FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Angels vs. Rangers 4/17/25
Los Angeles Angels vs. Texas Rangers
April 17, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
Later today, Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels 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 evening’s Los Angeles Angels vs. Texas Rangers matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Corey Seager, Shortstop, Texas Rangers $10,600
On Thursday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game American League series featuring the Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s American League game? The Texas Rangers arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels playing below average baseball. The Rangers have won five of the team’s last eight games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 7-0 shutout loss over the Chicago Cubs last week.
Similar to the Texas Rangers, the Los Angeles Angels are not playing well entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Angels have lost four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 7-3 loss to the Houston Astros four days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to this evening’s contest. Shortstop Corey Seager has been an essential part of the Texas Rangers starting lineup this season. With that said, how has the veteran shortstop performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Seager’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager arrives at tonight’s game with a .290 batting average, 17 hits, three home runs, five RBIs (runs batted in) and five runs scored in 11 games played this season.
More recently, in Texas Rangers 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs earlier this month, Texas shortstop Corey Seager certainly played at a high level. In the Rangers victory over the Cubs, Seager compiled two hits, two RBIs, two runs scored and two home runs. It should also be mentioned that in the Rangers defeat of the Cubs, Seager tallied a massive 28.1 FanDuel points.
In my view, Corey Seager is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in tonight’s MLB game. With that said, I am rolling with Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Mike Trout, Outfielder (Los Angeles Angels) $13,600: Adolis Garcia, Outfielder (Texas Rangers) $9,200: Luis Rengifo, Second Baseman (Los Angeles Angels) $5,800.
