Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Dodgers vs. Giants 9/12/25
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants
September 12, 2025 10:15 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings MLB single game showdown contest.
Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules
You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my Draftkings picks for tonight’s Dodgers vs. Giants matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Starting Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers $12,000
On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the first game of a three-game National League series featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the opening game of this three-game series with the San Francisco Giants playing good baseball. The Dodgers have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 9-0 shutout victory over the Colorado Rockies two days ago.
In direct contrast to the Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants are playing below average baseball entering the first game of this National League series. The Giants have lost three of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals last week.
Now that we have ascertained how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has certainly been an important part of the Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitching rotation this season. With that said, how has Yamamoto performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the veteran pitcher’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through 27 starts made in 2025, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has compiled an 11-8 (win-loss record) and a 2.72 ERA (Earned Run Average) which ranks eighth in MLB. Additionally, Yamamoto has tallied a 1.01 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Innings Pitched), 177 strikeouts (16th in MLB) while allowing 50 walks in 155.1 innings pitched this season.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that Yoshinobu Yamamoto can post a large number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tonight’s matchup with the San Francisco Giants.
In my view, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this MLB regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this MLB regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Justin Verlander, Starting Pitcher (San Francisco Giants) $10,200: Mookie Betts, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $8,800.
