Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Padres vs. Dodgers 10/5/24

On Saturday night, Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a playoff matchup between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings 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 San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Dylan Cease, Starting Pitcher, San Diego Padres $11,400

On Saturday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a National League Division playoff series featuring the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering this evening’s MLB playoff game? The San Diego Padres arrive at the first game of this National League Division series with the Los Angeles Dodgers playing rather good baseball. More specifically, the Padres have won nine of the team’s last 12 games played this season, including a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves two days ago.

Similar to the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been playing quality baseball recently. The Dodgers have won nine of the team’s last 11 games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 13-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies seven days ago.

Now that we have determined how both of these National League teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to this evening’s contest. San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease has certainly established himself as one of the best starting pitchers in the National League. Having stated that, how has Cease been playing from a statistical standpoint this season? Let’s review Cease’s game data from the 2024 MLB regular season to answer that question.

In the 33 games that Dylan Cease pitched for the San Diego Padres in the 2024 MLB regular season, Cease has posted a robust 3.47 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.07 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added a whopping 224 strikeouts while allowing 65 walks.

Earlier this season, in the Padres dominating 10-0 shutout victory over the Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease pitched at an exceptionally high level. In the Padres victory over the Nationals just noted, Cease pitched a complete game no-hitter, striking out nine Washington Nationals batters in the process. Clearly, Cease is getting it done on the mound for the San Diego Padres in 2024.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct captain is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) contest. In summary, I am rolling with San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease as my captain for this one game MLB Draftkings DFS slate.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Starting Pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) $11,800: Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $8,600: Shohei Ohtani, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,000.