Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Red Sox vs. Yankees 10/1/25
Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees
October 1, 2025 6:08 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League playoff matchup featuring the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Boston Red Sox 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 tomorrow night’s Red Sox vs. Yankees matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Carlos Rodon, Starting Pitcher, New York Yankees $12,200
On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game American League playoff series featuring the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
How are these two teams playing entering tomorrow evening’s MLB playoff game? The Boston Red Sox arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the New York Yankees playing good baseball. The Red Sox have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays last week.
Similar to the Red Sox, the New York Yankees arrive at the second game of this American League playoff series playing quality baseball. More specifically, the Yankees have won nine of the team’s last ten games played this season, including a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles three days ago.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow evening’s MLB playoff contest. Starting pitcher Carlos Rodon has certainly been an essential part of the New York Yankees starting pitching rotation this season. With that said, how has Rodon performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s examine Rodon’s player data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through 33 starts made in 2025, New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon has compiled an 18-9 (win-loss record), a 3.09 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.05 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched) which ranks tenth in MLB. It should also be mentioned that Rodon has amassed 203 strikeouts (tenth in MLB) while allowing 73 walks in 195.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the New York Yankees 8-4 victory over the Houston Astros earlier this month, Carlos Rodon pitched six quality innings while scattering three hits and two walks.
In my view, Carlos Rodon is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this MLB playoff game. Having stated that, I am backing New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this MLB playoff game (Draftkings price noted): Brayan Bello, Starting Pitcher (Boston Red Sox) $11,000: Jarren Duran, Outfielder (Boston Red Sox) $7,800: Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $10,000: Ben Rice, First Baseman (New York Yankees) $7,600.
