MLB FanDuel Draft Percentages: Thursday 8/6/20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Chatwood | P | $9,600 | -5 | 49.82% |
| Zac Gallen | P | $8,200 | 34 | 12.41% |
| Jordan Yamamoto | P | $5,700 | 12 | 10.87% |
| Nate Pearson | P | $7,500 | 21 | 8.23% |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | $6,600 | -5 | 5.60% |
| Gio González | P | $6,100 | 10 | 4.26% |
| Touki Toussaint | P | $6,300 | 42 | 3.51% |
| Josh Lindblom | P | $6,500 | 36 | 3.07% |
| Brad Keller | P | $6,400 | 42 | 1.04% |
| Brandon Bielak | P | $5,500 | 18 | 1.04% |
Hitters
| Player | Position | Salary | FanDuel Points | Draft Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Acuña Jr. | OF | $3,700 | 3 | 40.94% |
| Javier Báez | SS | $3,500 | 3 | 36.58% |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | $3,700 | 0 | 35.73% |
| Kyle Schwarber | OF | $2,800 | 9.2 | 35.06% |
| Anthony Rizzo | C/1B | $3,700 | 0 | 32.19% |
| Cavan Biggio | 2B | $3,000 | 0 | 27.13% |
| Bo Bichette | SS | $2,700 | 18.7 | 26.93% |
| Luis Robert | OF | $3,200 | 0 | 26.73% |
| George Springer | OF | $3,400 | 0 | 25.42% |
| Christian Yelich | OF | $3,900 | 37.1 | 24.18% |
| Keston Hiura | 2B | $3,300 | 6 | 22.05% |
| Ketel Marte | 2B | $2,900 | 9 | 20.10% |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | $3,600 | 3 | 19.38% |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | $3,900 | 28.2 | 18.52% |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | $3,700 | 40.1 | 16.76% |
| Freddie Freeman | C/1B | $3,600 | 28.2 | 16.38% |
| Eloy Jiménez | OF | $3,400 | 0 | 15.00% |
| Michael Brantley | OF | $3,300 | 0 | 14.20% |
| Carlos Correa | SS | $3,400 | 3 | 12.93% |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | $3,100 | 6.2 | 12.24% |
| Marcell Ozuna | OF | $3,300 | 6.2 | 11.05% |
| Starling Marte | OF | $3,000 | 18.2 | 10.55% |
| Brian Anderson | 3B | $3,100 | 22.5 | 10.29% |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | OF | $2,500 | 12.2 | 9.44% |
| Avisaíl García | OF | $2,800 | 15.4 | 8.86% |
| Jonathan Villar | OF | $2,600 | 34.2 | 8.56% |
| Ian Happ | OF | $3,000 | 6 | 7.40% |
| Jesús Aguilar | C/1B | $3,000 | 9.7 | 7.09% |
| Kole Calhoun | OF | $2,500 | 13 | 7.01% |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | C/1B | $2,700 | 3.5 | 6.54% |
| Hanser Alberto | 2B | $2,800 | 12.2 | 6.32% |
| Whit Merrifield | OF | $3,500 | 40.6 | 6.30% |
| Willson Contreras | C/1B | $3,100 | 3 | 6.29% |
| José Abreu | C/1B | $3,200 | 3 | 6.08% |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | $2,500 | 6.2 | 5.92% |
| Nick Markakis | OF | $2,200 | 18.7 | 5.20% |
| Jon Berti | OF | $2,100 | 6.2 | 5.11% |
| Ben Gamel | OF | $2,800 | 0 | 4.64% |
| Jorge Soler | OF | $3,100 | 31.4 | 4.64% |
| José Iglesias | SS | $2,700 | 0 | 4.30% |
| Anthony Santander | OF | $2,800 | 18.7 | 4.17% |
| Christian Walker | C/1B | $2,700 | 12.7 | 3.98% |
| Yasmani Grandal | C/1B | $2,700 | 3 | 3.97% |
| Rowdy Tellez | C/1B | $2,600 | 9.2 | 3.86% |
| Kyle Tucker | OF | $2,700 | 0 | 3.60% |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | $2,500 | 9.2 | 3.57% |
| Travis Shaw | 3B | $2,500 | 0 | 3.54% |
| David Peralta | OF | $2,400 | 12.5 | 3.50% |
| Randal Grichuk | OF | $2,400 | 0 | 3.35% |
| Yuli Gurriel | C/1B | $2,900 | 6.5 | 3.27% |
| Jason Heyward | OF | $2,200 | 0 | 3.22% |
| Leury García | 2B | $2,800 | 34.7 | 2.67% |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | $2,200 | 28.7 | 2.49% |
| Renato Núñez | C/1B | $2,800 | 37.4 | 2.38% |
| Dwight Smith Jr. | OF | $2,400 | 22.2 | 2.15% |
| Adam Duvall | OF | $2,100 | 3.5 | 2.15% |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | $2,500 | 6.5 | 2.10% |
| Nomar Mazara | OF | $2,500 | 9.2 | 2.05% |
| Justin Smoak | C/1B | $2,500 | 6.7 | 1.79% |
| Orlando Arcia | SS | $2,200 | 9.5 | 1.48% |
| Austin Hays | OF | $2,500 | 3 | 1.48% |
| Johan Camargo | 3B | $2,200 | 0 | 1.43% |
| Nick Ahmed | SS | $2,100 | 6.2 | 1.21% |
| Salvador Perez | C/1B | $2,600 | 25.2 | 1.17% |
| Danny Mendick | 2B | $2,000 | 3 | 1.11% |
| Josh Reddick | OF | $2,600 | 3 | 1.04% |
| Francisco Cervelli | C/1B | $2,400 | 15.4 | 1.02% |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | $2,700 | 31.4 | 1.01% |
| Lewis Brinson | OF | $2,100 | 6.2 | 0.93% |
| Ryan O'Hearn | C/1B | $2,500 | 19 | 0.71% |
| Tyler Flowers | C/1B | $2,300 | 3 | 0.70% |
| Joe Panik | 2B | $2,000 | 0 | 0.67% |
| Adeiny Hechavarría | SS | $2,000 | 0 | 0.63% |
| Andy Young | 3B | $2,000 | 9.5 | 0.61% |
| Monte Harrison | OF | $2,000 | 9 | 0.49% |
| Reese McGuire | C/1B | $2,300 | 0 | 0.48% |
| Logan Forsythe | 3B | $2,100 | 12.2 | 0.45% |
| Alex Gordon | OF | $2,300 | 19.2 | 0.42% |
| Victor Caratini | C/1B | $2,300 | 9.5 | 0.42% |
| Omar Narváez | C/1B | $2,200 | 9 | 0.36% |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | $2,000 | 6.2 | 0.35% |
| Magneuris Sierra | OF | $2,300 | 9.7 | 0.33% |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | $2,900 | 0 | 0.32% |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | $2,000 | 13 | 0.31% |
| Carson Kelly | C/1B | $2,000 | 3 | 0.29% |
| Teoscar Hernández | OF | $2,800 | 6.5 | 0.28% |
| Pat Valaika | 3B | $2,000 | 0 | 0.22% |
| Zack Collins | C/1B | $2,000 | 3 | 0.21% |
| Chance Sisco | C/1B | $2,200 | 27.7 | 0.21% |
| Martín Maldonado | C/1B | $2,300 | 3 | 0.17% |
| Chris Davis | C/1B | $2,100 | 9.2 | 0.17% |
| Nick Heath | OF | $2,000 | 21.7 | 0.16% |
| Travis d'Arnaud | C/1B | $2,700 | 0.13% | |
| Rio Ruiz | 3B | $3,000 | 0.10% |
