We have a new face on the hitter top-3 and it’s one of our own. Stephen’s Value Index has charged into 3rd place and, if he keeps things up, could go higher. The pitcher top-3 remains the same but we did have one expert climb above an important score number. A full, five-day week is recapped below. Enjoy!
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 2019 season, we are grading 24 experts that provide pitcher selections and 24 that provide hitter selections daily. We’d love to add more so let us know in the comments the experts that you’re trusting 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) RotoGrinders – 6 Pack (Score: 6.09) still sits comfortably atop the pitcher scoreboard.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 5.00) had a nice week to jump to the 5.0 score threshold.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 4.75) is barely edging out a couple other experts for the final top-3 spot.
Hitters
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.13) saw their score take a hit but moved up the leaderboard to 1st place
#2) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.08) took a giant leap backwards and slides down to the #2 slot.
#3) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 3.05) enters the top-3 this week. Stephen has been slowing climbing the ranks the last few weeks.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.50 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 8.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 8 | 5.00 | 4 | 6.00 | 6 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.20 |
| Sportsline | 10.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 24 | 6.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 6.80 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 20 | – | – | 5.00 | 11 | 5.67 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 21 | 5.50 | 3 | – | – | 6.00 | 6 | 5.63 |
| DFSArmy | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 11 | 3.25 | 15 | 5.00 | 12 | 4.57 | 14 | 5.36 |
| DailyRoto | 6.00 | 11 | 5.50 | 5 | 3.88 | 11 | 6.17 | 5 | 4.36 | 16 | 5.18 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 5.00 | 19 | 2.50 | 16 | 6.50 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 5.00 | 11 | 5.00 |
| DK Playbook | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 8 | 2.50 | 18 | 1.00 | 22 | 6.50 | 4 | 5.00 |
| FantasyCPR | 6.67 | 8 | 3.00 | 15 | 4.00 | 10 | 6.00 | 6 | – | – | 4.92 |
| Rotoballer | 5.00 | 19 | 6.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 22 | 6.50 | 3 | 6.00 | 6 | 4.90 |
| EliteFantasy | 5.75 | 12 | 5.40 | 6 | 4.33 | 7 | 4.40 | 15 | 4.33 | 17 | 4.84 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 6.50 | 10 | 6.67 | 3 | 2.00 | 20 | 4.00 | 17 | 5.00 | 11 | 4.83 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 5.50 | 13 | 3.75 | 13 | 3.50 | 14 | 4.75 | 14 | 6.25 | 5 | 4.75 |
| Rotowire | 4.50 | 22 | 4.56 | 10 | 4.80 | 6 | 4.29 | 16 | 4.43 | 15 | 4.52 |
| FantasyLabs | 5.50 | 13 | 1.40 | 20 | 3.20 | 16 | 6.00 | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | 4.42 |
| FantasyAlarm | 5.40 | 17 | 5.17 | 7 | 4.17 | 9 | 3.57 | 19 | 3.17 | 21 | 4.30 |
| Industry Consensus | 5.50 | 13 | 4.00 | 11 | 2.57 | 17 | 5.25 | 11 | 3.89 | 19 | 4.24 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 5.00 | 19 | 1.00 | 21 | 3.67 | 13 | 6.00 | 6 | 5.50 | 10 | 4.23 |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | 10.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 19 | 1.00 | 22 | 6.50 | 3 | 2.00 | 23 | 4.20 |
| FullTimeFantasy | 6.67 | 8 | 3.50 | 14 | 4.33 | 7 | 2.00 | 20 | 4.00 | 18 | 4.10 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 5.25 | 18 | 1.75 | 18 | 2.50 | 18 | 4.91 | 13 | 5.56 | 9 | 3.99 |
| NumberFire | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 21 | 1.00 | 22 | 1.33 | 21 | 3.67 | 20 | 3.40 |
| FantasyPros | 2.75 | 23 | 2.50 | 16 | 3.75 | 12 | 3.75 | 18 | 3.00 | 22 | 3.15 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyOverlay – Value Index | 4.13 | 2 | 4.40 | 2 | 4.89 | 1 | 3.67 | 3 | 2.42 | 17 | 3.90 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.60 | 8 | 2.67 | 7 | 4.17 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.29 | 11 | 3.55 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.75 | 1 | 0.57 | 22 | 2.83 | 9 | 2.00 | 16 | 5.00 | 1 | 3.43 |
| Rotowire | 4.10 | 3 | 1.80 | 14 | 2.00 | 17 | 3.22 | 7 | 4.00 | 5 | 3.02 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 1.25 | 21 | 4.42 | 1 | 2.70 | 11 | 2.09 | 14 | 4.00 | 5 | 2.89 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.14 | 13 | 1.83 | 13 | 2.86 | 8 | 2.43 | 12 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.85 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 1.45 | 19 | 1.38 | 17 | 2.67 | 12 | 3.57 | 4 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.81 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 3.13 | 6 | 0.60 | 21 | 2.40 | 13 | – | – | 4.78 | 4 | 2.73 |
| DailyRoto | 2.09 | 15 | 2.06 | 12 | 3.00 | 7 | 2.63 | 11 | 3.12 | 12 | 2.58 |
| DFSArmy | 2.00 | 16 | 3.11 | 3 | 2.08 | 16 | 1.80 | 18 | 3.91 | 7 | 2.58 |
| RotoGrinders-MLBGrindDown | 3.36 | 5 | 2.15 | 10 | 2.15 | 15 | 2.04 | 15 | 3.02 | 13 | 2.54 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.52 | 9 | 1.19 | 18 | 2.26 | 14 | 2.43 | 12 | 3.91 | 7 | 2.46 |
| EliteFantasy | 3.07 | 7 | 2.16 | 9 | 1.15 | 21 | 2.93 | 8 | 2.84 | 15 | 2.43 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.55 | 18 | 2.92 | 6 | 2.83 | 9 | 2.70 | 9 | 1.33 | 21 | 2.27 |
| Rotoballer | 0.43 | 23 | 3.00 | 4 | 3.29 | 5 | 0.63 | 20 | 3.88 | 9 | 2.25 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.32 | 11 | 1.75 | 15 | 1.69 | 18 | 2.66 | 10 | 2.78 | 16 | 2.24 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.00 | 16 | 0.70 | 20 | 3.50 | 3 | 1.80 | 18 | 2.89 | 14 | 2.18 |
| DK Playbook | 3.38 | 4 | 1.10 | 19 | 3.18 | 6 | 0.56 | 21 | 1.55 | 20 | 1.95 |
| FullTimeFantasy | 1.30 | 20 | 2.08 | 11 | 1.17 | 20 | 1.90 | 17 | 3.32 | 10 | 1.95 |
| NumberFire | 2.17 | 12 | 2.50 | 8 | 3.33 | 4 | 0.50 | 22 | 1.20 | 22 | 1.94 |
| FantasyPros | 0.70 | 22 | 3.00 | 4 | 1.58 | 19 | 3.38 | 5 | 0.86 | 23 | 1.90 |
| Sportsline | 2.33 | 10 | 0.38 | 23 | 1.00 | 22 | 3.29 | 6 | 2.17 | 18 | 1.83 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.13 | 14 | 0.00 | 24 | 0.75 | 23 | 3.83 | 2 | – | – | 1.68 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 1.40 | 16 | 0.60 | 24 | – | – | 1.80 | 19 | 1.27 |
Sleepers of the Week
In the “Sleepers of the Week” section, I’ll highlight the players that were selected by only one expert and scored an “A+” grade. These are the sites to look at when you’re squeezing in some cheap bats.
Monday (June 10th)
A+ – Nick Markakis (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Kevin Kiermaier (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Ildemaro Vargas (Sportsline)
Tuesday (June 11th)
A+ – Yasmani Grandal (DailyRoto)
A+ – Kevin Newman (DailyRoto)
A+ – Michael Brantley (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Spencer Turnbull (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Edwin Encarnacion (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Tyler White (Fantasy Pros)
Wednesday (June 12th)
A+ – Yasmani Grandal (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mike Moustakas (DailyRoto)
A+ – Austin Riley (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Daniel Vogelbach (FantasyPros)
Thursday (June 13th)
A+ – Nicky Lopez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Hunter Pence (FantasyPros)
A+ – Kris Bryant (Sportsline)
Friday (June 14th)
A+ – Roberto Perez (DailyRoto)
A+ – Drew Pomeranz (DailyRoto)
A+ – Scott Kingery (Fantasy Alarm)
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 |
| 20 | 81.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 81.20% |
| 19 | 73.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73.20% |
| 18 | 75.55% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.40% | 72.50% |
| 17 | 61.96% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.96% |
| 16 | 65.02% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20.50% | 57.60% |
| 15 | 57.73% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56.80% | 48.05% | N/A | 56.54% |
| 14 | 58.88% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60.30% | 44.96% | 49.35% | 52.65% |
| 13 | 47.65% | N/A | 16.20% | 63.80% | 16.60% | 55.73% | 54.77% | 48.76% |
| 12 | 40.39% | 61.30% | 33.55% | 43.88% | 51.86% | 36.76% | 46.30% | 43.45% |
| 11 | 44.35% | 36.20% | 18.39% | 26.45% | 33.76% | 32.12% | 35.01% | 33.77% |
| 10 | 38.39% | 66.90% | 27.45% | 41.74% | 30.88% | 26.72% | 34.16% | 34.62% |
| 9 | 28.93% | 34.75% | 27.39% | 27.24% | 22.89% | 21.16% | 28.55% | 27.45% |
| 8 | 27.23% | 13.78% | 16.58% | 25.07% | 22.67% | 21.96% | 25.72% | 23.13% |
| 7 | 18.95% | 10.37% | 14.56% | 27.14% | 20.55% | 22.94% | 21.28% | 20.84% |
| 6 | 17.32% | 21.35% | 12.82% | 14.79% | 18.73% | 13.06% | 16.82% | 16.17% |
| 5 | 12.86% | 18.19% | 10.23% | 13.09% | 10.70% | 11.30% | 12.69% | 12.24% |
| 4 | 9.76% | 13.43% | 7.74% | 9.73% | 9.51% | 8.30% | 10.05% | 9.55% |
| 3 | 8.50% | 9.77% | 5.71% | 7.37% | 7.48% | 8.03% | 6.12% | 7.13% |
| 2 | 4.75% | 7.43% | 4.35% | 5.70% | 4.49% | 4.50% | 4.86% | 5.05% |
| 1 | 2.64% | 5.03% | 2.29% | 3.03% | 2.43% | 2.59% | 2.72% | 2.96% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 20 | 50.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50.20% |
| 19 | 45.73% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 45.73% |
| 18 | 48.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.00% | 44.53% |
| 17 | 37.84% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 37.84% |
| 16 | 37.02% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.00% | 33.02% |
| 15 | 35.59% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28.40% | 26.95% | N/A | 34.15% |
| 14 | 34.92% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 37.50% | 24.72% | 22.55% | 29.69% |
| 13 | 32.63% | N/A | 19.00% | 34.00% | 12.20% | 31.23% | 32.69% | 31.17% |
| 12 | 28.18% | 36.80% | 23.18% | 29.28% | 31.46% | 22.40% | 26.92% | 27.60% |
| 11 | 28.68% | 23.10% | 14.90% | 24.97% | 21.61% | 18.43% | 22.29% | 22.61% |
| 10 | 28.97% | 42.30% | 17.51% | 22.54% | 18.55% | 19.80% | 23.20% | 23.85% |
| 9 | 23.59% | 22.77% | 18.39% | 19.08% | 16.99% | 14.36% | 19.81% | 19.69% |
| 8 | 23.93% | 13.91% | 12.95% | 18.21% | 16.95% | 15.11% | 17.57% | 17.74% |
| 7 | 18.60% | 11.60% | 12.31% | 19.35% | 15.23% | 16.06% | 15.98% | 16.27% |
| 6 | 17.06% | 16.35% | 10.01% | 12.87% | 14.55% | 11.06% | 14.07% | 13.75% |
| 5 | 15.28% | 13.73% | 8.85% | 12.12% | 10.46% | 9.62% | 11.28% | 11.36% |
| 4 | 12.33% | 10.34% | 7.93% | 8.83% | 8.63% | 8.80% | 9.60% | 9.55% |
| 3 | 12.40% | 8.58% | 6.06% | 7.73% | 7.41% | 7.51% | 7.31% | 7.61% |
| 2 | 7.87% | 7.48% | 4.85% | 5.95% | 5.71% | 6.09% | 5.61% | 6.12% |
| 1 | 4.99% | 5.17% | 3.07% | 3.75% | 3.80% | 3.88% | 3.47% | 3.93% |
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