Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Yankees vs. Guardians 10/19/24

Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League playoff matchup featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings single game MLB 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 New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Carlos Rodon, Starting Pitcher, New York Yankees $11,600

On Saturday night, Major League Baseball presents the fifth game of the 2024 American League Championship series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB playoff game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the fifth game of the 2024 American League Championship series playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Guardians have lost three of the team’s last four games played this season, including a 7-5 loss to the New York Yankees two days ago.

Conversely, the New York Yankees have been playing good baseball recently. The Yankees have won six of the team’s last eight games played this season, including a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals last week.

It should be noted that the New York Yankees won last night’s fourth game of the 2024 American League Championship series defeating the Cleveland Guardians 7-5.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow afternoon’s American League Championship series game.

Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon has proven to be an essential part of the New York Yankees starting rotation this season. Having stated that, how has Rodon been playing from a statistical standpoint in 2024? Let’s review Carlos Rodon’s relevant game data to answer that question.

In the 32 games that Carlos Rodon pitched for the New York Yankees in the 2024 MLB regular season, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon posted a 3.96 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.22 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added a massive 195 strikeouts while allowing 57 walks.

More recently, in the New York Yankees 5-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians five days ago, New York starting pitcher Carlos Rodon pitched rather well. Let me be more specific. Carlos Rodon pitched six innings striking out nine Cleveland batters while scattering three hits and zero walks in the Yankees victory over the Guardians.

In conclusion, I am backing talented New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS Showdown slate.

Flex plays I like to play well tomorrow night (Draftkings price noted): Tanner Bibee, Starting Pitcher, (Cleveland Guardians) $11,600: Jose Ramirez, Third Baseman (Cleveland Guardians) $9,200: Juan Soto, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,600: Giancarlo Stanton, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $8,400.