The Pitcher and Hitters leaderboards remain the same at the top. RotoGrinders 6-pack still leads the way in the overall Pitching standings, while FantasyTeamAdvice leads the hitting leaderboard as we enter June. Yours truly, with my DailyOverlay – On the Hill picks made a move into the Top 3 on the hitter’s side, as well as taking home a Top 2 DO Score for the week on both the hitting and pitching rankings.
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) RotoGrinders 6-pack (Score: 5.16) holds onto the top spot but did drop 0.23 points as others are closing the gap.
#2) DraftKings Playbook (Score: 5.04) switched spots with Rotowire to move into second place.
#3) Rotowire (Score: 4.98) dropped one spot with a small decrease in DO score.
Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.37) continues to hold top honors on the hitting side.
#2) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.25) increased their score by .02 points this week to hold onto second.
#3) DailyOverlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.19) moves back into the Top 3 overall with the 2nd highest weekly score for hitters this past week.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 8.33 | 1 | 4.33 | 9 | 6.67 | 3 | 8.33 | 2 | 3.00 | 10 | 6.13 |
| Sportsline | 7.50 | 3 | 6.50 | 1 | 5.50 | 7 | 6.00 | 8 | 3.50 | 7 | 5.80 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.60 | 10 | 3.25 | 13 | 5.60 | 6 | 8.00 | 3 | 7.33 | 2 | 5.76 |
| DK Playbook | 4.00 | 12 | 5.50 | 4 | 5.50 | 7 | 5.50 | 13 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.60 |
| Rotoballer | 7.50 | 3 | 5.50 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 16 | 2.50 | 12 | 5.50 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 4.00 | 12 | 5.50 | 4 | 5.50 | 7 | 6.00 | 8 | 6.00 | 3 | 5.40 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 7.67 | 2 | 4.00 | 11 | 5.50 | 7 | 6.00 | 8 | 1.67 | 16 | 4.97 |
| FantasyPros | 4.00 | 12 | 2.75 | 15 | 6.75 | 2 | 7.50 | 4 | 3.75 | 5 | 4.95 |
| Industry Consensus | 6.57 | 6 | 4.00 | 11 | 5.75 | 4 | 5.80 | 12 | 2.40 | 13 | 4.90 |
| Scout Fantasy | 6.00 | 8 | 6.40 | 2 | 2.20 | 17 | 6.25 | 7 | 3.57 | 6 | 4.88 |
| Rotowire | 3.00 | 16 | – | – | 5.50 | 7 | 7.50 | 4 | 3.33 | 9 | 4.83 |
| FantasyCPR | 1.33 | 17 | 6.00 | 3 | 5.50 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 17 | 4.77 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 7.00 | 5 | 3.00 | 14 | 5.75 | 4 | 6.00 | 8 | 1.75 | 15 | 4.70 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 3.50 | 15 | 4.50 | 7 | 5.00 | 14 | 6.60 | 6 | 2.80 | 11 | 4.48 |
| DailyRoto | 4.11 | 11 | 4.50 | 7 | 4.75 | 15 | 5.00 | 14 | 3.92 | 4 | 4.46 |
| FantasyAlarm | 6.25 | 7 | 4.33 | 9 | 4.60 | 16 | 3.80 | 15 | 1.83 | 14 | 4.16 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 6.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 18 | 0.50 | 18 | – | – | 3.50 | 7 | 2.50 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 0.50 | 17 | 5.50 | 7 | – | – | 1.00 | 17 | 2.33 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 1.00 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.38 | 4 | 3.71 | 4 | 2.80 | 6 | – | – | 4.25 | 3 | 3.54 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 4.18 | 1 | 2.56 | 11 | 2.00 | 12 | 5.50 | 1 | 3.33 | 13 | 3.51 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.83 | 5 | 3.23 | 5 | 3.38 | 2 | 3.89 | 5 | 4.08 | 6 | 3.48 |
| DailyRoto | 3.57 | 3 | 2.94 | 8 | 2.83 | 5 | 4.20 | 2 | 3.14 | 16 | 3.34 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 4.00 | 2 | 3.09 | 6 | 2.67 | 7 | 3.56 | 10 | 3.27 | 14 | 3.32 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | – | – | 3.78 | 3 | 3.10 | 3 | – | – | 2.78 | 17 | 3.22 |
| DK Playbook | 2.09 | 12 | 4.08 | 1 | 2.50 | 8 | 3.78 | 8 | 2.45 | 18 | 2.98 |
| Scout Fantasy | 2.79 | 8 | 2.72 | 10 | 1.58 | 18 | 3.72 | 9 | 4.00 | 7 | 2.96 |
| Rotowire | 2.00 | 13 | – | – | 2.13 | 11 | 2.33 | 13 | 4.86 | 2 | 2.83 |
| Rotoballer | 1.83 | 14 | 1.50 | 16 | 3.00 | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | 3.71 | 10 | 2.81 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.25 | 10 | 1.80 | 14 | 2.14 | 10 | 2.50 | 12 | 5.29 | 1 | 2.80 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 1.40 | 16 | 3.00 | 7 | 1.67 | 17 | 4.14 | 3 | 3.63 | 12 | 2.77 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.19 | 11 | 1.96 | 13 | 1.96 | 14 | 3.82 | 7 | 3.76 | 9 | 2.74 |
| Sportsline | 0.71 | 18 | 1.63 | 15 | 3.67 | 1 | 3.86 | 6 | 3.71 | 10 | 2.72 |
| FantasyAlarm | 2.82 | 6 | 2.93 | 9 | 2.39 | 9 | 2.05 | 14 | 3.26 | 15 | 2.69 |
| FantasyPros | 0.80 | 17 | 4.00 | 2 | 1.18 | 20 | 2.00 | 15 | 4.10 | 5 | 2.42 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 1.00 | 17 | 2.00 | 12 | – | – | 4.17 | 4 | 2.39 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 2.82 | 6 | – | – | 1.93 | 15 | – | – | 2.08 | 19 | 2.28 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 1.76 | 15 | 2.41 | 12 | 1.76 | 16 | 3.29 | 11 | 1.85 | 20 | 2.21 |
| FantasyLabs | 2.29 | 9 | 0.82 | 18 | 1.23 | 19 | 1.00 | 16 | 4.00 | 7 | 1.87 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (May 28)
A+ – Jonathan Villar (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jackie Bradley Jr. (DailyRoto)
A+ – Matt Carpenter (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Cameron Maybin (ScoutFantasy)
Tuesday (May 29)
A+ – Daniel Robertson (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Kyle Gibson (DailyRoto)
A+ – Zack Godley (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mark Reynolds (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (May 30)
A+ – Ehire Adrianza (DailyRoto)
Thursday (May 31)
A+ – Eduardo Escobar (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Yairo Munoz (DraftKings Playbook)
A+ – Seth Lugo (FantasyPros)
A+ – Gregory Polanco (Rotowire)
Friday (June 1)
Too many to list them all, 11 different were selected by just one expert
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 | 74.20% | 74.20% | ||||||
| 14 | 75.80% | 54.10% | 58.05% | 71.03% | ||||
| 13 | 67.50% | 67.25% | 61.57% | 64.20% | 65.54% | |||
| 12 | 62.58% | 41.93% | 60.30% | 57.88% | 64.93% | 56.59% | 57.67% | |
| 11 | 53.44% | 40.60% | 45.45% | 48.00% | 39.80% | 46.71% | 51.97% | 48.98% |
| 10 | 53.21% | 63.50% | 38.91% | 52.57% | 33.23% | 53.63% | 57.08% | 50.95% |
| 9 | 31.33% | 32.73% | 28.19% | 29.70% | 34.31% | 41.66% | 36.15% | 33.33% |
| 8 | 35.72% | 26.49% | 25.44% | 29.67% | 26.42% | 25.87% | 30.46% | 29.18% |
| 7 | 28.86% | 24.69% | 26.31% | 24.33% | 19.74% | 29.35% | 26.98% | 26.22% |
| 6 | 20.44% | 24.37% | 18.65% | 17.67% | 17.84% | 15.49% | 23.51% | 20.04% |
| 5 | 17.89% | 20.19% | 13.60% | 14.19% | 15.35% | 13.88% | 18.35% | 16.23% |
| 4 | 12.49% | 14.86% | 8.16% | 10.93% | 11.25% | 6.39% | 14.59% | 11.87% |
| 3 | 7.19% | 9.79% | 5.78% | 7.33% | 7.76% | 5.20% | 9.61% | 7.88% |
| 2 | 5.10% | 6.80% | 4.79% | 6.67% | 5.27% | 3.69% | 6.40% | 5.66% |
| 1 | 2.19% | 3.09% | 2.49% | 2.36% | 2.99% | 1.78% | 2.40% | 2.48% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 42.00% | 42.00% | ||||||
| 15 | 42.65% | 42.65% | ||||||
| 14 | 48.80% | 25.40% | 37.65% | 44.99% | ||||
| 13 | 49.86% | 36.35% | 37.53% | 31.10% | 42.34% | |||
| 12 | 42.52% | 23.97% | 35.40% | 30.88% | 33.07% | 41.44% | 36.47% | |
| 11 | 34.51% | 26.40% | 28.13% | 33.30% | 26.58% | 27.56% | 31.00% | 30.88% |
| 10 | 37.85% | 53.15% | 24.11% | 29.70% | 24.90% | 36.38% | 34.66% | 33.90% |
| 9 | 27.65% | 27.87% | 19.11% | 19.77% | 25.59% | 27.24% | 26.10% | 25.17% |
| 8 | 27.97% | 20.18% | 19.36% | 22.32% | 21.99% | 19.11% | 23.36% | 22.53% |
| 7 | 24.12% | 20.86% | 17.47% | 18.21% | 17.85% | 21.02% | 20.68% | 20.36% |
| 6 | 20.32% | 18.18% | 13.67% | 14.88% | 13.62% | 13.16% | 16.99% | 16.19% |
| 5 | 16.91% | 15.86% | 10.58% | 11.54% | 13.50% | 12.34% | 15.08% | 13.68% |
| 4 | 14.05% | 12.36% | 8.68% | 10.59% | 10.44% | 7.56% | 12.46% | 11.30% |
| 3 | 10.42% | 11.44% | 6.50% | 7.25% | 8.63% | 6.93% | 9.64% | 8.79% |
| 2 | 7.37% | 6.61% | 5.85% | 6.70% | 6.49% | 5.14% | 6.92% | 6.54% |
| 1 | 4.40% | 3.84% | 3.38% | 3.34% | 3.85% | 3.36% | 3.46% | 3.65% |
