Draftkings Best MLB Showdown Picks: Dodgers vs. Braves 5/2/25
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves
May 2, 2025 7:15 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves 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 Dodgers vs. Braves matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Captain-Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Starting Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers $12,200
On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game National League series featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the opening game of this three-game series with the Atlanta Braves playing good baseball. More specifically, the Dodgers have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a dominant 15-2 victory over the Miami Marlins three days ago.
Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Atlanta Braves are playing good baseball entering this evening’s game. The Braves have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals last 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 Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been an essential 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 six starts made in 2025, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has compiled a 3-2 (win-loss record), a Major League Baseball leading 1.06 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.01 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched). Additionally, Yamamoto has tallied 43 strikeouts while allowing 11 walks in 34.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 shutout win over the Texas Rangers two weeks ago, Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Yamamoto pitched seven quality innings while scattering five hits and no walks in the Dodgers victory over the Rangers.
In my view, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB regular season game. Having stated that, 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): Grant Holmes, Starting Pitcher (Atlanta Braves) $10,600: Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,800: Freddie Freeman, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,400.
