Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Yankees vs. Blue Jays 7/1/25
New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays
July 1, 2025 3:07 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays 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 afternoon’s Yankees vs. Blue Jays matchup.
Draftkings MLB DFS Showdown Picks
Captain-Max Fried, Starting Pitcher, New York Yankees $12,000
On Tuesday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game American League series featuring the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays.
How are these two teams playing entering tomorrow’s MLB game? The New York Yankees arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays playing below average baseball. The Yankees have lost four of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds last week.
Conversely, the Toronto Blue Jays are playing good baseball entering this MLB game. More specifically, the Mets have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians Cleveland Guardians four days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to tomorrow’s contest. Starting pitcher Max Fried has been a standout performer 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 14 starts in 2025, New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried holds a 10-2 (win-loss record), a 1.92 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 0.94 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched) which ranks seventh in MLB. Additionally, Fried has compiled 104 strikeouts (15th in MLB) in 88 innings pitched this season.
Last month, in the New York Yankees 13-1 win over the Colorado Rockies, Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried pitched exceptionally well. Fried pitched 7.1 quality innings while scattering six hits and one walk in the Yankees defeat of the Rockies. It should also be noted that Fried struck out seven Rockies batters in the Yankees victory over Colorado.
In my opinion, Max Fried is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this 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): Kevin Gausman, Starting Pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) $11,000: Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $10,000: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., First Baseman (Toronto Blue Jays) $9,000.
