The Pitching Leaderboard had some big changes at the top with RotoGrinders 6-pack taking over the lead with Rotowire moving up into the second spot. Meanwhile, the Hitting Leaderboard remained about the same with FantasyTeamAdvice leading the way and DailyOverlay – On the Hill moving up one spot into 2nd place. Also, both ScoutFantasy and DailyRoto led the way in sleeper picks this past week with five each. In general, the standings are still fluctuating from week to week quite a bit as we are still fairly early in the MLB season with plenty of time for MLB DFS analysts to make a move.
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: 5.36) moves back into the top spot on the Pitcher’s side overall. With only a few pitchers picks each week the 6-pack’s DO score will continue to be volatile but with two 1st place finished this past week it moves into the top spot.
#2) Rotowire (Score: 5.05) jumps into the Top 3 this week on the coattails of a 2nd place finish this past week including two Top 2 finishes on Wednesday and Thursday.
#3) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.03) drops down to 3rd place after occupying the top spot last week. They had one 1st place finish on Thursday but failed to reach the Top 10 any other day this week.
Hitters
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 3.53) remains in the top spot on the Hitter’s side with a solid week including three Top 4 finishes.
#2) DailyOverlay – On the Hill (Score: 3.26) moves up one spot into 2nd place overall fueled by two Top 3 finishes on Monday and Tuesday and a 6th place on Wednesday.
#3) RotoGrinders – Consensus (Score: 3.25) cracked the Top 3 in the hitter standings with a good week that saw them finish in the Top 7 every day.
Week in Review
Pitchers
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 1.00 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Rotowire | 1.50 | 14 | 6.67 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.50 | 14 | 5.67 | 7 | 5.27 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 4.00 | 2 | 1.00 | 17 | 7.50 | 2 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 13 | 5.00 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 2.75 | 6 | 2.75 | 14 | 5.50 | 6 | 5.00 | 4 | 7.75 | 3 | 4.75 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.75 | 3 | 5.00 | 6 | 4.00 | 12 | 3.67 | 8 | 7.20 | 4 | 4.72 |
| FantasyAlarm | 3.33 | 5 | 5.25 | 5 | 4.60 | 11 | 3.33 | 10 | 6.00 | 6 | 4.50 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.33 | 11 | 7.50 | 2 | 5.67 | 4 | 1.00 | 18 | 5.50 | 9 | 4.40 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.67 | 7 | 3.67 | 10 | 3.50 | 14 | 5.00 | 4 | 6.67 | 5 | 4.30 |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 2.67 | 7 | 3.67 | 10 | 5.67 | 4 | 3.00 | 11 | 5.67 | 7 | 4.14 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.00 | 12 | 5.00 | 6 | 1.00 | 18 | 7.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 13 | 4.10 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 1.50 | 14 | 0.50 | 18 | 6.50 | 3 | 2.00 | 16 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.10 |
| DK Playbook | 1.00 | 17 | 7.50 | 2 | 3.50 | 14 | 3.00 | 11 | 5.00 | 13 | 4.00 |
| Industry Consensus | 1.83 | 13 | 3.82 | 9 | 5.14 | 8 | 3.57 | 9 | 5.33 | 11 | 3.94 |
| DailyRoto | 3.50 | 4 | 3.00 | 12 | 5.00 | 9 | 3.78 | 7 | 4.25 | 18 | 3.91 |
| Scout Fantasy | 1.50 | 14 | 4.00 | 8 | 5.17 | 7 | 4.00 | 6 | 4.83 | 17 | 3.90 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 5.00 | 1 | 1.33 | 15 | 4.75 | 10 | 2.50 | 14 | 5.50 | 9 | 3.82 |
| Rotoballer | 2.67 | 7 | 3.00 | 12 | 4.00 | 12 | 3.00 | 11 | 5.33 | 11 | 3.60 |
| FantasyPros | 0.50 | 18 | 1.25 | 16 | 1.75 | 17 | 7.50 | 1 | 4.25 | 18 | 3.05 |
| Sportsline | 2.50 | 10 | – | – | 3.00 | 16 | 1.50 | 17 | 5.00 | 13 | 3.00 |
Hitters
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyOverlay – On the Hill | 3.64 | 3 | 5.18 | 1 | 2.33 | 6 | 2.33 | 10 | 3.00 | 11 | 3.30 |
| RotoGrinders-Consensus | 3.31 | 6 | 2.92 | 7 | 2.69 | 2 | 2.83 | 4 | 4.21 | 3 | 3.19 |
| FantasyTeamAdvice | 4.91 | 2 | 3.13 | 4 | 2.64 | 3 | 2.56 | 7 | 2.50 | 16 | 3.15 |
| Scout Fantasy | 3.33 | 5 | 3.97 | 2 | 2.31 | 7 | 2.72 | 5 | 3.16 | 8 | 3.10 |
| DailyOverlay – Stacks | 2.83 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.13 | 10 | 2.98 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.75 | 10 | 2.46 | 11 | 3.63 | 1 | 2.00 | 11 | 3.40 | 7 | 2.85 |
| DailyRoto | 3.06 | 8 | 2.88 | 8 | 2.54 | 4 | 2.00 | 11 | 2.97 | 12 | 2.69 |
| FantasyCPR | 2.11 | 12 | 3.00 | 5 | 2.22 | 8 | 3.27 | 2 | 2.25 | 18 | 2.57 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 3.29 | 7 | 2.00 | 17 | 1.50 | 13 | 1.33 | 16 | 4.67 | 2 | 2.56 |
| FantasyAlarm | 1.95 | 13 | 3.41 | 3 | 1.86 | 10 | 2.46 | 8 | 2.74 | 14 | 2.48 |
| Industry Consensus | 2.19 | 11 | 2.83 | 9 | 2.05 | 9 | 2.00 | 11 | 3.15 | 9 | 2.44 |
| Sportsline | 5.00 | 1 | – | – | 1.00 | 14 | 3.14 | 3 | 0.40 | 20 | 2.39 |
| RotoGrinders-Lineup Builder | 3.63 | 4 | 2.14 | 16 | 0.14 | 18 | 1.71 | 15 | 3.83 | 5 | 2.29 |
| FantasyGuruElite | 1.94 | 14 | 2.43 | 12 | 1.73 | 12 | 2.38 | 9 | 2.63 | 15 | 2.22 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 0.40 | 18 | – | – | 1.20 | 17 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.20 |
| DK Playbook | 1.67 | 16 | 2.25 | 14 | 0.82 | 17 | 1.83 | 14 | 3.78 | 6 | 2.07 |
| Rotowire | 0.14 | 19 | 2.63 | 10 | 2.50 | 5 | 0.75 | 19 | 4.00 | 4 | 2.00 |
| FantasyPros | 1.60 | 17 | 3.00 | 5 | 1.82 | 11 | 0.80 | 18 | 2.78 | 13 | 2.00 |
| Rotoballer | 1.88 | 15 | 2.20 | 15 | 0.86 | 16 | 2.57 | 6 | 2.33 | 17 | 1.97 |
| FantasyLabs | 1.55 | 18 | 2.27 | 13 | 1.00 | 14 | 3.42 | 1 | 1.56 | 19 | 1.96 |
Sleepers of the Week
Monday (May 7)
A+ – Scooter Gennett (Sportsline)
A+ – Zach Eflin (FantasyGuruElite)
Tuesday (May 8)
A+ – Jon Gray (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jeimer Candelario (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Salvador Perez (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Tucker Barnhart (ScoutFantasy)
Wednesday (May 9)
A+ – Carlos Santana (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mitch Haniger (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Mitch Moreland (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – Nick Markakis (ScoutFantasy)
Thursday (May 10)
A+ – Hanley Ramirez (DailyRoto)
A+ – Scooter Gennett (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Mike Leake (FantasyPros)
Friday (May 11)
A+ – Jody Mercer (DailyRoto)
A+ – Michael Conforto (DailyRoto)
A+ – Michael Brantley (DailyOverlay – On the Hill)
A+ – Manny Machado (ScoutFantasy)
A+ – Dan Straily (FantasyPros)
A+ – Gerardo Parra (FantasyPros)
A+ – Brian Dozier (Rotowire)
A+ – Lucas Duda (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 | 56.30% | 56.30% | ||||||
| 15 | 74.20% | 74.20% | ||||||
| 14 | 78.40% | 54.10% | 58.05% | 69.11% | ||||
| 13 | 63.43% | 67.25% | 61.57% | 64.20% | 63.71% | |||
| 12 | 59.93% | 32.10% | 60.30% | 49.80% | 58.95% | 56.59% | 54.32% | |
| 11 | 51.87% | 40.60% | 45.45% | 48.00% | 43.43% | 50.48% | 59.10% | 49.65% |
| 10 | 45.86% | 61.10% | 41.38% | 52.57% | 49.80% | 55.84% | 49.81% | |
| 9 | 32.31% | 32.73% | 34.20% | 27.02% | 34.31% | 32.44% | 38.10% | 33.46% |
| 8 | 37.27% | 31.22% | 33.00% | 28.40% | 27.70% | 29.21% | 31.08% | 31.90% |
| 7 | 32.59% | 25.46% | 25.39% | 23.79% | 21.96% | 25.64% | 28.21% | 26.85% |
| 6 | 18.87% | 29.98% | 17.99% | 18.01% | 17.20% | 15.69% | 23.75% | 20.20% |
| 5 | 17.84% | 22.95% | 14.47% | 14.69% | 15.60% | 13.22% | 18.52% | 16.69% |
| 4 | 13.25% | 14.74% | 8.20% | 10.91% | 10.16% | 6.68% | 13.57% | 11.58% |
| 3 | 7.57% | 9.10% | 5.50% | 6.19% | 7.15% | 5.28% | 9.72% | 7.61% |
| 2 | 4.78% | 6.03% | 4.65% | 7.17% | 5.42% | 4.02% | 6.12% | 5.56% |
| 1 | 2.41% | 3.24% | 2.71% | 2.04% | 3.43% | 1.93% | 2.39% | 2.58% |
GPP by Position
| Count | SP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | Total |
| 16 | 42.00% | 42.00% | ||||||
| 15 | 42.65% | 42.65% | ||||||
| 14 | 57.70% | 25.40% | 37.65% | 47.36% | ||||
| 13 | 47.05% | 36.35% | 37.53% | 31.10% | 40.46% | |||
| 12 | 43.13% | 20.80% | 35.40% | 27.35% | 30.00% | 41.44% | 36.35% | |
| 11 | 34.57% | 26.40% | 28.13% | 33.30% | 25.93% | 31.38% | 33.33% | 31.52% |
| 10 | 31.29% | 55.90% | 22.42% | 29.70% | 28.95% | 33.92% | 31.09% | |
| 9 | 28.02% | 27.87% | 24.63% | 19.27% | 25.59% | 23.84% | 26.69% | 25.81% |
| 8 | 28.69% | 21.97% | 22.83% | 24.53% | 21.79% | 21.25% | 22.58% | 23.81% |
| 7 | 27.24% | 20.93% | 18.01% | 18.68% | 19.68% | 20.05% | 22.77% | 21.56% |
| 6 | 21.03% | 20.86% | 13.81% | 14.75% | 13.26% | 14.14% | 17.32% | 16.68% |
| 5 | 17.81% | 17.28% | 11.36% | 11.53% | 13.35% | 12.63% | 15.75% | 14.27% |
| 4 | 14.85% | 13.11% | 8.50% | 11.30% | 10.57% | 7.84% | 12.35% | 11.61% |
| 3 | 10.49% | 11.65% | 6.52% | 6.50% | 8.37% | 6.71% | 9.82% | 8.75% |
| 2 | 6.89% | 6.53% | 5.89% | 7.11% | 6.59% | 5.31% | 6.94% | 6.56% |
| 1 | 4.50% | 3.82% | 3.50% | 3.23% | 4.25% | 3.29% | 3.53% | 3.73% |
