Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Padres vs. Dodgers 6/19/25
San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
June 19, 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 tonight’s Padres vs. Dodgers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Starting Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers $12,200
On Thursday night, Major League Baseball presents the final 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 tonight’s MLB game? The San Diego Padres arrive at the fourth game of this four-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers playing below average baseball. More specifically, the San Diego Padres have lost six of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 8-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks five days ago.
In direct contrast to the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers are currently playing good baseball entering this evening’s game. The Dodgers have won six of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-4 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 tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has certainly been an important part of the Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitching rotation this season. With that said, how has Yamamoto performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the veteran pitcher’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through 14 starts made in 2025, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has compiled a 6-5 (win-loss record) and a 2.64 ERA (Earned Run Average) which ranks 12th in MLB. Additionally, Yamamoto has tallied a 1.09 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Innings Pitched), 90 strikeouts (16th in MLB) while allowing 30 walks in 78.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks last month, Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto certainly pitched at a high level. More specifically, Yamamoto pitched seven quality innings while scattering one hit and two walks in the Dodgers win over the Diamondbacks.
In my view, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this MLB regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto 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): Ryan Bergert, Starting Pitcher (San Diego Padres) $10,000: Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $8,400: Will Smith, Catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,200.
