On Sunday 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-Jack Flaherty, Starting Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers $11,400
On Sunday night, Major League Baseball presents the second 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 second 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 13 games played this season, including a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves three days ago.
Similar to the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been playing quality baseball recently. The Dodgers have won ten of the team’s last 12 games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 13-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies eight days ago.
It should be noted that the Los Angeles Dodgers won last night’s opening game of this National League Division playoff series defeating the San Diego Padres 7-5.
Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s National League Division series game. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty is arguably one of the best starting pitchers in the National League. Having stated that, how has the Dodgers hurler been playing from a statistical standpoint in 2024? Let’s review Jack Flaherty’s recent game data to answer that question.
In the 28 games that Jack Flaherty has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024, Flaherty posted an impressive 3.17 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.07 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added a massive 194 strikeouts while allowing 38 walks.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers dominating 20-4 win over the Miami Marlins last month, Los Angeles starting pitcher Jack Flaherty certainly pitched at a high level. Flaherty pitched six quality innings striking out five Miami Marlins batters while scattering five hits and two walks in the Dodgers win over the Marlins.
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 Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Yu Darvish, Starting Pitcher (San Diego Padres) $10,600: Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $9,400: Shohei Ohtani, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,000.