FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Diamondbacks vs. Cubs 4/18/25

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’s Diamondbacks vs. Cubs matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Corbin Carroll, Outfielder, Arizona Diamondbacks $9,400

On Friday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the opening 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 National League game? The Arizona Diamondbacks arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Chicago Cubs Angels playing good baseball. The Diamondbacks have won four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a convincing 10-4 victory over the Miami Marlins earlier this week.

Conversely, the Chicago Cubs are not playing well entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Cubs have lost four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 10-4 loss to the San Diego Padres three days ago.

Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to this evening’s contest. Outfielder Corbin Carroll has been the driving force behind the Arizona Diamondbacks offensive success this season. With that said, how has the veteran outfielder performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Carroll’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.

In 17 games played this season, Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll has compiled a .320 batting average, 25 hits, six home runs, 17 RBIs (runs batted in) and 18 runs scored.

More recently, in Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins two days ago, Arizona outfielder Corbin Carroll certainly played at a high level. In the Diamondbacks victory over the Marlins, Caroll compiled two hits, five RBIs, five runs scored and one home run. It should also be mentioned that in the Diamondbacks defeat of the Marlins, Carroll tallied a whopping 29.1 FanDuel points.

In my view, Corbin Carroll is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. With that said, I am rolling with Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Cobin Carroll 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) $6,000: Pavin Smith, First Baseman (Arizona Diamondbacks) $7,600: Ian Happ, Outfielder (Chicago Cubs) $7,000.