Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals
August 10, 2025 7:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals 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 today’s Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Kyle Tucker, Outfielder, Chicago Cubs $12,800
On Sunday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game National League series featuring the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Chicago Cubs arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals playing below average baseball. The Cubs have lost three of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-0 shutout loss to the St. Louis Cardinals two days ago.
In direct contrast to the Chicago Cubs, the St. Louis Cardinals are currently playing well entering this evening’s game. The Cardinals have won three of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this week.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to tonight’s contest. Veteran outfielder Kyle Tucker has been a standout performer for the Chicago Cubs this season. With that said, how has Tucker performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Kyle Tucker’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In 113 games that Kyle Tucker has played for the Chicago Cubs in the 2025 MLB regular season, Tucker has compiled a .272 batting average, 18 home runs, 76 walks, 62 RBIs (runs batted in), 77 runs scored, a .386 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .857 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).
Last night, in the Chicago Cubs 9-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker played rather well. In the Cubs victory over the Cardinals, Tucker amassed one hit, one RBI, one walk, two runs scored and one stolen base. It should also be mentioned that in the Cubs defeat of the Cardinals, Tucker compiled a robust 21.9 FanDuel points.
In my view, Kyle Tucker is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in tonight’s MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Seiya Suzuki, Outfielder (Chicago Cubs) $11,800: Ian Happ, Outfielder (Chicago Cubs) $9,600: William Contreras, First Baseman (St. Louis Cardinals) $9,000.
