Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Blue Jays vs. Orioles 7/29/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a Draftkings perspective.

Prior to discussing the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings 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 tomorrow afternoon’s Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Yariel Rodriguez, Starting Pitcher, Toronto Blue Jays $11,000

On Monday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a four game American League series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles.

How are these two teams playing entering tomorrow afternoon’s MLB game? The Toronto Blue Jays arrive at the first game of this four game American League series with the Baltimore Orioles playing rather good baseball. Let’s review Toronto’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement. The Toronto Blue Jays have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a including a 7-3 victory over to the Texas Rangers last night.

Conversely, the Baltimore Orioles are not playing good baseball. The Orioles have lost five of the team’s last seven games played this season.

Now that we have determined how both of these American League teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow afternoon’s contest. Blue Jays pitcher Yariel Rodriquez has established himself as a valuable member of the Toronto Blue Jays starting pitching rotation this season. Having stated that, how has Rodriquez been playing from a statistical standpoint in 2024? Let’s take a look at Rodriquez’s recent game data to answer that question.

In the nine games that Yariel Rodriquez has pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2024, Rodriquez has posted a respectable 3.69 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.26 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added 42 strikeouts while allowing only 19 walks.

More recently, in the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays four days ago, Toronto hurler Yariel Rodriquez pitched 5.2 quality innings allowing two hits and two earned runs in the Blue Jays victory over the Rays.

For the reasons just noted, I am backing Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yariel Rodriquez at the captain position for this one game DFS MLB Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., First Baseman, Toronto Blue Jays $9,200

Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. certainly brings a quality bat to this Toronto Blue Jays lineup. In his last two games played for the Blue Jays in the 2024 MLB regular season, Toronto First Baseman Vladimir Guerrero has accumulated four hits (one home run), four runs scored, and one walk in eight plate appearances.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Zach Eflin, Starting Pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) $11,000: Gunnar Henderson, Shortstop (Baltimore Orioles) $9,800: George Springers, Outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays) $8,800.