Baseball is back! And so is our MLB Weighted Consensus Rankings! The Opening Day rankings list will be free but will be part of our Premium Content going forward. Today’s consensus is based on the DraftKings eight-game “main” slate and will use last season’s standings to generate the weighting for the DFS experts.
The Weighted Consensus for the MLB is where we publish an in-depth version of 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 experts 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 |
| Chris Sale | SP | BOS | $ 12,200 | 47% | 31% | 32.64 |
| Garrett Richards | SP | LAA | $ 6,800 | 26% | 22% | 24.25 |
| Danny Duffy | SP | KC | $ 7,700 | 21% | 19% | 20.54 |
| Luis Severino | SP | NYY | $ 10,600 | 12% | 14% | 12.35 |
| Chase Anderson | SP | MIL | $ 8,100 | 12% | 14% | 10.75 |
| Chris Archer | SP | TB | $ 8,500 | 9% | 11% | 10.17 |
C
| Name | Pos | Team | Price | Cash % | GPP % | Rank Score |
| Evan Gattis | C | HOU | $ 3,300 | 24% | 17% | 20.38 |
| Gary Sanchez | C | NYY | $ 4,700 | 16% | 12% | 15.55 |
| Welington Castillo | C | CWS | $ 3,400 | 9% | 8% | 10.53 |
| Jorge Alfaro | C | PHI | $ 2,900 | 9% | 8% | 8.24 |
1B
| Name | Pos | Team | Price | Cash % | GPP % | Rank Score |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | KC | $ 3,800 | 28% | 18% | 29.05 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | CWS | $ 4,600 | 11% | 9% | 11.53 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | MIN | $ 4,100 | 11% | 9% | 10.76 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | ATL | $ 4,800 | 7% | 7% | 8.67 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | LAA | $ 3,700 | 7% | 7% | 8.35 |
2B
| Name | Pos | Team | Price | Cash % | GPP % | Rank Score |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | HOU | $ 5,200 | 23% | 16% | 21.84 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | BAL | $ 4,100 | 11% | 9% | 13.49 |
| Ozzie Albies | 2B | ATL | $ 3,600 | 8% | 7% | 9.25 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | NYY | $ 3,000 | 8% | 7% | 9.18 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | KC | $ 4,300 | 8% | 7% | 7.87 |
SS
| Name | Pos | Team | Price | Cash % | GPP % | Rank Score |
| Carlos Correa | SS | HOU | $ 4,900 | 11% | 9% | 14.69 |
| Tim Beckham | SS | BAL | $ 3,800 | 7% | 8% | 10.05 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | OF/SS | HOU | $ 3,800 | 6% | 6% | 8.25 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | CWS | $ 3,600 | 7% | 8% | 8.02 |
3B
| Name | Pos | Team | Price | Cash % | GPP % | Rank Score |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | KC | $ 3,800 | 41% | 21% | 33.42 |
| Manny Machado | 3B | BAL | $ 4,800 | 18% | 13% | 21.16 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | HOU | $ 4,600 | 9% | 9% | 14.25 |
OF
| Name | Pos | Team | Price | Cash % | GPP % | Rank Score |
| Giancarlo Stanton | OF | NYY | $ 5,300 | 40% | 24% | 27.58 |
| Aaron Judge | OF | NYY | $ 5,100 | 29% | 18% | 25.15 |
| Mike Trout | OF | LAA | $ 5,400 | 24% | 16% | 19.16 |
| George Springer | OF | HOU | $ 4,900 | 19% | 13% | 18.53 |
| Ryan Braun | OF | MIL | $ 4,300 | 14% | 11% | 13.42 |
| Eddie Rosario | OF | MIN | $ 3,500 | 14% | 11% | 11.67 |
| Jon Jay | OF | KC | $ 3,300 | 10% | 9% | 9.51 |
| Domingo Santana | OF | MIL | $ 3,900 | 6% | 6% | 8.51 |
- Positions and Price based on DraftKings
Top Stacks of the Night
- Astros (5) – Altuve, Gattis, Springer, Bregman, Gonzalez
- Yankees (4) – Stanton, Judge, Sanchez, Walker
- Royals (4) – Moustakas, Duda, Jay, Merrifield
- Orioles (3) – Machado, Schoop, Beckham
- White Sox (3) – Abreu, Castillo, Anderson
Hope you find the right combination to cash!
