Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Guardians vs. Orioles 4/17/25
Cleveland Guardians vs. Baltimore Orioles
April 17, 2025 6:35 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the Baltimore Orioles. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Guardians vs. Baltimore Orioles 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 Gurdians vs. Texas Rangers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Tanner Bibee, Starting Pitcher, Cleveland Guardians $11,400
On Thursday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game American League series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the Baltimore Orioles.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s American League game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles playing rather good baseball. More specifically, the Cleveland Guardians have won six of the team’s last eight games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 7-0 shutout win over the Kansas City Royals six days ago.
In direct contrast to the Cleveland Guardians, the Baltimore Orioles are currently playing below average baseball entering this evening’s game. The Orioles have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 9-0 shutout loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks 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 Tanner Bibee has been an essential part of the Cleveland Guardians starting rotation this season. With that said, how has Bibee performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the veteran hurler’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through three starts in 2025, Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee has compiled a 1-1 (win-loss record), a 4.39 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.47 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched). Additionally, Bibee has amassed ten strikeouts while allowing seven walks in 14.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 shutout win over the Kansas City Royals last week, Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee certainly pitched at a high level. Let me be more specific. Bibee pitched 4.2 innings while scattering three hits and allowing four walks in the Guardians victory over the Royals.
In my view, Tanner Bibee is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee 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): Tomoyuki Sugano, Starting Pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) $10,400: Gabriel Arias, Second Baseman (Cleveland Guardians) $5,200: Heston Kjerstad, Outfielder (Baltimore Orioles) $5,600.
