Another great week of DFS action is in the books. Our top-3 experts remain the same; however, there was some shuffling on the pitching side of things. Our newest expert to the fold remains in the top-3 but no longer holds the top slot. 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: 4.93) used a big push this week to vault back into 1st place. A solid boost of .14 to the DO Score for the week takes back the top spot.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 4.74) also used a solid week to push back ahead of our newest expert member, FantasyCPR. DFN’s optimizer showed the biggest gain among the top-3 experts with .16.
#3) FantasyCPR (Score: 4.71) came back to earth a bit from a tremendous week one. That being said, they remain in the top-3 and look to continue to provide solid input for your DFS lineups.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.16) took it on the chin this past week but remains on top. Even with the drop in score, they still maintain a comfortable lead.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.04) also dipped .12 for the week. They still remain in 2nd place with a nice cushion between themselves and Brad.
#3) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 2.99) dipped back below the 3.0 threshold for the 2nd time in three weeks. The gap between Brad and other experts outside the top-3 is closing. He’ll need to put up a solid week to maintain his slot on the leaderboard.
Week in Review
Monday (May 29th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 5.00 (T-11th)
Hitters – 1.71 (T-7th)
A+ – Carlos Carrasco, Brad Peacock, Ryan Zimmerman, Jose Ramirez, Mookie Betts
F – Twenty of the 36 total selections finished in the failing category.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 10.00) played Carrasco for a perfect score to start the week.
#1B) Sportsline (Score: 10.00) also utilized Carrasco and added in Brad Peacock for two “A+” grades.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.50) scored an “A” or better on half of their 12 selections for Monday.
#2) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.18) scored an “A” or better with five of his 11 plays to start the week.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Trevor Williams (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jose Altuve (DailyRoto)
A+ – Carlos Correa (DailyRoto)
A+ – Hunter Renfroe (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Ryon Healy (FantasyPros)
A+ – Austin Jackson (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (May 30th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.08 (13th)
Hitters – 1.96 (8th)
A+ – Robbie Ray, Dinelson Lamet, Luis Severino, Kendrys Morales, Zack Cozart, Josh Donaldson, Kevin Kiermaier, Jose Bautista
F – Twenty-eight of the 60 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 7.67) scored two “A+’s” and a “B” grade with their three plays.
#1B) RotoGrinders – Lucror (Score: 7.67) also hauled in two “A+” grades and a “B”.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 4.46) made it a clean sweep on Tuesday. Five of their 13 picks scored an “A+” grade.
#2) DailyRoto (Score: 3.86) made a rare appearance in the top-2. Fourteen of their 37 plays scored an “A” or better on Tuesday. They were the lone expert to play Jose Altuve, Robinson Cano and Mookie Betts, all of which scored “A+’ grades.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jose Altuve (DailyRoto)
A+ – Robinson Cano (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mookie Betts (DailyRoto)
Wednesday (May 31st)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.71 (12th)
Hitters – 2.50 (12th)
A+ – Max Scherzer, James Paxton, Junior Guerra, Derek Norris, Logan Morrison, Steven Souza Jr., Matt Kemp, Mark Trumbo
F – Seventeen of the 43 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 10.00) nailed down two perfect scores with Paxton and Drew Pomeranz.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 7.50) found the top-2 with an “A+” from Scherzer and an “A” from Hyun-Jin Ryu.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 4.36) found the top of the leaderboard on Wednesday. Five of Brad’s eleven picks scored an “A” or better.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 3.71) scored an “A” or better with three of their seven plays for a top-2 slot.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Dexter Fowler (DailyRoto)
Thursday (June 1st)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.25 (16th)
Hitters – 1.16 (9th)
A+ – Zack Greinke, Gary Sanchez, Jackie Bradley Jr.
F – Twenty-five of the 35 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 10.00) used Greinke to haul home an “A+” with their only pitcher play.
#1B) Rotoballer (Score: 10.00) also utilized Greinke for their perfect score.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 3.75) made it another clean sweep on Thursday as three of their 8 plays scored an “A” or better.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 2.50) made a clean sweep of 2nd place finishes for the day. They scored an “A” and a failing grade with their two plays.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Aaron Hicks (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mark Trumbo (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Wade Miley (FantasyPros)
A+ – CC Sabathia (FantasyPros)
Friday (June 2nd)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.57 (13th)
Hitters – 2.30 (11th)
A+ – Clayton Kershaw, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt, Daniel Murphy, Nolan Arenado, Giancarlo Stanton, JD Martinez, Aaron Judge, Denard Span
F – Twenty-five of the 54 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) FantasyPros (Score 6.67) scored two “A+” grades and a failing one to top the leaderboard on Friday.
#2A-C) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder, DK Playbook, DailyFantasyNerd (Score 6.00) all scored one “A+” and one “C” grade to round out the week.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 5.33) makes it back-to-back weeks of closing the week with a 1st place finish. Half of Stephen’s six plays scored an “A+” grade.
#2) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 4.38) scored an “A+” with three of their 8 plays for a top-2 finish to end the week.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Christian Bergman (DailyRoto)
A+ – Josh Donaldson (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jayson Werth (RotoGrinders Lineup Builder)
A+ – Ty Blach (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Max Kepler (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Jose Iglesias (DK Playbook)
A+ – Alec Asher (FantasyPros)
A+ – Mike Foltynewicz (FantasyPros)
A+ – Cody Bellinger (DailyFantasyNerd)
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 | 70.03% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.90% | N/A | N/A | 70.25% |
| 12 | 58.99% | N/A | 65.50% | 37.00% | 27.10% | 70.43% | 46.90% | 56.66% |
| 11 | 50.96% | N/A | 39.50% | 30.40% | 40.20% | 43.73% | 43.28% | 45.35% |
| 10 | 44.62% | 33.60% | 35.35% | 40.13% | 50.94% | 34.95% | 51.97% | 45.43% |
| 9 | 41.15% | 22.59% | 46.94% | 38.46% | 26.79% | 38.03% | 36.41% | 35.81% |
| 8 | 33.94% | 27.76% | 31.94% | 25.63% | 29.21% | 40.80% | 33.92% | 32.82% |
| 7 | 24.63% | 34.19% | 27.15% | 22.04% | 22.41% | 28.60% | 27.94% | 26.09% |
| 6 | 26.14% | 17.71% | 20.52% | 18.82% | 18.46% | 18.95% | 23.52% | 21.58% |
| 5 | 17.24% | 18.96% | 14.94% | 14.51% | 14.18% | 13.70% | 20.67% | 16.89% |
| 4 | 12.39% | 11.74% | 9.24% | 10.20% | 11.21% | 7.93% | 13.58% | 11.16% |
| 3 | 6.62% | 9.18% | 7.01% | 9.04% | 7.43% | 8.34% | 9.02% | 8.16% |
| 2 | 4.90% | 6.61% | 4.22% | 6.04% | 5.13% | 4.28% | 6.01% | 5.38% |
| 1 | 2.45% | 3.38% | 1.96% | 2.53% | 3.13% | 1.93% | 3.06% | 2.68% |
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 | 45.79% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.40% | N/A | N/A | 45.07% |
| 12 | 42.83% | N/A | 30.20% | 20.30% | 27.10% | 36.03% | 31.00% | 36.89% |
| 11 | 34.16% | N/A | 24.65% | 21.47% | 30.10% | 25.28% | 28.96% | 29.93% |
| 10 | 32.56% | 24.90% | 22.25% | 36.33% | 33.16% | 21.75% | 28.86% | 30.08% |
| 9 | 32.85% | 19.24% | 23.70% | 20.06% | 18.50% | 17.65% | 23.14% | 24.50% |
| 8 | 27.90% | 21.04% | 21.51% | 18.31% | 24.16% | 23.58% | 21.01% | 22.67% |
| 7 | 22.44% | 23.44% | 18.51% | 16.09% | 18.31% | 18.99% | 20.48% | 19.92% |
| 6 | 24.95% | 14.51% | 14.11% | 14.48% | 14.93% | 14.40% | 16.40% | 17.04% |
| 5 | 17.17% | 13.99% | 11.47% | 12.73% | 11.19% | 12.08% | 15.25% | 13.78% |
| 4 | 13.99% | 10.94% | 8.28% | 8.90% | 10.86% | 8.59% | 11.46% | 10.50% |
| 3 | 9.05% | 8.26% | 7.28% | 7.98% | 7.41% | 8.27% | 9.03% | 8.29% |
| 2 | 7.50% | 6.90% | 5.19% | 5.81% | 6.02% | 5.44% | 6.44% | 6.21% |
| 1 | 4.54% | 4.08% | 3.14% | 3.69% | 3.92% | 3.28% | 4.09% | 3.83% |
