Draftkings Best MLB DFS Picks: Yankees vs. Dodgers 6/1/25
New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
June 1, 2025 7:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Yankees 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 tomorrow night’s Yankees vs. Dodgers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Starting Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers $12,000
On Sunday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game interleague series featuring the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How are these two teams playing entering this interleague game? The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing good baseball entering tomorrow’s matchup with the New York Yankees. More specifically, the Dodgers have won seven of the team’s last ten games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 9-5 win over the Cleveland Guardians four days ago.
Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Yankees are playing well entering tomorrow evening’s contest. The Yankees have won nine of the team’s last 12 games played this season, including a 1-0 shutout win over the Texas Rangers last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow night’s contest. Starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has certainly been an essential part of the Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitching rotation this season. With that said, how has Yamamoto performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the veteran pitcher’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through 11 starts made in 2025, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has compiled a 6-3 (win-loss record) and a 1.97 ERA (Earned Run Average) which ranks fifth in MLB. Additionally, Yamamoto has tallied a 0.91 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Innings Pitched), 75 strikeouts while allowing 20 walks in 64.1 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks two weeks ago, Los Angeles starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched rather well. Yamamoto pitched seven quality innings while scattering one hit and two walks in the Dodgers win over the Diamondbacks.
In my view, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this MLB regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto 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): Ryan Yarbrough, Starting Pitcher (New York Yankees) $10,800: Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,400: Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,600.
