Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Brewers vs. Blue Jays 8/31/25
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Toronto Blue Jays
August 31, 2025 1:37 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Toronto Blue Jays 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 afternoon’s Brewers vs. Blue Jays matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Max Scherzer, Starting Pitcher, Toronto Blue Jays $11,000
On Sunday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game interleague series featuring the Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays.
How are these two teams playing entering this MLB game? The Toronto Blue Jays arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers playing subpar baseball. The Blue Jays have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-3 loss to the Miami Marlins last week.
In direct contrast to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Milwaukee Brewers are playing good baseball entering this MLB game. Let me be more specific. The Brewers have won four of the team’s last six games played this season, including a 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays two days ago.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this afternoon’s contest. Starting pitcher Max Scherzer has certainly been a standout performer for the Toronto Blue Jays starting pitching rotation this season. Having stated that, how has the talented pitcher performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s examine Scherzer’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through 12 starts made in 2025, Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer has compiled a 5-2 (win-loss record), a 1.98 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 0.86 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched) which ranks 13th in MLB. It should also be noted that Max Scherzer has amassed 89 strikeouts in 68.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Blue Jays 10-4 win over the Minnesota Twins six days ago, Max Scherzer pitched six quality innings while scattering four hits and one walk.
In my opinion, Max Scherzer is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer 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): Brandon Woodruff, Starting Pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers) $12,200: William Contreras, Catcher (Milwaukee Brewers) $8,200: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., First Baseman (Toronto Blue Jays) $8,800.
