Toronto Blue Jays vs. Houston Astros
April 23, 2025 7:40 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Toronto Blue Jays and the Houston Astros. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Houston Astros 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 tonight’s Toronto Blue Jays vs. Houston Astros matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Jeremy Pena, Shortstop, Houston Astros $11,200
On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game American League series featuring the Toronto Blue Jays and the Houston Astros.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s American League game? The Houston Astros arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays playing good baseball. The Astros have won four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-4 win over the San Diego Padres last week.
Conversely, the Toronto Blue Jays are currently playing below average baseball entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Blue Jays have lost four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 8-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners three days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to tonight’s contest. Talented shortstop Jeremy Pena has been a solid performer for the Houston Astros this season. With that said, how has the veteran shortstop performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Pena’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In 23 games that Jeremy Pena has played for the Houston Astros in the 2025 MLB regular season, Pena has compiled a .253 batting average, 21 hits, three home runs, eight walks, eight RBIs (runs batted in), 13 runs scored and a .33.1% On-Base Percentage. Additionally, Pena arrives at this evening’s game on the heels of a 13-game hitting streak.
More recently, in the Houston Astros 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays last night, Jeremy Pena certainly played at a high level. In the Astros victory over Toronto, Pena amassed three hits, one RBI and two runs scored. It should also be mentioned that in the Astros defeat of the Blue Jays, Pena compiled 15.7 FanDuel points.
In my view, Jeremy Pena is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. Having stated that, I am backing Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Jeremy Pena at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Vladimir Guerrero Jr., First Baseman $12,200: Anthony Santander, Outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays) $8,800: Jose Altuve, Second Baseman (Houston Astros) $12,800.
