FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Diamondbacks vs. Cubs 4/19/25

Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Arizona Diamondback and the Chicago Cubs. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs 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 tomorrow afternoon’s Diamondbacks vs. Cubs matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Pavin Smith, First Baseman, Arizona Diamondbacks $7,000

On Saturday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game National League series featuring the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs.

How are these two teams playing entering tomorrow’s MLB game? The Arizona Diamondbacks arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the Chicago Cubs Angels playing good baseball. The Diamondbacks have won four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a convincing 10-4 victory over the Miami Marlins four days ago.

In direct contrast to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Chicago Cubs are not playing well entering this evening’s game. Let me be more specific. The Cubs have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 10-4 loss to the San Diego Padres earlier this week.

Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to this evening’s contest. First Baseman Pavin Smith has been a standout performer for the Arizona Diamondbacks this season. With that said, how has the veteran first baseman performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Smith’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.

In 15 games that Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Pavin Smith has played in the 2025 MLB regular season, Smith has compiled an outstanding .404 batting average, 20 hits, three home runs, seven RBIs (runs batted in) and ten runs scored.

More recently, in Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 win over the Miami Marlins earlier this week, Arizona first baseman Pavin Smith certainly played at a high level. In the Diamondbacks victory over the Marlins, Smith compiled two hits, two RBIs, one run scored, two walks and one home run. It should also be mentioned that in the Diamondbacks defeat of the Marlins, Smith amassed a whopping 40.2FanDuel points.

In my opinion, Pavin Smith is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. With that said, I am rolling with Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Pavin Smith at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Pete Crow-Armstrong, Outfielder (Chicago Cubs) $10,800: Ian Happ, Outfielder (Chicago Cubs) $7,400: Eugenio Suarez, Third Baseman (Arizona Diamondbacks) $9,000.