As July comes to a close we are entering the dog days of summer for the MLB DFS analysts. The only chance in the overall leaderboards came from RotoGrinders Consensus which moved into the third spot on the pitching standings to put them in the Top 3 for pitching and hitting along with DailyFantasySportsRankings.
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: 5.17) holds onto the top spot in the overall Pitcher rankings but gave up some ground to the second place expert.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.16) remains in the second spot and is closing in on #1.
#3) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 5.01) slides into the Top 3 to place them in the Top 3 on both the picher and hitter leaderboards.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.23) had a good week to remain in first and extend their lead slightly.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.20) remain in second place with an increase in their overall hitting score.
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.06) had a down week but still maintains their third place ranking.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| FantasyLabs | 4.20 | 2 | 7.33 | 1 | 1.67 | 16 | 5.33 | 8 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.71 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 4.00 | 3 | 5.75 | 3 | 5.00 | 5 | 6.75 | 4 | 6.00 | 5 | 5.50 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 2.00 | 10 | 4.33 | 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.33 | 8 | 4.67 | 13 | 5.27 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 2.00 | 13 | – | – | 7.50 | 2 | – | – | 4.75 |
| DailyRoto | 3.70 | 4 | 3.64 | 10 | 5.33 | 4 | 5.29 | 10 | 5.10 | 11 | 4.61 |
| Sportsline | 3.00 | 5 | 2.50 | 11 | 5.50 | 2 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.50 | 7 | 4.30 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.40 | 9 | 4.00 | 7 | 4.00 | 6 | 4.71 | 14 | 6.00 | 5 | 4.22 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 1.00 | 14 | 2.50 | 11 | 2.00 | 15 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.50 | 7 | 4.20 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.00 | 10 | 5.00 | 4 | 3.00 | 8 | 3.25 | 15 | 7.67 | 2 | 4.18 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.00 | 10 | 3.75 | 9 | 4.00 | 6 | 5.60 | 7 | 5.20 | 10 | 4.11 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 4.75 | 1 | 4.00 | 7 | 2.50 | 10 | 5.80 | 6 | 3.00 | 15 | 4.01 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.00 | 5 | 0.50 | 19 | 2.50 | 10 | 7.50 | 2 | 5.50 | 7 | 3.80 |
| FantasyPros | 1.00 | 14 | 1.25 | 17 | 2.33 | 14 | 6.25 | 5 | 6.67 | 4 | 3.50 |
| Rotoballer | 2.00 | 10 | 6.00 | 2 | 2.50 | 10 | 5.00 | 11 | 1.00 | 17 | 3.30 |
| Rotowire | 2.50 | 8 | 4.29 | 6 | 2.50 | 10 | 3.00 | 16 | 3.71 | 14 | 3.20 |
| DK Playbook | 3.00 | 5 | 1.50 | 16 | 3.00 | 8 | 1.00 | 18 | 7.50 | 3 | 3.20 |
| Scout Fantasy | 1.00 | 14 | 1.83 | 15 | 5.50 | 2 | 2.40 | 17 | 4.80 | 12 | 3.11 |
| FantasyCPR | – | – | 2.00 | 13 | 0.00 | 17 | 5.00 | 11 | 3.00 | 15 | 2.50 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 1.00 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 1.00 | 17 | 1.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 4.80 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4.20 | 6 | 4.50 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.14 | 5 | 1.92 | 10 | 3.67 | 4 | 5.23 | 1 | 5.33 | 1 | 3.86 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 3.89 | 3 | – | – | 3.67 | 5 | – | – | 3.78 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.83 | 3 | 1.90 | 11 | 3.78 | 3 | 3.38 | 7 | 4.75 | 3 | 3.53 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 3.27 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.53 | 9 | 3.40 |
| Scout Fantasy | 2.43 | 9 | 1.86 | 13 | 4.00 | 2 | 3.43 | 6 | 4.38 | 5 | 3.22 |
| DailyRoto | 2.83 | 6 | 3.21 | 5 | 2.74 | 5 | 2.92 | 10 | 3.53 | 9 | 3.05 |
| Sportsline | 5.00 | 1 | 3.88 | 4 | 1.33 | 14 | 2.86 | 11 | 1.50 | 17 | 2.91 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.70 | 8 | 1.13 | 17 | 2.00 | 9 | 4.33 | 3 | 4.00 | 7 | 2.83 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.82 | 7 | 0.73 | 19 | 1.20 | 15 | 3.92 | 4 | 4.78 | 2 | 2.69 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.40 | 10 | 2.31 | 9 | 2.58 | 6 | 2.38 | 13 | 3.72 | 8 | 2.68 |
| DK Playbook | 2.27 | 12 | 1.18 | 16 | 4.50 | 1 | 3.33 | 9 | 1.90 | 15 | 2.64 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 0.63 | 16 | 5.86 | 1 | 1.86 | 11 | 2.25 | 14 | 2.38 | 14 | 2.60 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.38 | 11 | 3.00 | 6 | 1.70 | 13 | 2.11 | 16 | 3.11 | 11 | 2.46 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 1.86 | 15 | 1.90 | 11 | 1.92 | 10 | 2.76 | 12 | 3.09 | 12 | 2.31 |
| Rotowire | 2.00 | 13 | 1.80 | 14 | 2.33 | 7 | 2.25 | 14 | 2.64 | 13 | 2.20 |
| Rotoballer | 1.88 | 14 | 1.00 | 18 | 0.00 | 17 | 3.38 | 7 | 4.60 | 4 | 2.17 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 0.00 | 17 | 2.88 | 7 | 0.60 | 16 | 5.17 | 2 | 1.00 | 18 | 1.93 |
| FantasyPros | 4.11 | 2 | 1.33 | 15 | 2.09 | 8 | 0.25 | 18 | 1.70 | 16 | 1.90 |
| FantasyCPR | – | – | 2.67 | 8 | 1.86 | 11 | 1.60 | 17 | 0.00 | 19 | 1.53 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (July 30)
A+ – Eric Hosmer (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Jonathan Lucroy (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Nolan Arenado (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Manny Machado (FantasyAlarm)
Tuesday (July 31)
A+ – Homer Bailey (DailyRoto)
A+ – Matt Carpenter (DailyRoto)
A+ – Tanner Roark (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Michael Taylor (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Juan Soto (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Josh Reddick (DailyFantasyNerd)
Wednesday (August 1)
A+ – Alex Gordon (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Ben Zobrist (DraftKings Playbook)
Thursday (August 2)
A+ – Pablo Lopez (FantasyGuruElite)
Friday (August 3)
A+ – Eric Thames (DailyOverlay – Stacks)
A+ – Gregory Polanco (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Ryan Borucki (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Trevor Story (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Shohei Ohtani (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Carlos Gonzalez (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Blaine Hardy (FantasyPros)
A+ – Joc Pederson (FantasyPros)
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 | 76.35% | 54.10% | 64.85% | 52.23% | 69.43% | |||
| 13 | 63.61% | 61.23% | 60.70% | 61.57% | 61.57% | 62.44% | ||
| 12 | 65.49% | 30.10% | 40.63% | 60.30% | 54.50% | 56.35% | 58.30% | 57.81% |
| 11 | 55.05% | 40.60% | 48.83% | 35.28% | 41.98% | 47.15% | 46.79% | 49.10% |
| 10 | 48.46% | 63.50% | 44.66% | 51.31% | 36.07% | 56.05% | 52.67% | 49.05% |
| 9 | 32.07% | 39.56% | 23.12% | 29.72% | 36.47% | 34.46% | 39.60% | 33.69% |
| 8 | 31.16% | 27.01% | 27.84% | 33.67% | 28.17% | 27.65% | 32.50% | 30.11% |
| 7 | 26.47% | 26.19% | 24.33% | 23.92% | 19.84% | 23.67% | 25.44% | 24.61% |
| 6 | 21.69% | 24.05% | 17.18% | 19.31% | 16.18% | 16.88% | 22.50% | 19.97% |
| 5 | 16.50% | 16.86% | 13.47% | 13.72% | 15.57% | 13.08% | 16.82% | 15.32% |
| 4 | 11.07% | 13.20% | 8.62% | 10.51% | 11.32% | 8.14% | 13.24% | 11.23% |
| 3 | 7.60% | 8.75% | 6.65% | 6.38% | 7.47% | 5.48% | 8.97% | 7.55% |
| 2 | 5.33% | 7.87% | 4.66% | 5.79% | 4.72% | 3.91% | 6.03% | 5.55% |
| 1 | 2.31% | 3.64% | 2.28% | 2.56% | 2.89% | 1.75% | 2.46% | 2.55% |
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 | 47.67% | 25.40% | 42.30% | 32.30% | 43.02% | |||
| 13 | 45.21% | 30.67% | 30.30% | 37.53% | 33.23% | 39.03% | ||
| 12 | 45.85% | 27.50% | 24.08% | 35.40% | 29.94% | 28.53% | 40.54% | 37.31% |
| 11 | 35.56% | 26.40% | 28.16% | 22.08% | 24.60% | 28.83% | 28.57% | 30.53% |
| 10 | 32.94% | 53.15% | 26.05% | 30.55% | 23.57% | 35.58% | 33.22% | 31.52% |
| 9 | 27.01% | 29.30% | 17.09% | 20.57% | 24.04% | 22.54% | 26.39% | 24.32% |
| 8 | 23.85% | 21.29% | 19.24% | 22.50% | 21.14% | 19.15% | 22.27% | 21.58% |
| 7 | 22.43% | 21.49% | 16.31% | 17.11% | 18.08% | 17.83% | 19.31% | 19.17% |
| 6 | 19.93% | 17.79% | 13.02% | 15.03% | 12.76% | 13.29% | 16.95% | 15.88% |
| 5 | 15.95% | 13.81% | 10.69% | 11.28% | 12.81% | 11.49% | 13.94% | 13.01% |
| 4 | 13.65% | 11.21% | 8.19% | 10.01% | 10.24% | 8.27% | 11.24% | 10.57% |
| 3 | 10.52% | 9.81% | 6.83% | 6.94% | 7.81% | 7.00% | 9.02% | 8.36% |
| 2 | 7.65% | 7.36% | 5.64% | 6.19% | 6.12% | 5.26% | 6.66% | 6.48% |
| 1 | 4.53% | 4.06% | 3.31% | 3.35% | 3.83% | 3.14% | 3.40% | 3.64% |
