Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Guardians vs. Angels 4/5/25
Cleveland Guardians vs. Los Angeles Angels
April 5, 2025 9:38 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the Los Angeles Angels. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Guardians vs. Los Angeles Angels 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 this evening’s Guardians vs. Angels matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Tanner Bibee, Starting Pitcher, Cleveland Guardians $11,600
On Saturday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game American League series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the Los Angeles Angels.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Cleveland Guardians have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 7-0 shutout loss to the San Diego Padres four days ago.
In direct contrast to the Guardians, the Los Angeles Angels are playing rather good baseball entering this evening’s game. The Angels have won four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 9-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals earlier this week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher Tanner Bibee had an impressive 2024 season for the Cleveland Guardians. With that said, how did Bibee perform from a statistical perspective last season? Let’s review Bibee’s relevant game data from the 2024 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Last season, Tanner Bibee compiled a 12-8 record and an impressive 3.47 ERA for the Cleveland Guardians. Additionally, Bibee amassed 168 strikeouts over 173.2 innings pitched in 2024.
How did Bibee pitch in his first start of this season? In the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 win over the Kansas City Royals six days ago, Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee pitched exceptionally well. Bibee pitched 5.2 quality innings, striking out three Royals batters while scattering two hits and two walks in the Cleveland Guardians victory over the Royals.
In my opinion, Tanner Bibee is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s game. For that specific reason, I am backing Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee 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): Jack Kochanowicz, Starting Pitcher (Los Angeles Angels) $10,200: Steven Kwan, Outfielder (Cleveland Guardians) $8,400: Taylor Ward, Outfielder (Los Angeles Angels $8,600.
