by Brian Hourigan (CruzinToVictory) Last Updated 2014-07-24 18:15:02

Expert Consensus Rankings: FanDuel

Each day our top-ranked Grinder Experts will rank their top $/Point plays of the day by site, and by position: Notorious (2013 DraftDay Baseball Champion, DSBC Finalist x3), STLCardinals84 (DSBC Finalist x2), Dean78904 (Ranked Top 25 Overall), and CrackMonkey83 (Ranked Top 25 Overall). ¹ Their picks are then sorted and averaged into an aggregate ranking each day. If a player is not ranked (NR), then the value they receive towards the aggregate rankings is a “10”.

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Thursday, July 24th

Catchers

Rank	Catchers	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Jonathan Lucroy	$3,700	2	1	1	1	1.25
2	Yan Gomes	$3,600	1	2	2	2	1.75
3	Evan Gattis	$3,400	NR	3	NR	3	6.50
4	Mike Zunino	$2,600	3	NR	NR	NR	8.25
5	Travis d’Arnaud	$2,700	NR	NR	3	NR	8.25

1st Basemen

Rank	1st Basemen	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Freddie Freeman	$3,200	2	2	1	1	1.50
2	Carlos Santana	$3,500	2	1	2	3	2.00
3	Jose Abreu	$4,100	1	3	3	2	2.25
4	Lucas Duda	$3,400	3	NR	NR	NR	8.25

2nd Basemen

Rank	2nd Basemen	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Daniel Murphy	$3,000	NR	1	2	3	4.00
2	Brian Dozier	$3,900	1	NR	1	NR	5.50
3	Robinson Cano	$3,900	2	2	NR	NR	6.00
4	Tommy La Stella		3	NR	NR	2	6.25
5	Gordon Beckham	$2,200	NR	3	3	NR	6.50
6	Scooter Gennett	$3,700	NR	NR	NR	1	7.75

3rd Basemen

Rank	3rd Basemen	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Carlos Santana	$3,500	2	1	2	3	2.00
2	Conor Gillaspie	$3,300	1	3	2	NR	4.00
3	Yangervis Solarte	$2,200	NR	2	1	3	4.00
4	Aramis Ramirez	$3,000	3	NR	NR	1	6.00
5	David Wright	$3,300	NR	1	NR	NR	7.75
6	Casey McGehee	$3,200	NR	NR	NR	2	8.00
7	Trevor Plouffe	$2,700	NR	NR	3	NR	8.25

Shortstops

Rank	Shortstops	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Alexei Ramirez	$2,900	1	2	1	2	1.50
2	Danny Santana		2	3	3	1	2.25
3	Asdrubal Cabrera	$2,700	NR	1	NR	3	6.00
4	Jean Segura	$2,400	3	NR	2	NR	6.25

Outfielders

Rank	Outfielders	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Jason Heyward	$3,400	3	1	3	1	2.00
2	Carlos Gomez	$4,000	2	3	NR	3	4.50
3	Oswaldo Arcia	$2,600	5	NR	1	2	4.50
4	Josh Willingham	$3,600	4	NR	4	5	5.75
5	Christian Yelich	$3,700	1	NR	5	NR	6.50
6	Adam Eaton	$3,100	NR	2	NR	NR	8.00
7	Seth Smith	$3,400	NR	NR	2	NR	8.00
8	Corey Hart	$2,300	NR	4	NR	NR	8.50
9	Khris Davis	$3,100	NR	NR	NR	4	8.50
10	Justin Upton	$3,900	NR	5	NR	NR	8.75

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Pitchers	Salary	Noto	STL	Dean	CrackM	Avg Rk
1	Tyson Ross	$7,900	3	1	2	1	1.75
2	Corey Kluber	$9,500	2	2	1	5	2.50
3	Edwin Jackson	$5,900	5	3	5	4	4.25
4	Hisashi Iwakuma	$8,800	1	5	NR	2	4.50
5	Max Scherzer	$10,600	NR	4	3	3	5.00
6	Aaron Harang	$6,900	NR	NR	4	NR	8.50
7	Matt Garza	$7,400	4	NR	NR	NR	8.50

¹ Note: Keep in mind that all rankings are posted daily by 2 PM EST, so news can occur after this point that may effect selections. We recommend monitoring MLB Bargain Bin Ballers, Lineup Email Alerts, using Expert Chat and following @RotoGrinders news feed on Twitter before finalizing your selections.