Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Royals vs. Yankees 4/15/25
Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees
April 15, 2025 7:05 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Kansas City Royals 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 Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Max Fried, Starting Pitcher, New York Yankees $12,000
On Tuesday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game American League series featuring the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Kansas City Royals arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the New York Yankees playing below average baseball. The Royals have lost five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 7-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians four days ago.
Similar to the Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees are not playing well entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Yankees have lost five of the team’s last eight games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher Max Fried has been dominant for the New York Yankees this season. Having stated that, how has the talented pitcher performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s review Fried’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through three starts in 2025, New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried holds a 2-0 (win-loss record), a 1.56 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 1.21 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched). Additionally, Fried has compiled 21 strikeouts in 17.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the New York Yankees 7-0 shutout win over the Detroit Tigers six days ago, Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried certainly pitched at a high level. Fried pitched seven quality innings while scattering five hits while allowing no walks in the Yankees victory over the Tigers.
In my opinion, Max Fried is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB game. With that said, I am rolling with New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried 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): Michael Wacha, Starting Pitcher (Kansas City Royals) $10,600: Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $6,800: Bobby Witt, Shortstop (Kansas City Royals) $9,400.
