DailyRoto)
A+ – Matt Olson (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Jesus Aguilar (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Starling Marte (ScoutFantasy)
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% | 57.60% | 70.58% | |||||
| 14 | 76.35% | 54.10% | 78.60% | 58.05% | 72.57% | |||
| 13 | 63.61% | 61.23% | 60.70% | 61.57% | 61.57% | 62.44% | ||
| 12 | 65.56% | 30.10% | 40.63% | 60.30% | 54.50% | 59.76% | 56.59% | 57.34% |
| 11 | 53.28% | 40.60% | 45.37% | 35.28% | 41.98% | 46.71% | 47.68% | 47.83% |
| 10 | 51.04% | 63.50% | 42.02% | 51.31% | 36.07% | 52.50% | 52.55% | 48.95% |
| 9 | 30.81% | 39.56% | 24.45% | 26.51% | 32.25% | 35.40% | 38.26% | 32.56% |
| 8 | 32.06% | 28.62% | 26.89% | 30.84% | 28.64% | 26.58% | 30.81% | 29.52% |
| 7 | 28.11% | 25.10% | 25.17% | 23.91% | 21.50% | 24.01% | 25.05% | 25.22% |
| 6 | 22.03% | 23.72% | 18.02% | 18.01% | 16.75% | 17.55% | 22.69% | 20.15% |
| 5 | 16.36% | 17.67% | 14.23% | 14.51% | 16.67% | 13.25% | 17.36% | 15.87% |
| 4 | 11.12% | 12.78% | 8.73% | 10.74% | 11.03% | 7.52% | 13.46% | 11.22% |
| 3 | 7.07% | 9.25% | 6.42% | 6.64% | 7.83% | 5.17% | 9.40% | 7.69% |
| 2 | 5.23% | 7.45% | 4.53% | 5.89% | 5.01% | 3.90% | 6.28% | 5.58% |
| 1 | 2.22% | 3.86% | 2.48% | 2.60% | 3.05% | 1.76% | 2.62% | 2.66% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 44.75% | 44.75% | ||||||
| 15 | 42.50% | 29.80% | 40.38% | |||||
| 14 | 47.67% | 25.40% | 50.20% | 37.65% | 45.02% | |||
| 13 | 45.21% | 30.67% | 30.30% | 37.53% | 33.23% | 39.03% | ||
| 12 | 46.61% | 27.50% | 24.08% | 35.40% | 29.94% | 30.96% | 41.44% | 37.52% |
| 11 | 34.70% | 26.40% | 26.10% | 22.08% | 24.60% | 27.56% | 29.27% | 29.79% |
| 10 | 35.88% | 53.15% | 25.61% | 30.55% | 23.57% | 33.38% | 34.14% | 32.28% |
| 9 | 27.01% | 29.30% | 17.91% | 18.10% | 23.73% | 23.48% | 27.07% | 24.26% |
| 8 | 24.78% | 22.31% | 18.89% | 21.53% | 22.72% | 18.72% | 21.92% | 21.72% |
| 7 | 23.91% | 21.24% | 16.68% | 17.10% | 19.23% | 18.44% | 19.41% | 19.78% |
| 6 | 20.45% | 18.38% | 13.54% | 14.63% | 13.25% | 13.68% | 16.77% | 16.11% |
| 5 | 16.54% | 14.69% | 10.96% | 11.81% | 13.75% | 11.91% | 14.52% | 13.61% |
| 4 | 13.36% | 11.03% | 8.40% | 10.13% | 10.44% | 7.99% | 11.63% | 10.68% |
| 3 | 10.34% | 10.48% | 6.84% | 7.19% | 7.96% | 7.22% | 9.44% | 8.57% |
| 2 | 7.57% | 7.13% | 5.79% | 6.45% | 6.37% | 5.29% | 6.84% | 6.57% |
| 1 | 4.49% | 4.20% | 3.42% | 3.45% | 3.88% | 3.22% | 3.55% | 3.73% |
