The MLB season is just flying along now with the season almost halfway complete. The DFS analyst standings saw a change in the leaderboard on the hitting side as RotoGrinders – Consensus moved into first place with a big week. The rest of the Top 3 on both the hitting and pitching side still has the same sites/experts holding down the top spots.
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) DraftKings Playbook (Score: 5.35) strengthens their lead on the pitcher side with the top weekly score including two first-place finishes.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.14) remains in second place with a solid week that included two Top 2 finishes.
#3) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 5.05) rounds out the Top 3 for again this week with first place scores on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.18) leaps up from third place into the top spot on the hitter side with the top weekly score that features three Top 2 finishes.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.17) gets knocked out of the top spot for the first time in a long while but they are still within striking distance of regaining the lead.
#3) DailyOverlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.09) remains in third place overall but lost some ground on the leader this past week.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DK Playbook | 5.50 | 8 | 6.00 | 9 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 6 | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 7.30 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.50 | 13 | 7.50 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 3 | 6.33 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 7.50 | 1 | 2.50 | 19 | – | – | 5.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.00 | 3 | 6.30 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.40 | 10 | 7.40 | 6 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.33 | 9 | 6.67 | 6 | 5.60 | 5 | 6.23 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 5.67 | 7 | 5.67 | 11 | 6.00 | 10 | 5.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 11 | 6.20 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 6.75 | 3 | 6.75 | 8 | 6.25 | 8 | 2.75 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.50 | 9 | 6.17 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3.00 | 18 | 5.00 | 6 | 6.00 |
| Rotoballer | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 16 | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 8 | 1.00 | 16 | 5.70 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.67 | 12 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.67 | 5 | 0.50 | 16 | 5.00 | 8 | – | – | 5.37 |
| FantasyCPR | 6.00 | 5 | 5.40 | 14 | 6.00 | 10 | 0.50 | 16 | 5.75 | 7 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.19 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 2.00 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 13 | 5.00 | 8 | 2.50 | 13 | 5.08 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.38 | 14 | 7.00 | 7 | 7.00 | 6 | 2.75 | 10 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.78 | 8 | 4.99 |
| DailyRoto | 4.86 | 9 | 5.83 | 10 | – | – | 4.00 | 7 | 4.71 | 15 | 5.00 | 6 | 4.88 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.80 | 11 | 5.14 | 15 | 6.00 | 10 | 5.50 | 2 | 3.67 | 16 | – | – | 4.82 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 6.75 | 3 | 3.29 | 18 | 5.67 | 13 | 3.67 | 8 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.45 | 10 | 4.81 |
| FantasyPros | 3.00 | 16 | 3.75 | 17 | 6.25 | 8 | 5.50 | 2 | 0.00 | 19 | 6.75 | 2 | 4.21 |
| Rotowire | 6.00 | 5 | 5.50 | 12 | – | – | 0.50 | 16 | 5.00 | 8 | 3.83 | 12 | 4.17 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.25 | 15 | 7.50 | 4 | 5.33 | 14 | 2.75 | 10 | 3.25 | 17 | 2.50 | 13 | 4.10 |
| Sportsline | 3.00 | 16 | 5.50 | 12 | 6.50 | 7 | 1.00 | 13 | 5.00 | 8 | 2.00 | 15 | 3.83 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.77 | 7 | 5.17 | 2 | 2.43 | 8 | 4.46 | 1 | 1.75 | 13 | 4.46 | 1 | 3.67 |
| DailyRoto | 3.55 | 8 | 4.30 | 4 | – | – | 2.92 | 4 | 2.28 | 9 | 3.48 | 3 | 3.31 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.14 | 14 | 5.29 | 1 | 1.83 | 11 | 2.29 | 11 | 3.56 | 2 | 3.86 | 2 | 3.16 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 4.38 | 3 | 1.33 | 19 | 2.88 | 6 | 4.20 | 2 | 2.43 | 7 | 3.38 | 4 | 3.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.00 | 4 | 3.29 | 10 | 2.88 | 6 | 2.67 | 6 | 3.25 | 3 | 2.00 | 14 | 3.02 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.09 | 15 | 4.18 | 7 | 3.40 | 2 | 0.25 | 19 | 4.17 | 1 | 3.10 | 5 | 2.87 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 3.80 | 6 | 4.56 | 3 | – | – | 2.44 | 8 | 1.20 | 15 | 2.20 | 11 | 2.84 |
| Rotoballer | 3.83 | 5 | 3.00 | 12 | – | – | 2.83 | 5 | 2.50 | 5 | 2.00 | 14 | 2.83 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 4.63 | 1 | 4.00 | 8 | 1.55 | 13 | 2.42 | 9 | 2.33 | 8 | 1.42 | 19 | 2.73 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.53 | 9 | 2.81 | 14 | 2.92 | 5 | 1.11 | 17 | 2.50 | 5 | 2.66 | 7 | 2.59 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 1.58 | 18 | – | – | 5.71 | 1 | 1.29 | 16 | – | – | 1.54 | 17 | 2.53 |
| DK Playbook | 2.55 | 13 | 2.92 | 13 | 3.09 | 3 | 1.90 | 12 | 1.89 | 11 | 2.18 | 12 | 2.42 |
| Industry Consensus | 3.00 | 11 | 3.48 | 9 | 2.25 | 10 | 2.33 | 10 | 1.79 | 12 | 1.54 | 17 | 2.40 |
| Scout Fantasy | 1.65 | 17 | 2.60 | 15 | 3.04 | 4 | 2.57 | 7 | 2.03 | 10 | – | – | 2.38 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 3.07 | 10 | 2.05 | 16 | 2.37 | 9 | 2.97 | 3 | 1.19 | 16 | 2.51 | 9 | 2.36 |
| Rotowire | 4.57 | 2 | 1.63 | 17 | – | – | 1.33 | 13 | 1.33 | 14 | 2.13 | 13 | 2.20 |
| FantasyPros | 2.57 | 12 | 4.25 | 5 | 1.75 | 12 | 1.30 | 15 | 0.40 | 17 | 2.64 | 8 | 2.15 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 3.25 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 0.20 | 19 | 3.00 | 6 | 2.15 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.67 | 16 | 4.23 | 6 | 0.00 | 14 | 1.33 | 13 | 3.20 | 4 | 2.36 | 10 | 2.13 |
| Sportsline | 0.50 | 19 | 1.50 | 18 | 0.00 | 14 | 1.00 | 18 | 0.25 | 18 | 1.88 | 16 | 0.86 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (June 18)
A+ – Jason Kipnis (DailyRoto)
A+ – Wilson Ramos (RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder)
A+ – Trevor Williams (FantasyPros)
A+ – Justin Upton (Rotowire)
Tuesday (June 19)
A+ – Carlos Santana (DailyRoto)
A+ – Yoan Moncada (DailyRoto)
A+ – Leonys Martin (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Freddy Peralta (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Domingo German (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Alen Hanson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jace Peterson (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (June 20)
A+ – Michel Fulmer (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – J.A. Happ (FantasyGuruElite)
A+ – Derek Holland (FantasyGuruElite)
A+ – Felix Hernandez (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Lance Lynn (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Andrew Cashner (FantasyPros)
A+ – Max Kepler (FantasyPros)
Thursday (June 21)
A+ – Luis Valbuena (DailyRoto)
A+ – Brent Suter (RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Kole Calhoun (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Alex Avila (DailyFantasyNerd)
Friday (June 22)
A+ – Jose Peraza (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Yonder Alonso (DailyRoto)
A+ – Carlos Santana (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jesus Aguilar (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Danny Duffy (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Kyle Schwarber (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jack Flaherty (FantasyGuruElite)
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 | 56.30% | 56.30% | ||||||
| 15 | 77.40% | 57.60% | 73.44% | |||||
| 14 | 76.35% | 54.10% | 78.60% | 58.05% | 72.57% | |||
| 13 | 63.20% | 67.25% | 60.70% | 61.57% | 61.57% | 62.95% | ||
| 12 | 67.27% | 30.10% | 41.93% | 60.30% | 57.88% | 61.80% | 56.59% | 58.79% |
| 11 | 52.64% | 40.60% | 45.37% | 32.03% | 42.34% | 46.71% | 48.69% | 47.85% |
| 10 | 52.70% | 63.50% | 42.25% | 55.34% | 34.37% | 52.50% | 56.10% | 50.57% |
| 9 | 29.70% | 34.50% | 27.18% | 28.61% | 34.64% | 41.04% | 39.24% | 33.52% |
| 8 | 35.08% | 29.18% | 26.95% | 32.74% | 27.90% | 27.18% | 29.83% | 30.09% |
| 7 | 27.96% | 23.93% | 26.13% | 24.60% | 20.69% | 24.93% | 25.89% | 25.51% |
| 6 | 20.00% | 24.87% | 17.23% | 17.43% | 16.91% | 16.62% | 22.87% | 19.62% |
| 5 | 17.28% | 18.47% | 14.21% | 13.77% | 17.38% | 13.09% | 18.11% | 16.23% |
| 4 | 11.48% | 13.30% | 8.48% | 10.79% | 11.19% | 7.13% | 14.58% | 11.64% |
| 3 | 6.97% | 9.36% | 6.31% | 6.86% | 7.53% | 5.05% | 9.21% | 7.62% |
| 2 | 5.35% | 7.21% | 4.77% | 6.19% | 4.99% | 3.79% | 6.20% | 5.61% |
| 1 | 2.27% | 3.55% | 2.37% | 2.47% | 3.11% | 1.78% | 2.45% | 2.56% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 42.00% | 42.00% | ||||||
| 15 | 46.03% | 29.80% | 42.78% | |||||
| 14 | 47.67% | 25.40% | 50.20% | 37.65% | 45.02% | |||
| 13 | 45.59% | 36.35% | 30.30% | 37.53% | 33.23% | 40.00% | ||
| 12 | 47.45% | 27.50% | 23.97% | 35.40% | 30.88% | 33.48% | 41.44% | 38.56% |
| 11 | 34.54% | 26.40% | 26.10% | 22.10% | 26.63% | 27.56% | 30.14% | 30.26% |
| 10 | 38.87% | 53.15% | 26.06% | 32.87% | 24.02% | 33.38% | 35.68% | 33.67% |
| 9 | 26.19% | 28.22% | 18.56% | 19.28% | 24.49% | 26.44% | 27.58% | 24.78% |
| 8 | 26.99% | 22.42% | 19.81% | 22.25% | 22.62% | 18.95% | 22.19% | 22.39% |
| 7 | 23.79% | 20.78% | 17.07% | 17.57% | 18.82% | 19.23% | 20.23% | 20.00% |
| 6 | 20.17% | 18.41% | 13.26% | 14.75% | 13.28% | 13.76% | 17.00% | 16.15% |
| 5 | 16.40% | 15.14% | 11.05% | 11.76% | 14.48% | 11.78% | 15.30% | 13.89% |
| 4 | 13.45% | 11.32% | 8.43% | 10.36% | 10.68% | 7.65% | 12.30% | 10.99% |
| 3 | 10.30% | 10.67% | 6.76% | 7.30% | 8.04% | 7.16% | 9.53% | 8.61% |
| 2 | 7.64% | 6.95% | 5.93% | 6.60% | 6.31% | 5.25% | 6.80% | 6.57% |
| 1 | 4.47% | 4.07% | 3.32% | 3.40% | 3.92% | 3.29% | 3.54% | 3.71% |
