Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Cardinals vs. Mets 4/18/25
St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets
April 18, 2025 7:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets 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 St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-David Peterson, Starting Pitcher, New York Mets $11,600
On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a four-game National League series featuring the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s National League game? The St. Louis Cardinals arrive at the second game of this four-game series with the New York Mets playing below average baseball. More specifically, the St. Louis Cardinals have lost eight of the team’s last 13 games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 8-3 loss to the Houston Astros earlier this week.
In direct contrast to the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets are currently playing decent baseball entering this evening’s game. The Cardinals have won four of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-1 win over Minnesota Twins four days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher David Peterson has been an essential part of the New York Mets starting rotation this season. With that said, how has Peterson 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 three starts in 2025, New York Mets starting pitcher David Peterson has compiled a 1-1 (win-loss record), a 2.70 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.38 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched). It should also be noted that Peterson has amassed 17 strikeouts while allowing eight walks in 16.2 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the New York Mets 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins last month, Mets starting pitcher David Peterson pitched at a high level. Let me be more specific. Peterson pitched six quality innings while scattering five hits and allowing three walks in the Mets defeat of the Marlins.
In my opinion, David Peterson is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing New York Mets starting pitcher David Peterson 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): Miles Mikolas, Starting Pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals) $10,400: Francisco Lindor, Shortstop (New York Mets) $9,200: Victor Scott II, Outfielder (St. Louis Cardinals) $6,000.
