Our newest expert, FantasyCPR, burst on to the scene a couple of weeks ago with a dynamic week of pitcher selections. Since then, they’ve regressed to the mean and have completely dropped off the top-3 leaderboard. For the first time this season, we have a tie on the season leaderboard so be sure to check it out below. Also, FantasyTeamAdvice hopped back into the top-3 on the hitter side which makes them the lone expert site to be in the season long top-3 for both pitchers and hitters. 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. It was a rough week on the hitter side of things as every expert of significance dropped in DO score. As for the pitcher side, we saw out newcomer, FantasyCPR, fall from the top spot but still remain in the top-3 for the year. Be sure to check out the full MLB Expert Standings to see how your favorite experts check out.
Pitchers
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 4.99) almost crested the 5.0 threshold after a nice week that saw them gain .07 DO points. DFSR has separated themselves as, far and away, the best expert on the pitcher side.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 4.79) also bumped their score this past week. They continue to provide a solid pitcher selection base with their Optimizer.
#3A) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 4.57) used another good week to hop into the top-3 for the first time in this 2017 MLB season.
#3B) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.57) finds its way back into the top-3 on the pitcher side. The gap between the RG Consensus and FTA from the next expert is minimal though.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.15) stayed pretty much flat this past week with a minimal .01 drop in score. Beer continues to widen the gap between himself and the competition.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 2.92) had another below average week but maintains the #2 slot on the hitter side. They are the lone expert site to be in the top-3 for pitchers and hitters.
#3) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 2.91) also dipped again this week. Brad still has a fairly comfortable lead on the nearest expert though and should be able to maintain that top-3 slot.
Week in Review
Monday (June 5th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.00 (11th)
Hitters – 1.69 (14th)
A+ – Jeff Samardzija, Sean Manaea, Brian McCann, Tommy Joseph, Odubel Herrera
F – Twenty-nine of the 56 total selections finished in the failing category.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 10.00) played Manaea for a perfect score to start the week.
#1B) Sportsline (Score: 10.00) also utilized Manaea and added in Samardzija for two “A+” grades.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 3.80) topped the leaderboard on Monday as four of their ten selections scored an “A” or better.
#2) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 3.20) also found the top-2 on the hitter side of things. Two of Stephen’s five picks scored an “A” grade.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jorge Bonifacio (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
Tuesday (June 6th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 6.13 (T-10th)
Hitters – 2.11 (14th)
A+ – Robbie Ray, Max Scherzer, Chris Archer, Aaron Nola, Alex Avila, Robinson Cano, Asdrubal Cabrera, Charlie Blackmon, Carlos Gonzalez, Hunter Renfroe
F – Twenty-four of the 64 selections finished with a failing grade (all failing grades were hitter selections).
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 10.00) nailed three perfect scores with Scherzer, Archer and Ray.
#1B) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 10.00) also brought home a perfect score utilizing Scherzer and Nola.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 5.33) had a solid Tuesday as four of his six plays scored an “A” or better including two “A+’s”.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.57) also had four “A” or better grades with their seven plays on Tuesday.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Gregor Blanco (DailyRoto)
A+ – Chase Anderson (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Drew Pomeranz (FantasyPros)
A+ – Mark Reynolds (FantasyPros)
A+ – Curtis Granderson (Rotowire)
Wednesday (June 7th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.20 (7th)
Hitters – 1.50 (15th)
A+ – Buck Farmer, Matt Adams, Joey Votto, Jake Lamb
F – Thirty of the 53 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 10.00) played Alex Meyer for their perfect score and 1st place finish on Wednesday evening.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 6.50) pulled in an “A+” and “B” for their spot in the top-2.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Fantasy Alarm (Score: 3.48) found the top of the mountain on Wednesday. Rarely do we see the volume pickers like FA in the top-2. They scored an “A” or better with nine of their 25 plays.
#2A) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.17) scored an “A” or better with four of their 12 plays.
#2B) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 3.17) scored an “A” or better with two of his six picks.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Kyle Schwarber (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Brian McCann (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Domingo Santana (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Nick Markakis (FantasyTeamAdvice)
A+ – Elias Diaz (FantasyPros)
A+ – Mike Zunino (FantasyGuruElite)
Thursday (June 8th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.13 (9th)
Hitters – 1.87 (11th)
A+ – Lance McCullers Jr, Edinson Volquez, Gary Sanchez, Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, Christian Yelich
F – Twenty of the 46 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 6.50) scored an “A+” and “B” for the top spot on Thursday night.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.00) used bookended “A+” and failing grades for the top-2 slot.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.90) made some solid stack plays on Thursday. Three of his 10 picks scored an “A+” grade.
#2A) RotoGrinders Consensus (Score: 3.00) scored an “A+” with three of their 14 plays.
#2B) DK Playbook (Score: 3.00) hauled in two perfect scores with their 11 selections on the day. DK was the lone expert site to play Adam Engel and his “A+” grade.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Joe Ross (DailyRoto)
A+ – Kris Bryant (DailyRoto)
A+ – Adam Engel (DK Playbook)
A+ – RA Dickey (FantasyPros)
A+ – Derek Dietrich (FantasyPros)
A+ – Derek Norris (FantasyGuruElite)
Friday (June 9th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.00 (T-17th)
Hitters – 1.48 (14th)
A+ – Cory Kluber, Jhoulys Chacin, Jonathan Lucroy, Mitch Moreland, Dee Gordon, Jake Lamb,
F – Thirty-one of the 58 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score 10.00) deployed Kluber for their perfect score to end the week.
#2) Scout Fantasy (Score 7.50) got three “A+” grades from Kluber, Jordan Montgomery and Alex Cobb along with one failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders – Lucror (Score: 3.33) scored an “A” or better with four of their 12 plays to wrap the week.
#2) FantasyPros (Score: 2.78) found the “A+” category with two of their nine plays. They were the lone expert site to play Jesus Sucre and his “A+” grade.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Curtis Granderson (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Jose Bautista (DailyRoto)
A+ – Tyler Moore (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jesus Sucre (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 | 79.70% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.40% | N/A | 75.27% |
| 15 | 68.35% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 68.35% |
| 14 | 65.93% | 63.10% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.60% | 79.25% | 68.36% |
| 13 | 69.21% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.90% | N/A | 65.10% | 69.18% |
| 12 | 53.26% | N/A | 65.50% | 37.00% | 27.10% | 70.43% | 46.90% | 53.76% |
| 11 | 52.98% | N/A | 49.90% | 30.40% | 33.00% | 43.73% | 43.28% | 46.84% |
| 10 | 46.64% | 48.00% | 35.35% | 40.13% | 50.94% | 33.77% | 51.97% | 46.15% |
| 9 | 39.66% | 22.59% | 46.94% | 38.46% | 25.25% | 38.03% | 34.92% | 34.84% |
| 8 | 35.11% | 27.76% | 28.85% | 25.73% | 29.21% | 39.06% | 32.94% | 32.03% |
| 7 | 24.92% | 32.69% | 27.73% | 22.89% | 24.88% | 25.91% | 27.31% | 26.14% |
| 6 | 25.06% | 20.37% | 20.26% | 18.27% | 18.86% | 18.95% | 23.40% | 21.47% |
| 5 | 16.27% | 19.75% | 14.66% | 13.72% | 13.81% | 13.76% | 20.34% | 16.52% |
| 4 | 12.17% | 11.56% | 8.92% | 10.04% | 11.07% | 7.94% | 13.18% | 10.95% |
| 3 | 7.33% | 8.32% | 6.97% | 8.63% | 7.04% | 7.94% | 8.94% | 8.01% |
| 2 | 4.64% | 6.37% | 4.38% | 5.76% | 5.06% | 4.29% | 5.97% | 5.29% |
| 1 | 2.40% | 3.17% | 2.04% | 2.61% | 3.19% | 2.00% | 3.08% | 2.70% |
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 | 44.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.80% |
| 14 | 44.93% | 40.40% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 42.30% | 50.90% | 45.53% |
| 13 | 45.39% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.40% | N/A | 27.30% | 43.80% |
| 12 | 39.31% | N/A | 30.20% | 20.30% | 27.10% | 36.03% | 31.00% | 35.38% |
| 11 | 34.45% | N/A | 24.50% | 21.47% | 25.20% | 25.28% | 28.96% | 29.86% |
| 10 | 32.31% | 24.20% | 22.25% | 36.33% | 33.16% | 18.93% | 28.86% | 29.50% |
| 9 | 31.58% | 19.24% | 23.70% | 20.06% | 17.64% | 17.65% | 22.44% | 24.01% |
| 8 | 28.18% | 21.04% | 20.10% | 18.75% | 24.16% | 22.48% | 20.76% | 22.21% |
| 7 | 22.78% | 23.01% | 18.14% | 15.86% | 19.11% | 17.55% | 19.18% | 19.57% |
| 6 | 24.28% | 15.70% | 13.77% | 13.65% | 14.68% | 14.40% | 16.29% | 16.78% |
| 5 | 16.30% | 14.42% | 11.26% | 12.17% | 11.05% | 12.14% | 15.18% | 13.53% |
| 4 | 13.96% | 10.67% | 8.14% | 8.60% | 10.56% | 8.57% | 11.15% | 10.27% |
| 3 | 9.66% | 8.04% | 7.22% | 7.68% | 7.13% | 8.04% | 8.89% | 8.21% |
| 2 | 7.39% | 6.70% | 5.14% | 5.71% | 5.88% | 5.43% | 6.36% | 6.12% |
| 1 | 4.50% | 3.94% | 3.21% | 3.73% | 3.94% | 3.31% | 4.02% | 3.82% |
