Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Tigers vs. Orioles 6/12/25
Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles
June 12, 2025 6:35 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles 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 today’s Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Tarik Skubal, Starting Pitcher, Detroit Tigers $13,000
On Thursday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game American League series featuring the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles.
How are these two teams playing entering this evening’s MLB game? The Detroit Tigers arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles playing good baseball. The Tigers have won four of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 4-0 shutout win over the Chicago Cubs four days ago.
In direct contrast to the Detroit Tigers, the Baltimore Orioles arrive at the final game of this American League series playing below average baseball. Let me be more specific. The Orioles have lost three of the team’s last five games played this season, including a 5-4 loss to the Athletics last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher Tarik Skubal has been a standout performer for the Detroit Tigers starting pitching rotation this season. Having stated that, how has the talented pitcher performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Skubal’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal has compiled a 3-1 (win-loss record), a 2.16 ERA (Earned Run Average), and a 0.82 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched) which ranks first in the American League. It should also be mentioned that Skubal has tallied 105 strikeouts (fourth in MLB) while allowing only seven walks (first in MLB) in 83.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Detroit Tigers 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers earlier this month, Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal certainly pitched at a high level. Skubal pitched seven quality innings while scattering two hits and no walks in the Tigers victory over the Texas Rangers. Additionally, Skubal struck out 12 Texas batters in Detroit’s defeat of the Rangers.
In my view, Tarik Skubal is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in today’s MLB game. With that said, I am rolling with Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal 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): Dean Kramer, Starting Pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) $10,600: Gunnar Henderson, Shortstop (Baltimore Orioles) $9,000: Spencer Torkelson, First Baseman (Detroit Tigers) $7,600.
