FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Athletics vs. Dodgers 5/14/25
Athletics vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
May 14, 2025 10:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Athletics vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 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.
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Here are my FanDuel picks for this evening’s Athletics vs. Dodgers matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $14,400
On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game interleague series featuring the Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the Athletics playing below average baseball. The Dodgers have lost four of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-0 shutout loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks four days ago.
Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Athletics are not playing well entering the second game of this interleague series. Let me be more specific. The Athletics have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an embarrassing 12-2 loss to the New York Yankees three days ago.
Now that we have ascertained how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to tonight’s contest. Veteran outfielder Shohei Ohtani has certainly been an essential part of the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup in 2025. With that said, how has Ohtani performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s review’s Ohtani’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 40 games that Shohei Ohtani has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 MLB regular season, Ohtani has compiled a robust .308 batting average, 12 home runs, 28 walks, 21 RBIs (runs batted in), 44 runs scored, a .406 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a 1.051 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) which ranks third in MLB.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates last month, Shohei Ohtani played exceptionally well. In the Dodgers victory over the Pirates, Ohtani amassed three hits, two runs scored, two doubles, one triple and one RBI. It should also be mentioned that in the Dodgers defeat of the Pirates, Ohtani compiled a whopping 36.9 FanDuel points.
In my view, Shohei Ohtani is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Mookie Betts, Second Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $12,400: Freddie Freeman, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $13,600: Brent Rooker, Outfielder (Athletics) $11,400.
