It was another solid week for the RotoGrinders 6-Pack as Beer continues his dominance on the hitter side of things. On the pitcher side, DailyFantasyNerd used a nice week to vault into 2nd place. Can anyone outside the top-3 dethrone any of the current leaders? It remains to be seen but experts on both sides have established themselves in the season-long leaderboard as we have not had a change in several weeks. As always, check out our MLB Expert Standings to make sure that you’re up to speed on who is making the grade. Enjoy!
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In this article, I will give a brief recap of each day we gathered and graded the experts, including how the Industry Consensus picks did, highlighting which experts were at the top for the day and which players were only called out by one expert, but produced an “A+” grade. We will also review the overall standings and highlight the top experts so far this season.
As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the MLB Industry 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 and sample lineups for the day. As an added bonus in 2017, we will publish the Consensus on weekends when we have a writer available. To begin the 2017 season, we will grade 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: 4.91) hangs on to the top slot by a thread. Even with a fairly even week, DailyFantasyNerd closed the gap even further as DFSR dropped a minute .01 for the week.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 4.87) was the big gainer this past week with a nice .08 jump. Couple that with DFSR’s small drop and DailyFantasyNerd has shot to sit atop the leaderboard next week.
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.85) is the 3rd participant in our hotly contested race on the pitcher side. FTA saw a slight .02 drop in score and that cost them a place in the standings as they have slid back to #3.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.22) continues trucking along and continues his dominance with hitter selections. Beer’s score jumped a modest .05 for the wee but couple that with FTA’s drop and the gap has widened.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 2.98) stayed relatively flat with a small .01 step backwards. FTA continues to perform well on both sides of the coin.
#3) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 2.90) also had a relatively flat week. Brad’s scored dropped .02 and he’ll look to get back in the mix for the top-2 this week.
Week in Review
Monday (June 19th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 6.29 (8th)
Hitters – 1.74 (10th)
A+ – Cory Kluber, Brad Peacock, Gerrit Cole, Mike Zunino, Justin Smoak, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Ramirez, Jason Kipnis
F – Twenty-five of the 50 total selections finished in the failing category (all failing grades were hitters).
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 7.50) nailed two “A+” and two “A” grades with their four plays to start the week off hot.
#1B) Rotowire (Score: 7.50) pulled in one “A+” and one “A” to start the week with a top-2 finish.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.91) topped the leaderboard as five of his 11 selections scored an “A” or better.
#2) Scout Fantasy (Score: 2.88) hit an “A” or better grade with four of their 17 plays to start the week.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Carlos Santana (DailyRoto)
A+ – Bryce Harper (DailyRoto)
Tuesday (June 20th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 7.89 (9th)
Hitters – 2.19 (15th)
A+ – Chris Sale, Brandon McCarthy, Mike Montgomery, Mike Leake, Matt Moore, Gio Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Paul Goldschmidt, Edwin Encarnacion, Corey Seager, Miguel Sano, Manny Machado
F – Twenty-nine of the 61 selections finished with a failing grade (all failing grades were hitter selections).
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-E) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder, DK Playbook, Rotowire, DailyFantasyNerd, Rotoballer (Score: 10.00) all scored a perfect 10.0 on Tuesday. We have not seen too many perfect scores the last couple of weeks.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) FantasyPros (Score: 4.43) found the top-2 on Tuesday with three of their 7 plays scoring an “A+” grade. FP was the lone expert site to play Tucker Barnhart.
#2A) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 4.00) takes his typical spot in the top-2 with two of his six plays scoring an “A+”. Beer was the only expert playing Kennys Vargas and his monster night on Tuesday.
#2B) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 4.00) put together some solid plays on Tuesday as six of their 14 plays scored an “A” or better.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Adrian Beltre (DailyRoto)
A+ – Kennys Vargas (RotoGrinders 6-Pack)
A+ – Cameron Maybin (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Luis Valbuena (DK Playbook)
A+ – Tucker Barnhart (FantasyPros)
A+ – Tommy Pham (Rotowire)
Wednesday (June 21st)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 5.64 (11th)
Hitters – 2.55 (11th)
A+ – Jose Berrios, Carlos Carrasco, Sean Manaea, Justin Verlander, Yasmani Grandal, Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Holliday, Mark Reynolds, Brandon Drury, Francisco Lindor, David Peralta
F – Twenty-one of the 51 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-C) DailyFantasySportsRankings, Rotowire, DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 7.50) all brought home an “A+” and “A” on Wednesday’s slate.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.29) scored an “A” or better with four of their seven plays including three “A+” grades.
#2) Rotowire (Score: 4.88) scored an “A” or better with half of their eight plays on Wednesday evening’s slate.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Rich Hill (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jedd Gyorko (DailyRoto)
A+ – Howie Kendrick (Fantasy Alarm)
Thursday (June 22nd – Early)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.20 (5th of 12)
Hitters – 2.90 (T-7th of 14)
A+ – Aaron Nola, Paul Goldschmidt, Travis Shaw, Todd Frazier, Charlie Blackmon
F – Nine of the 25 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) FantasyPros (Score: 5.67) scored an “A” or better with two of their three plays Thursday afternoon.
#2A) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.00) scored an “A+” and a failing grade with their two plays.
#2B) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 5.00) hauled in one “A+” grade with their three total selections.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 3.78) brought home three “A+” grades from their nine picks.
#2) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 3.75) makes its first top-2 appearance for the week. Stephen scored one “A+” grade from his four selections.
Sleepers of the Day
There were no players selected by only one expert that scored an “A+” on Thursday afternoon.
Thursday (June 22nd – Main)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.60 (10th)
Hitters – 2.21 (T-8th)
A+ – Jake Arrieta, Steven Matz, Buster Posey, Ian Happ, Ian Kinsler, Addison Russell, Kris Bryant, Aaron Judge
F – Twenty-two of the 39 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Sportsline (Score 10.00) nailed down an “A+” grade with both of their pitcher selections Thursday evening.
#2) DailyRoto (Score 5.75) scored an “A+” with half of their four plays.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1A) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 4.00) had an uneven day with two “A+” grades and three failing ones but it was good enough for the top spot.
#1B) Rotowire (Score: 4.00) had an evening that played out just like Stephen’s above with two “A+’s” and three failing grades.
Sleepers of the Day
There were no players selected by only one expert that scored an “A+” on Thursday evening.
Friday (June 23rd)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.38 (11th)
Hitters – 2.32 (11th)
A+ – Michael Fulmer, Alex Wood, Tommy Joseph, Wilmer Flores, Logan Morrison, Evan Longoria, Kyle Seager, Yoenis Cespedes
F – Twenty-four of the 55 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-C) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder, Daily Overlay – Value Index, Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score 10.00) all capped their week with a perfect score on the pitcher side.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) FantasyCPR (Score: 4.40) brought home an “A” or better grade with seven of their 15 plays on Friday.
#2) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 4.00) made it a nice close to the week adding a top-2 on both sides of the coin. On the hitter side, Brad scored an “A” or better with four of his nine plays.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Mike Foltynewicz (DailyRoto)
A+ – Khris Davis (DailyRoto)
A+ – Brian Goodwin (RotoGrinders 6-Pack)
A+ – Sandy Leon (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Ben Gamel (Scout Fantasy)
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 | 79.70% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.40% | N/A | 75.27% |
| 15 | 66.37% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.37% |
| 14 | 62.78% | 63.10% | N/A | N/A | 48.50% | 61.60% | 79.25% | 64.05% |
| 13 | 69.47% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.90% | N/A | 65.10% | 69.42% |
| 12 | 53.26% | N/A | 65.50% | 37.00% | 27.10% | 70.43% | 46.90% | 53.76% |
| 11 | 51.26% | N/A | 49.90% | 30.40% | 33.00% | 46.53% | 47.57% | 47.23% |
| 10 | 46.09% | 48.00% | 39.98% | 42.88% | 50.94% | 33.77% | 52.12% | 46.51% |
| 9 | 38.02% | 23.62% | 41.52% | 42.17% | 28.47% | 38.03% | 35.05% | 34.80% |
| 8 | 34.73% | 26.91% | 29.33% | 29.48% | 27.71% | 38.91% | 33.34% | 32.29% |
| 7 | 24.41% | 28.95% | 26.71% | 20.55% | 24.58% | 25.91% | 26.21% | 25.08% |
| 6 | 23.90% | 21.41% | 19.18% | 17.35% | 18.10% | 18.03% | 23.45% | 20.91% |
| 5 | 15.91% | 18.05% | 14.96% | 14.21% | 15.23% | 13.38% | 20.68% | 16.62% |
| 4 | 12.52% | 11.00% | 9.49% | 10.37% | 11.41% | 8.58% | 13.26% | 11.19% |
| 3 | 7.43% | 8.27% | 7.01% | 8.20% | 7.01% | 7.27% | 8.73% | 7.81% |
| 2 | 4.74% | 5.89% | 4.26% | 5.33% | 5.06% | 4.31% | 5.70% | 5.11% |
| 1 | 2.26% | 3.35% | 2.14% | 2.44% | 2.92% | 1.88% | 2.92% | 2.62% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 52.65% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 46.50% | N/A | 50.60% |
| 15 | 42.10% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42.10% |
| 14 | 39.47% | 40.40% | N/A | N/A | 27.30% | 42.30% | 50.90% | 40.50% |
| 13 | 45.35% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.40% | N/A | 27.30% | 43.85% |
| 12 | 39.31% | N/A | 30.20% | 20.30% | 27.10% | 36.03% | 31.00% | 35.38% |
| 11 | 33.67% | N/A | 24.50% | 21.47% | 25.20% | 26.18% | 27.09% | 29.26% |
| 10 | 32.28% | 24.20% | 22.26% | 32.18% | 33.16% | 18.93% | 28.11% | 29.10% |
| 9 | 30.15% | 19.14% | 21.48% | 20.68% | 18.49% | 17.65% | 23.51% | 24.09% |
| 8 | 28.32% | 19.91% | 20.05% | 18.16% | 20.76% | 21.62% | 21.13% | 21.74% |
| 7 | 22.28% | 21.24% | 16.78% | 15.13% | 18.62% | 17.07% | 17.65% | 18.49% |
| 6 | 23.02% | 15.53% | 13.41% | 13.32% | 14.12% | 13.51% | 16.12% | 16.28% |
| 5 | 15.87% | 13.54% | 11.32% | 12.03% | 11.54% | 11.94% | 14.85% | 13.31% |
| 4 | 13.77% | 10.03% | 8.45% | 8.75% | 10.90% | 8.26% | 11.26% | 10.31% |
| 3 | 9.83% | 8.16% | 7.13% | 7.52% | 7.32% | 7.57% | 8.73% | 8.12% |
| 2 | 7.47% | 6.35% | 5.15% | 5.60% | 6.04% | 5.40% | 6.26% | 6.08% |
| 1 | 4.42% | 3.91% | 3.22% | 3.66% | 3.73% | 3.27% | 3.92% | 3.75% |
