Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Pirates vs. Brewers 6/25/25
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
June 25, 2025 2:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers 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 this afternoon’s Pirates vs. Brewers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Paul Skenes, Starting Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates $13,000
On Wednesday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game National League series featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Pittsburgh Pirates arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Pirates have lost seven of the team’s last ten games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-2 loss to the Texas Rangers five days ago.
In direct contrast to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Milwaukee Brewers are playing good baseball entering this afternoon’s game. The Brewers have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a convincing 17-6 win over the Minnesota Twins last week.
Now that we have determined how both teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to today’s contest. Talented starting pitcher Paul Skenes has certainly been a standout performer for the Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitching rotation this season. Having stated that, how has Skenes played from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Paul Skene’s game data to answer that question.
Through 16 starts made for the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, starting pitcher Paul Skenes has compiled a 4-6 (won-loss record), a 1.85 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 0.88 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) which ranks second in MLB. It should also be noted that Skenes has tallied a massive 106 strikeouts (tenth in MLB) while allowing 27 walks in 102 innings pitched in 2025.
Earlier this month, in the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Paul Skenes pitched rather well. Let me be more specific. Skenes pitched 7.2 quality innings striking out seven Philadelphia Phillies batters while scattering two hits and one walk in the Pirates win over the Dodgers.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Paul Skenes is pitching at a high-level entering today’s National League clash with the Milwaukee Brewers. With that said, I am backing Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes at the captain position for this one game MLB Draftkings Showdown contest.
Flex plays I like in this MLB game (Draftkings price noted): Jacob Misiorowski, Starting Pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers) $11,000: Bryan Reynolds, Outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) $7,200: Nick Gonzales, Second Baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates) $6,600.
