FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Angels vs. Athletics 5/22/25

Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Los Angeles Angels and the Athletics. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Los Angeles Angels vs. Athletics game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.

FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules

Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 1.5x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value. Additionally, the MVP is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.

The remaining five players in your lineup will be flex plays. The five flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single game contest.

If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.

*It should be noted that FanDuel does not utilize the pitcher position in single game MLB contests. Having stated that, only batters are available for single game MLB lineups on the FanDuel platform.

Here are my FanDuel picks for this afternoon’s Los Angeles Angels vs. Athletics matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Logan O’Hoppe, Catcher, Los Angeles Angels $7,800

On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a four-game American League series featuring the Los Angeles Angels and the Athletics.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Angels arrive at the fourth game of this four-game series with the Athletics playing good baseball. The Angels have won six of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers four days ago.

In direct contrast to the Los Angeles Angels, the Athletics are playing below average baseball entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Athletics have lost nine of the team’s last ten games played this season, including an embarrassing 19-2 defeat to the Los Angeles Dodgers last week.

Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s contest. Catcher Logan O’Hoppe has certainly been an essential part of the Los Angeles Angels starting lineup  this season. With that said, how has the talented catcher performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s review’s O’Hoppe’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.

In the 31 games that catcher Logan O’Hoppe has played for the Los Angeles Angels in the 2025 MLB regular season, O’Hoppe has compiled a robust .259 batting average, 10 home runs (17th in MLB), seven walks, 23 RBIs (runs batted in), 18 runs scored, a .301 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .775 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).

Last night, in the Los Angeles Angels 10-5 win over the Athletics, Los Angeles catcher Logan O’Hoppe certainly played at a high level. In the Angels victory over the Athletics, O’Hoppe tallied two hits (two home runs), three runs scored, three RBIs and one walk. It should also be mentioned that in the Angels defeat of the Athletics, O’Hoppe amassed a massive 34 FanDuel points.

In my opinion, Logan O’Hoppe is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. Having stated that, I am backing Los Angeles Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Zach Neto, Shortstop (Los Angeles Angels) $13,600: Tyler Soderstrom, First Baseman (Athletics) $12,200: Lawrence Butler, Outfielder (Athletics) $8,400.