Draftkings Best MLB DFS Picks: Twins vs. Dodgers 7/23/25
Minnesota Twins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
July 23, 2025 4:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Minnesota Twins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 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 Twins vs. Dodgers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $10,400
On Wednesday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game interleague series featuring the Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Minnesota Twins playing below average baseball. The Dodgers have lost our of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 2-0 shutout loss to the Milwaukee Brewers last week.
Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Minnesota Twins are playing subpar baseball entering the second game of this interleague series. The Twins have lost three of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies five days ago.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this afternoon’s contest. Talented outfielder Shohei Ohtani has certainly been an important part of the Los Angeles Dodgers starting lineup in 2025. With that said, how has Ohtani performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Ohtani’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 100 games that Shohei Ohtani has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 MLB regular season, Ohtani has compiled a robust .274 batting average, 36 home runs (third in MLB), 69 RBIs (runs batted in), 95 runs scored (first in MLB), a .377 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .993 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) which ranks third in MLB.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates last month, Shohei Ohtani played rather well. In the Dodgers win over the Pirates, Ohtani amassed three hits, two runs scored, two doubles, one triple and one RBI. Clearly, Ohtani is playing well entering this afternoon’s MLB game.
In my view, Shohei Ohtani is the most likely player to accumulate the most Draftkings points in this MLB game. Having stated that, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (Draftkings price noted): Tyler Glasnow, Starting Pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) $12,000: Byron Buxton, Outfielder (Minnesota Twins) $10,000.
