Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves 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 Mets vs. Braves matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Francisco Lindor, Shortstop, New York Mets $10,400
On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game National League series featuring the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves.
How are these two teams playing entering this evening’s MLB game? The New York Mets arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Atlanta Braves playing subpar baseball. The Mets have lost five of the team’s last eight games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 11-9 loss to the Seattle Mariners last week.
Conversely, the Atlanta Braves are playing good baseball entering today’s contest. More specifically, the Braves have won seven of the team’s last eight games played this season, including a 1-0 shutout victory over the Chicago White Sox two days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s contest. Veteran shortstop Francisco Lindor has certainly been an essential part of the New York Mets starting lineup in 2025. With that said, how has Lindor performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Lindor’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 125 games that shortstop Francisco Lindor has played for the New York Mets in the 2025 MLB regular season, Lindor has compiled a robust .262 batting average, 25 home runs, 42 walks, 72 RBIs (runs batted in), 85 runs scored, a .329 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .790 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging). What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Lindor is playing at a high-level entering today’s contest.
In my view, Francisco Lindor is the most likely player to amass the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. Having stated that, I am rolling with New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this MLB regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Jurickson Profar, Outfielder (Atlanta Braves) $11,400: Brett Baty, Third Baseman (New York Mets) $6,400: Matt Olson, First Baseman (Atlanta Braves) $9,000.