Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Guardians vs. Mets 8/5/25
Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Mets
August 5, 2025 7:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Mets. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Guardians 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 Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Mets matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Jose Ramirez, Third Baseman, Cleveland Guardians $9,800
On Tuesday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game interleague series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Mets.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the New York Mets playing good baseball. The Guardians have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-0 shutout win over the Colorado Rockies six days ago.
Conversely, the New York Mets arrive at this evening’s interleague game playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Mets have lost five of the team’s last seven games played this season, including a 4-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants last week.
Now that we have ascertained how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to today’s contest. Veteran third baseman Jose Ramirez has been a solid contributor for the Cleveland Guardians this season. With that said, how has Ramirez performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Ramirez’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 109 games that Jose Ramirez has played for the Cleveland Guardians in the 2025 MLB regular season, Ramirez has compiled a robust .299 batting average (tenth in MLB), 23 home runs, 47 walks, 61 RBIs (runs batted in), 72 runs scored, a .375 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .903 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) which ranks 11th in MLB.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Jose Ramirez is playing at a high-level. With that said, I fully expect Jose Ramirez to continue his outstanding play in this evening’s matchup with the New York Mets.
In my view, Jose Ramirez is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s MLB regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Cleveland Guardians Jose Ramirez 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): Clay Holmes, Starting Pitcher (New York Mets) $10,400: Logan Allen, Starting Pitcher (Cleveland Guardians) $11,200: Pete Alonso, First Baseman (New York Mets) $8,800.
