Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Padres vs. Dodgers 6/16/25
San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
June 16, 2025 10:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring 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 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 Padres vs. Dodgers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Dylan Cease, Starting Pitcher, San Diego Padres $11,800
On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a four-game National League series featuring the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How are these two teams playing entering this MLB game? The San Diego Padres are playing below average baseball entering this evening’s matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks three days ago.
Conversely, the Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at today’s National League game playing good baseball. The Dodgers have won five of the team’s last seven games played in 2025, including an 11-5 win over the San Francisco Giants last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s contest. Starting pitcher Dylan Cease has been a solid performer for the San Diego Padres starting pitching rotation this season. Having stated that, how has Cease pitcher performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Cease’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
San Diego Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease has compiled a 2-5 (win-loss record), a 4.28 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.30 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched) in 2025. It should also be mentioned that Cease has amassed 96 strikeouts (ninth in MLB) while allowing 29 walks in 75.2 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the San Diego Padres 11-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers six days ago, Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease pitched exceptionally well. More specifically, Cease pitched seven quality innings while scattering three hits and five walks in the Padres victory over the Dodgers. It is noteworthy that Cease tallied a massive 37.1 Draftkings points in the Padres defeat of the Dodgers
In my view, Dylan Cease is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing San Diego Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease 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): Shohei Ohtani, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,200: Manny Machado, Third Baseman (San Diego Padres) $9,400: Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $8,600.
