Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Padres vs. Yankees 5/5/25
San Diego Padres vs. New York Yankees
May 5, 2025 7:05 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the San Diego Padres and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the San Diego Padres vs. New York Yankees 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 San Diego Padres vs. New York Yankees matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Nick Pivetta, Starting Pitcher, San Diego Padres $12,000
On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game interleague series featuring the San Diego Padres and the New York Yankees.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The San Diego Padres arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the New York Yankees playing good baseball. The Padres have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants last week.
In direct contrast to the San Diego Padres, the New York Yankees are not playing well entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Yankees have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays two days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to this evening’s contest. Starting pitcher Nick Pivetta has been a solid contributor for the San Diego Padres starting rotation this season. Having stated that, how has the talented pitcher performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Pivetta’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
San Diego Padres starting pitcher Nick Pivetta has compiled a 5-1 (win-loss record), a 1.78 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 0.82 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched) in 2025. Additionally, Pivetta has amassed 39 strikeouts while allowing eight walks in 35.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the San Diego Padres 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants six days ago, San Diego starting pitcher Nick Pivetta certainly pitched at a high level. Pivetta pitched 5.1 quality innings while scattering five hits and only one walk in the Padres victory over the Giants.
In my view, Nick Pivetta is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB game. With that said, I am backing San Diego Padres starting pitcher Nick Pivetta 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): Carlos Rodon, Starting Pitcher (New York Yankees) $11,600: Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $9,200: Manny Machado, Third Baseman (San Diego Padres) $8,000.
