FanDuel MLB Draft Percentages: Thursday 8/5/21
If you've played fantasy baseball over on FanDuel, then you know the importance of draft percentages, especially in larger-field tournaments. Knowing who the competition is using enables you to think with a contrarian mindset. And if your under-the-radar play ends up hitting, well, you're one step closer to a victory.
Each day, we'll be posting the previous night's draft percentages to help you see how the public was thinking. It'll let you see who the public used, which can be helpful when doing research for upcoming slates.
Let's take a look at the draft percentages for yesterday. If a player is not listed, his percentage was lower than 0.10%.
Pitchers
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | P | $9,300 | 30.0 | 34.49% |
| Framber Valdez | P | $9,700 | 29.0 | 17.34% |
| Nestor Cortes | P | $5,500 | 15.0 | 15.87% |
| Touki Toussaint | P | $8,500 | 19.0 | 12.20% |
| Ross Stripling | P | $8,000 | 46.0 | 6.34% |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | $7,000 | 31.0 | 6.29% |
| Triston McKenzie | P | $6,400 | 28.0 | 1.59% |
| Daniel Lynch | P | $5,900 | 39.0 | 1.45% |
| Wil Crowe | P | $6,200 | 18.0 | 1.40% |
| Tyler Anderson | P | $7,400 | 21.0 | 1.33% |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | $5,700 | 19.0 | 1.09% |
| Griffin Jax | P | $6,000 | 19.0 | 0.36% |
Hitters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Anderson | SS | $3,600 | 0.0 | 28.63% |
| Nick Castellanos | OF | $3,500 | 3.0 | 27.79% |
| George Springer | OF | $4,200 | 0.0 | 27.68% |
| José Abreu | C/1B | $3,400 | 21.7 | 25.33% |
| Aaron Judge | OF | $3,800 | 9.2 | 23.99% |
| Giancarlo Stanton | OF | $3,400 | 12.4 | 21.90% |
| Yordan Alvarez | OF | $3,700 | 22.2 | 21.65% |
| Joey Votto | C/1B | $4,400 | 25.7 | 18.42% |
| Chas McCormick | OF | $2,200 | 9.0 | 18.08% |
| Jesse Winker | OF | $4,400 | 3.0 | 18.02% |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | $3,200 | 18.2 | 17.94% |
| Corey Dickerson | OF | $2,000 | 0.0 | 16.23% |
| Eloy Jiménez | OF | $3,300 | 12.5 | 15.36% |
| Austin Riley | 3B | $3,500 | 25.2 | 15.30% |
| Jorge Soler | OF | $3,300 | 9.5 | 14.56% |
| Ozzie Albies | 2B | $3,600 | 12.7 | 14.25% |
| Michael Brantley | OF | $3,300 | 6.2 | 14.22% |
| Kyle Tucker | OF | $3,600 | 9.0 | 14.16% |
| Jonathan India | 2B | $3,600 | 24.9 | 13.77% |
| DJ LeMahieu | 2B | $3,000 | 3.0 | 12.87% |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | $4,300 | 0.0 | 12.82% |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | C/1B | $4,600 | 9.2 | 12.06% |
| Bo Bichette | SS | $4,100 | 28.7 | 11.01% |
| Freddie Freeman | C/1B | $3,700 | 12.7 | 10.84% |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2B | $3,100 | 9.2 | 10.71% |
| Anthony Rizzo | C/1B | $4,000 | 0.0 | 10.58% |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | $2,900 | 3.0 | 10.43% |
| Joey Gallo | OF | $3,600 | 40.9 | 9.96% |
| Aledmys Díaz | 2B | $2,800 | 0.0 | 9.87% |
| Franmil Reyes | OF | $3,600 | 6.0 | 9.37% |
| Tyler Stephenson | C/1B | $2,600 | 3.0 | 8.27% |
| Gleyber Torres | SS | $2,900 | 3.5 | 7.72% |
| Abraham Toro | 3B | $2,500 | 6.0 | 7.63% |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | $4,100 | 9.2 | 7.51% |
| Bobby Bradley | C/1B | $2,500 | 0.0 | 7.10% |
| Salvador Perez | C/1B | $3,300 | 6.2 | 7.08% |
| Eugenio Suárez | 3B | $2,900 | 25.7 | 7.00% |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | OF | $2,500 | 0.0 | 6.78% |
| Randal Grichuk | OF | $2,300 | 0.0 | 6.76% |
| Andrew Vaughn | C/1B | $2,800 | 3.0 | 6.63% |
| Adam Engel | OF | $2,700 | 0.0 | 6.57% |
| Adam Duvall | OF | $3,200 | 9.2 | 6.37% |
| Bryan Reynolds | OF | $3,200 | 6.5 | 6.12% |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | $3,100 | 9.0 | 5.81% |
| Mitch Haniger | OF | $3,500 | 6.5 | 5.79% |
| Tyler Naquin | OF | $2,900 | 3.2 | 5.16% |
| Amed Rosario | SS | $2,800 | 6.0 | 4.49% |
| Hoy Park | 2B | $2,100 | 12.2 | 4.40% |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | $3,700 | 6.5 | 4.36% |
| Kyle Farmer | 2B | $2,900 | 12.2 | 4.05% |
| Kyle Seager | 3B | $3,400 | 18.7 | 3.48% |
| Ty France | 2B | $3,000 | 9.0 | 3.47% |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | $2,500 | 6.2 | 3.37% |
| Carlos Santana | C/1B | $2,800 | 3.0 | 3.36% |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | $2,800 | 12.0 | 3.30% |
| J.P. Crawford | SS | $2,800 | 9.0 | 3.14% |
| Bradley Zimmer | OF | $2,200 | 0.0 | 3.05% |
| Kyle Higashioka | C/1B | $2,100 | 6.5 | 2.90% |
| Joc Pederson | OF | $2,900 | 27.9 | 2.87% |
| Tyler O'Neill | OF | $3,500 | 9.2 | 2.87% |
| Mitch Garver | C/1B | $2,700 | 0.0 | 2.86% |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | $3,500 | 9.5 | 2.70% |
| Santiago Espinal | SS | $2,200 | 3.0 | 2.63% |
| Paul Goldschmidt | C/1B | $3,800 | 9.5 | 2.45% |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | $3,400 | 6.0 | 2.40% |
| Seby Zavala | C/1B | $2,000 | 0.0 | 2.39% |
| Brent Rooker | OF | $2,600 | 6.0 | 2.36% |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | $2,800 | 6.5 | 2.35% |
| Harold Ramirez | OF | $2,400 | 0.0 | 2.32% |
| Martín Maldonado | C/1B | $2,200 | 3.0 | 2.31% |
| Gregory Polanco | OF | $2,800 | 0.0 | 2.25% |
| Dylan Carlson | OF | $3,800 | 6.2 | 2.16% |
| Edward Olivares | OF | $2,200 | 18.7 | 2.15% |
| Paul DeJong | SS | $2,800 | 0.0 | 1.79% |
| Harrison Bader | OF | $3,400 | 3.0 | 1.77% |
| Rob Refsnyder | 2B | $2,000 | 21.4 | 1.66% |
| Michael A. Taylor | OF | $2,200 | 12.0 | 1.60% |
| Miguel Sanó | C/1B | $3,200 | 6.2 | 1.47% |
| Jonathan Davis | OF | $2,000 | 0.0 | 1.44% |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | $2,000 | 13.0 | 1.34% |
| Jarred Kelenic | OF | $2,300 | 27.9 | 1.30% |
| Oscar Mercado | OF | $2,300 | 0.0 | 1.29% |
| Jason Castro | C/1B | $2,000 | 18.7 | 1.28% |
| Luis Torrens | C/1B | $2,500 | 0.0 | 1.20% |
| Owen Miller | SS | $2,000 | 3.0 | 1.17% |
| Matt Carpenter | C/1B | $2,000 | 6.0 | 1.16% |
| Leury García | 2B | $2,500 | 3.0 | 1.16% |
| Reese McGuire | C/1B | $2,100 | 0.0 | 1.12% |
| Dylan Moore | 2B | $2,400 | 3.0 | 0.97% |
| Kevin Newman | 2B | $2,400 | 15.5 | 0.91% |
| Robel García | OF | $2,000 | 0.0 | 0.72% |
| Tom Murphy | C/1B | $2,000 | 3.0 | 0.72% |
| Kevan Smith | C/1B | $2,100 | 0.0 | 0.60% |
| John Nogowski | C/1B | $2,500 | 0.0 | 0.59% |
| Jacob Stallings | C/1B | $2,500 | 9.2 | 0.52% |
| Teoscar Hernández | OF | $3,400 | 0.0 | 0.49% |
| Trevor Larnach | OF | $2,700 | 18.7 | 0.47% |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | $2,200 | 10.0 | 0.44% |
| Carlos Correa | SS | $3,400 | 0.42% | |
| Wilmer Difo | SS | $2,100 | 9.2 | 0.38% |
| Ernie Clement | SS | $2,100 | 0.0 | 0.38% |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | $2,300 | 6.0 | 0.37% |
| Willians Astudillo | C/1B | $2,400 | 9.7 | 0.33% |
| Andrew Knizner | C/1B | $2,000 | 21.7 | 0.28% |
| José Ramírez | 3B | $3,900 | 0.24% | |
| Austin Hedges | C/1B | $2,200 | 0.0 | 0.21% |
| Gary Sánchez | C/1B | $2,800 | 0.18% | |
| Cam Gallagher | C/1B | $2,000 | 3.0 | 0.16% |
| Ryan LaMarre | OF | $2,000 | 0.12% | |
| Myles Straw | OF | $2,600 | 0.0 | 0.10% |
| Yuli Gurriel | C/1B | $3,200 | 0.10% |
