Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Dodgers vs. Royals 6/28/25
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals
June 28, 2025 4:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals 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 today’s Dodgers vs. Royals matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Seth Lugo, Starting Pitcher, Kansas City Royals $11,200
On Saturday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game interleague series featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Kansas City Royals arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Royals have lost six of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-0 shutout loss to the Tampa Bay Rays three days ago.
Conversely, the Los Angeles Dodgers are currently playing good baseball entering this afternoon’s game. The Dodgers have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 8-1 win over the Colorado Rockies earlier this week.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to today’s MLB game. Starting pitcher Seth Lugo has certainly been a solid performer for the Kansas City Royals this season. With that said, how has Lugo performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine the talented pitcher’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In 14 starts made this season, Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo has compiled a 4-5 (win-loss record), a 2.93 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.05 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched). It should also be noted that Lugo has amassed 68 strikeouts while allowing 23 walks in 83 innings pitched in 2025.
More recently, in the Kansas City Royals 6-1 victory over the Texas Rangers 11 days ago, Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo pitched exceptionally well. Lugo pitched six quality innings while scattering three hits and one walk in the Royals defeat of the Rangers. It should also be noted that Lugo amassed 29.9 Draftkings points in Kansas City’s win over Texas.
In my opinion, Seth Lugo is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this MLB regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo 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): Ben Casparius, Starting Pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,400: Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,200: Bobby Witt Jr., Shortstop (Kansas City Royals) $9,400.
