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FanDuel MLB Draft Percentages: Thursday 8/5/21

Jose Abreu came through as a popular play on yesterday's slate. How did other highly rostered players perform?

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

PlayerPositionSalaryFanDuel PointsDraft Percentage
Tim AndersonSS$3,6000.028.63%
Nick CastellanosOF$3,5003.027.79%
George SpringerOF$4,2000.027.68%
José AbreuC/1B$3,40021.725.33%
Aaron JudgeOF$3,8009.223.99%
Giancarlo StantonOF$3,40012.421.90%
Yordan AlvarezOF$3,70022.221.65%
Joey VottoC/1B$4,40025.718.42%
Chas McCormickOF$2,2009.018.08%
Jesse WinkerOF$4,4003.018.02%
Dansby SwansonSS$3,20018.217.94%
Corey DickersonOF$2,0000.016.23%
Eloy JiménezOF$3,30012.515.36%
Austin Riley3B$3,50025.215.30%
Jorge SolerOF$3,3009.514.56%
Ozzie Albies2B$3,60012.714.25%
Michael BrantleyOF$3,3006.214.22%
Kyle TuckerOF$3,6009.014.16%
Jonathan India2B$3,60024.913.77%
DJ LeMahieu2B$3,0003.012.87%
Jose Altuve2B$4,3000.012.82%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.C/1B$4,6009.212.06%
Bo BichetteSS$4,10028.711.01%
Freddie FreemanC/1B$3,70012.710.84%
Cesar Hernandez2B$3,1009.210.71%
Anthony RizzoC/1B$4,0000.010.58%
Yoán Moncada3B$2,9003.010.43%
Joey GalloOF$3,60040.99.96%
Aledmys Díaz2B$2,8000.09.87%
Franmil ReyesOF$3,6006.09.37%
Tyler StephensonC/1B$2,6003.08.27%
Gleyber TorresSS$2,9003.57.72%
Abraham Toro3B$2,5006.07.63%
Marcus Semien2B$4,1009.27.51%
Bobby BradleyC/1B$2,5000.07.10%
Salvador PerezC/1B$3,3006.27.08%
Eugenio Suárez3B$2,90025.77.00%
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.OF$2,5000.06.78%
Randal GrichukOF$2,3000.06.76%
Andrew VaughnC/1B$2,8003.06.63%
Adam EngelOF$2,7000.06.57%
Adam DuvallOF$3,2009.26.37%
Bryan ReynoldsOF$3,2006.56.12%
Whit Merrifield2B$3,1009.05.81%
Mitch HanigerOF$3,5006.55.79%
Tyler NaquinOF$2,9003.25.16%
Amed RosarioSS$2,8006.04.49%
Hoy Park2B$2,10012.24.40%
Nolan Arenado3B$3,7006.54.36%
Kyle Farmer2B$2,90012.24.05%
Kyle Seager3B$3,40018.73.48%
Ty France2B$3,0009.03.47%
Hunter Dozier3B$2,5006.23.37%
Carlos SantanaC/1B$2,8003.03.36%
Rougned Odor2B$2,80012.03.30%
J.P. CrawfordSS$2,8009.03.14%
Bradley ZimmerOF$2,2000.03.05%
Kyle HigashiokaC/1B$2,1006.52.90%
Joc PedersonOF$2,90027.92.87%
Tyler O'NeillOF$3,5009.22.87%
Mitch GarverC/1B$2,7000.02.86%
Jorge Polanco2B$3,5009.52.70%
Santiago EspinalSS$2,2003.02.63%
Paul GoldschmidtC/1B$3,8009.52.45%
Josh Donaldson3B$3,4006.02.40%
Seby ZavalaC/1B$2,0000.02.39%
Brent RookerOF$2,6006.02.36%
Ke'Bryan Hayes3B$2,8006.52.35%
Harold RamirezOF$2,4000.02.32%
Martín MaldonadoC/1B$2,2003.02.31%
Gregory PolancoOF$2,8000.02.25%
Dylan CarlsonOF$3,8006.22.16%
Edward OlivaresOF$2,20018.72.15%
Paul DeJongSS$2,8000.01.79%
Harrison BaderOF$3,4003.01.77%
Rob Refsnyder2B$2,00021.41.66%
Michael A. TaylorOF$2,20012.01.60%
Miguel SanóC/1B$3,2006.21.47%
Jonathan DavisOF$2,0000.01.44%
Emmanuel Rivera3B$2,00013.01.34%
Jarred KelenicOF$2,30027.91.30%
Oscar MercadoOF$2,3000.01.29%
Jason CastroC/1B$2,00018.71.28%
Luis TorrensC/1B$2,5000.01.20%
Owen MillerSS$2,0003.01.17%
Matt CarpenterC/1B$2,0006.01.16%
Leury García2B$2,5003.01.16%
Reese McGuireC/1B$2,1000.01.12%
Dylan Moore2B$2,4003.00.97%
Kevin Newman2B$2,40015.50.91%
Robel GarcíaOF$2,0000.00.72%
Tom MurphyC/1B$2,0003.00.72%
Kevan SmithC/1B$2,1000.00.60%
John NogowskiC/1B$2,5000.00.59%
Jacob StallingsC/1B$2,5009.20.52%
Teoscar HernándezOF$3,4000.00.49%
Trevor LarnachOF$2,70018.70.47%
Andrelton SimmonsSS$2,20010.00.44%
Carlos CorreaSS$3,400 0.42%
Wilmer DifoSS$2,1009.20.38%
Ernie ClementSS$2,1000.00.38%
Nicky Lopez2B$2,3006.00.37%
Willians AstudilloC/1B$2,4009.70.33%
Andrew KniznerC/1B$2,00021.70.28%
José Ramírez3B$3,900 0.24%
Austin HedgesC/1B$2,2000.00.21%
Gary SánchezC/1B$2,800 0.18%
Cam GallagherC/1B$2,0003.00.16%
Ryan LaMarreOF$2,000 0.12%
Myles StrawOF$2,6000.00.10%
Yuli GurrielC/1B$3,200 0.10%