We were still lacking picks from a couple of experts at the time of posting. With that, the numbers are a little lower than a typical day. The experts were still able to provide a large contingent of pitchers to choose from as well as six stacks for the evening. Thirteen games are on tap with a couple of afternooners being played right now. It’s a “Free Consensus Wednesday” so I hope that you enjoy! Good luck!

The Weighted Consensus for the MLB is where we publish a more in-depth version of the MLB Consensus rankings every day that considers each expert’s current DailyOverlay score to generate a Weighted Consensus ranking. To calculate the Weighted Rank Score, each expert’s DailyOverlay score for hitters and pitchers is weighted on a sliding scale from 1 to 5 with the top expert in the current standings being weighted with a five while the last place expert is weighted with a one. This method gives the higher rated expert’s picks more weight when compiling the overall player rankings for the day. We will include all players that generate a Rank Score of at least 6.0.

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Scroll to the bottom of the article for the “Top Stacks” section that lists out the teams with the most hitters being recommended by the experts today. Also, be sure to check each team’s lineup when it is released and watch the weather before finalizing your lineups.

Let’s play ball!

SP

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Stephen Strasburg SP WAS 11600 45% 32% 35.28
Ivan Nova SP PIT 6400 28% 25% 22.69
Trevor Bauer SP CLE 6200 21% 20% 13.42
Masahiro Tanaka SP NYY 8300 17% 18% 13.31
Blake Snell SP TB 6000 12% 13% 12.47
Rick Porcello SP BOS 6800 17% 18% 12.22
Alex Meyer SP LAA 5900 12% 13% 11.18
Zack Godley SP ARI 8800 12% 13% 9.13
Luis Perdomo SP SD 5600 8% 10% 8.2
Yu Darvish SP TEX 10900 8% 10% 7.5

C

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Gary Sanchez C NYY 5000 26% 19% 20.65
Brian McCann C HOU 3800 12% 11% 12.56
Russell Martin C TOR 3700 12% 11% 11.52
Alex Avila 1B/C DET 3900 7% 7% 8.62
Chris Herrmann C/OF ARI 3500 6% 6% 8.13

1B

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Miguel Cabrera 1B DET 3500 20% 14% 20.97
Eric Thames 1B/OF MIL 4200 20% 14% 16.07
Wilmer Flores 1B/3B NYM 3800 7% 7% 11.98
Paul Goldschmidt 1B ARI 5600 10% 9% 9.31
Alex Avila 1B/C DET 3900 7% 7% 8.62
Cody Bellinger 1B/OF LAD 5400 7% 7% 7.7
Wil Myers 1B SD 3900 4% 5% 7.68
Yonder Alonso 1B OAK 3900 4% 5% 7.23
Albert Pujols 1B LAA 3200 4% 5% 6.11

2B

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Dustin Pedroia 2B BOS 3200 22% 16% 23.7
Ian Kinsler 2B DET 4300 17% 13% 19.76
Josh Harrison 2B/3B PIT 4100 11% 9% 12.62
Rougned Odor 2B TEX 3100 11% 9% 10.18
Eric Sogard 2B/SS MIL 3900 8% 7% 9.32
Alen Hanson 2B CWS 3300 8% 7% 8.48
Whit Merrifield 2B KC 3700 8% 7% 6.8
Brandon Drury 2B ARI 3900 8% 7% 6.55

SS

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Troy Tulowitzki SS TOR 3200 37% 26% 28.8
Xander Bogaerts SS BOS 4800 15% 12% 16.38
Eric Sogard 2B/SS MIL 3900 8% 7% 9.32
Orlando Arcia SS MIL 3800 8% 8% 8.9

3B

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Josh Donaldson 3B TOR 4300 34% 19% 22.21
Jake Lamb 3B ARI 4900 19% 14% 18.42
Josh Harrison 2B/3B PIT 4100 11% 9% 12.62
Wilmer Flores 1B/3B NYM 3800 7% 7% 11.98
Travis Shaw 3B MIL 4500 7% 7% 8.76

OF

Name Pos Team Price Cash % GPP % Rank Score
Mookie Betts OF BOS 5000 45% 26% 32.43
Giancarlo Stanton OF MIA 4200 23% 16% 21.05
Eric Thames 1B/OF MIL 4200 20% 14% 16.07
Jose Bautista OF TOR 3900 19% 14% 14.96
Chris Young OF BOS 3600 19% 14% 14.82
David Peralta OF ARI 4500 19% 14% 13.08
Josh Reddick OF HOU 4300 14% 12% 11.66
Khris Davis OF OAK 4100 6% 6% 9.1
Matt Olson OF OAK 3000 9% 9% 8.34
Chris Herrmann C/OF ARI 3500 6% 6% 8.13
Mark Trumbo OF BAL 3200 9% 9% 8.09
Cody Bellinger 1B/OF LAD 5400 7% 7% 7.7
Gregor Blanco OF ARI 3800 9% 9% 7.53
J.D. Martinez OF DET 4400 6% 6% 6.78
Yoenis Cespedes OF NYM 4200 6% 6% 6.59
Bryce Harper OF WAS 5200 6% 6% 6.5
Aaron Judge OF NYY 5600 6% 6% 6.08

Top Stacks of the Night

  • Diamondbacks (6) – Herrmann, Goldschmidt, Drury, Lamb, Peralta, Blanco
  • Red Sox (4) – Pedroia, Bogaerts, Betts, Young
  • Blue Jays (4) – Martin, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, Bautista
  • Tigers (4) – Avila, Cabrera, Kinsler, JD Martinez
  • Brewers (4) – Thames, Sogard, Arcia, Shaw
  • A’s (3) – Alonso, Davis, Olson

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