With the short week post All-Star break, I’ve combined the weeks together. We have a change in the top spot in our pitcher rankings and a 3-way tie for 3rd now in our hitter expert rankings. Be sure to read below to find out who the experts are that are making moves. 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: 5.15) takes back over the top spot with a big push coming out of the Break. DFSR jumped an astounding .15 over the week and a half stretch to take the lead back.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.04) coughed up the lead that they’ve had for several weeks. DFN saw their score dip a modest .07 but they’ll look to get back on top this week.
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.86) stays in the #3 slot they have occupied for some time now. There are three experts nipping at their heels though for the first time in awhile.
Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 3.20) had a solid rebound from a couple down weeks. Beer saw his score jump .07 coming out of the AS Break.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.06) also came out of the gate smoking with a solid .06 increase in score. FTA maintains their top-3 spot in both pitcher and hitter picks.
#3A) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 2.81) still maintains a top-3 spot…barely. Brad had a decent start to the 2nd half but he’s been caught by a couple other experts.
#3B) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 2.81) crushed it since our last recap. Maybe that vacation did Stephen some good. He’ll look to build on that moving forward.
#3C) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 2.81) find themselves in the top-3 for the first time this season. They’ve shown steady improvement over the course of the season.
Week in Review
Friday (July 14th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 5.13 (13th)
Hitters – 2.71 (16th)
A+ – Jacob deGrom, James Paxton, Charlie Morton, Buster Posey, Gary Sanchez, Freddie Freeman, Robinson Cano, Brian Dozier, Bryce Harper, Jose Bautista, Mark Trumbo
F – Twenty-two of the 50 total selections finished in the failing category.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-C) FantasyTeamAdvice, DK Playbook, Sportsline (Score: 10.00) all started their post-Break push with perfect scores. Each of them nailed two “A+” grades.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 5.00) picked up right where he left off in the first half. Three of his five plays scored an “A” or better including two “A+” grades.
#2) Fantasy Alarm (Score: 4.26) scored an “A” or better with eleven of their 27 picks including a fabulous nine “A+” grades. FA was the lone expert site to play Adrian Beltre, Orlando Arcia and Ben Zobrist, all of which hauled in “A+” scores.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Odubel Herrera (DailyRoto)
A+ – Maikel Franco (Daily Overlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Gio Gonzalez (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Orlando Arcia (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Adrian Beltre (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Ben Zobrist (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Evan Longoria (FantasyPros)
A+ – Alcides Escobar (FantasyPros)
Saturday (July 15th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 5.10 (12th)
Hitters – 2.82 (8th)
A+ – Cory Kluber, Max Scherzer, Jake Arrieta, Jimmy Nelson, Cody Bellinger, Brian Dozier, Anthony Rendon
F – Fourteen of the 43 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 10.00) found the top of the heap once again on Saturday with two perfect selections.
#1B) Sportsline (Score: 10.00) also made it two days in a row atop the daily leaderboard with two “A+” grades.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.22) nailed down a clean sweep atop the leaderboard. Four of their nine plays scored an “A” or better.
#2) Rotowire (Score: 3.80) found the top-2 on Saturday. Interestingly enough, they did it without one “A+” grade.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Edwin Encarnacion (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Luis Valbuena (DailyRoto)
A+ – Addison Russell (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jose Reyes (Fantasy Alarm)
Monday (July 17th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.13 (9th)
Hitters – 2.00 (T-9th)
A+ – Jon Lester, Jake Odorizzi, Anthony Rizzo, Justin Bour, Ian Kinsler, Charlie Blackmon, Jabari Blash
F – Twenty-four of the 46 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Fantasy Alarm (Score 5.83) hauled in the top slot to start the week. Four of their six selections scored an “A” or better including three “A+” grades.
#2) Rotoballer (Score 5.50) scored an “A+” and “D” with their two picks to finish in 2nd place for the day.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 4.00) hauled in two “A+” grades with their six picks to take the top spot.
#2) FantasyCPR (Score: 3.57) found the top-2 to start the week. They hauled in four “A+” grades with their 14 picks.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Trevor Story (DailyRoto)
Tuesday (July 18th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 6.67 (9th)
Hitters – 2.98 (14th)
A+ – Clayton Kershaw, Brad Peacock, Chris Smith, Mike Clevinger, Michael Wacha, Willson Contreras, Chris Davis, Wil Myers, Matt Carpenter, Mark Reynolds, Didi Gregorius, Nick Castellanos
F – Eighteen of the 59 selections finished with a failing grade (all failing grades were hitter selections).
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-C) DailyFantasySportsRankings, DailyFantasyNerd, Rotoballer (Score 10.00) all nailed down two perfect scores to top the list of experts on Tuesday.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 7.50) hauled in an “A+” and “A” with his two picks on Tuesday evening.
#2) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score: 5.42) made it a clean sweep for the good guys. Brad scored an “A” or better with seven of his 12 plays including four “A+” grades.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Miguel Sano (DailyRoto)
A+ – Adam Lind (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Rajai Davis (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Javier Baez (DK Playbook)
A+ – Gerardo Parra (Rotowire)
Wednesday (July 19th – Early)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.60 (T-5th)
Hitters – 2.42 (12th)
A+ – James Paxton, Ryan Hanigan, Trevor Story, Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon
F – Fifteen of the 29 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score 7.50) scored an “A+” and “A” with his two picks on Wednesday afternoon.
#2) Daily Overlay – On the Hill (Score 5.33) made it another clean sweep for DO with an “A+”, “A” and “D” grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.67) makes a rare appearance in the top-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Half of their six plays scored an “A+” grade.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 5.00) scored an “A+” and a failing grade with their two picks.
Sleepers of the Day
There were no players that scored an “A+” that were selected by only one expert.
Wednesday (July 19th – Main)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.83 (9th)
Hitters – 1.94 (11th)
A+ – Gerrit Cole, Trey Mancini, Jonathan Schoop, Chris Taylor, Corey Seager, David Peralta
F – Twenty-one of the 42 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) Rotoballer (Score 10.00) brought home an “A+” with their lone pitcher selection on Wednesday evening.
#2) DK Playbook (Score 7.50) had a nice night with an “A+” and “A” for their two scores.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) RotoGrinders 6-Pack (Score: 4.00) scored an “A” or better with two of his five picks to top the experts.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.50) found the top-2 as three of their eight selections score an “A” or better.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Zack Cozart (DailyRoto)
A+ – Billy Hamilton (DailyRoto)
Thursday (July 20th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 3.83 (T-6th)
Hitters – 2.00 (T-9th)
A+ – Luis Severino, Felix Hernandez, Yasmani Grandal, Mike Napoli, Jonathan Schoop, Adam Jones, Shin-soo Choo
F – Twenty-three of the 42 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1) FantasyLabs (Score 5.75) scored an “A+” on half of their four selections for the day.
#2) DailyRoto (Score 5.50) nailed down an “A” or better with four of their six plays for the day.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 4.00) topped the leaderboard on Thursday. Half of Stephen’s four picks scored an “A” or better.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 3.43) made another top-2 appearance. Two of their seven plays scored an “A+” grade.
Sleepers of the Day
There were no players that scored an “A+” that were selected by only one expert.
Friday (July 21st)
Industry Consensus Picks
Pitchers – 4.71 (14th)
Hitters – 2.29 (14th)
A+ – Chris Sale, Aaron Nola, Yu Darvish, Josh Bell, Jonathan Schoop, Marcus Semien, Nolan Arenado, Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte
F – Twenty-three of the 48 selections finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day – Pitchers
#1A-D) Daily Overlay – Value Index, DK Playbook, DailyFantasyNerd, Rotoballer (Score 10.00) all ended their week with perfect scores.
Top Experts of the Day – Hitters
#1A) Daily Overlay – Value Index (Score: 5.00) made it a clean sweep on Friday. Three of Stephen’s five plays scored an “A” or better.
#1B) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 5.00) tied for the lead on Friday as half of their eight plays scored an “A” or better including three “A+” grades.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Freddy Galvis (DailyRoto)
A+ – Alex Gordon (RotoGrinders Lineup Builder)
A+ – Mike Fiers (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Daniel Murphy (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Mallex Smith (FantasyPros)
A+ – Yuli Gurriel (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 | 79.70% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.40% | N/A | 75.27% |
| 15 | 65.73% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 65.73% |
| 14 | 64.14% | 63.10% | N/A | N/A | 48.50% | 61.60% | 79.25% | 64.87% |
| 13 | 70.96% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.90% | 64.20% | 65.10% | 70.45% |
| 12 | 50.88% | N/A | 65.50% | 50.60% | 27.10% | 70.43% | 46.90% | 52.59% |
| 11 | 52.80% | N/A | 43.55% | 30.40% | 33.00% | 49.18% | 45.30% | 47.72% |
| 10 | 49.00% | 48.00% | 39.98% | 42.88% | 42.57% | 36.90% | 51.65% | 46.73% |
| 9 | 38.43% | 26.40% | 37.54% | 42.17% | 27.04% | 31.17% | 33.89% | 34.13% |
| 8 | 33.84% | 23.23% | 29.52% | 28.92% | 26.87% | 38.35% | 33.08% | 31.69% |
| 7 | 22.88% | 28.08% | 26.36% | 22.93% | 24.25% | 22.90% | 27.01% | 24.79% |
| 6 | 22.51% | 22.16% | 20.14% | 19.14% | 17.58% | 19.13% | 22.73% | 20.98% |
| 5 | 16.61% | 17.58% | 15.81% | 14.05% | 16.16% | 12.77% | 20.07% | 16.79% |
| 4 | 12.48% | 11.44% | 10.12% | 10.30% | 10.24% | 9.09% | 13.89% | 11.39% |
| 3 | 7.42% | 8.64% | 6.91% | 8.27% | 6.88% | 6.86% | 9.07% | 7.86% |
| 2 | 4.89% | 5.92% | 4.35% | 5.01% | 5.33% | 4.11% | 5.69% | 5.12% |
| 1 | 2.17% | 3.30% | 2.26% | 2.52% | 3.24% | 1.87% | 3.16% | 2.74% |
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 | 38.13% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 38.13% |
| 14 | 39.81% | 40.40% | N/A | N/A | 27.30% | 42.30% | 50.90% | 40.66% |
| 13 | 45.21% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36.40% | 19.20% | 27.30% | 42.70% |
| 12 | 34.61% | N/A | 30.20% | 25.70% | 27.10% | 36.03% | 31.00% | 33.25% |
| 11 | 33.16% | N/A | 21.05% | 21.47% | 25.20% | 25.10% | 25.58% | 28.15% |
| 10 | 31.42% | 24.20% | 22.26% | 32.18% | 27.41% | 19.43% | 26.67% | 27.93% |
| 9 | 30.11% | 19.11% | 23.05% | 20.68% | 17.92% | 16.45% | 23.47% | 23.82% |
| 8 | 27.42% | 17.92% | 20.05% | 17.78% | 19.60% | 20.60% | 20.95% | 21.16% |
| 7 | 20.86% | 20.17% | 16.18% | 15.34% | 18.63% | 15.81% | 17.39% | 17.88% |
| 6 | 21.73% | 15.85% | 13.31% | 13.71% | 14.67% | 14.17% | 15.44% | 16.12% |
| 5 | 16.80% | 13.16% | 11.53% | 11.62% | 11.51% | 11.62% | 14.32% | 13.28% |
| 4 | 13.87% | 9.98% | 8.65% | 8.69% | 10.17% | 8.34% | 11.14% | 10.26% |
| 3 | 9.69% | 8.20% | 7.00% | 7.60% | 7.48% | 7.25% | 8.78% | 8.07% |
| 2 | 7.62% | 6.32% | 5.23% | 5.48% | 6.01% | 5.33% | 6.27% | 6.08% |
| 1 | 4.36% | 3.88% | 3.29% | 3.69% | 3.80% | 3.22% | 4.00% | 3.77% |
