FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Dodgers vs. Mets 10/18/24

On Friday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League playoff matchup featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game MLB 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 2x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value.

The remaining four players in your lineup will be one star and three flex plays. The star player will receive 1.5x the standard fantasy points value. The final three 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 this afternoon’s Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Mookie Betts, Second Baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers $9,000

On Friday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the fifth game of the 2024 National League Championship series featuring the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB playoff game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the fourth game of the 2024 National League Championship series playing rather good baseball. The Dodgers have won 15 of the team’s last 20 games played this season, including a dominating 2-0 shutout victory over the San Diego Padres last week.

Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets have been playing quality baseball recently. More specifically, the New York Mets have won nine of the team’s last 14 games played this season, including a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers 13 days ago.

It should be noted that the Los Angeles Dodgers won last night’s fourth game of the 2024 National League Championship defeating the New York Mets 10-2.

Now that we have identified how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s MLB playoff contest.

Los Angeles second baseman Mookie Betts arrives at the fifth game of the 2024 National League Championship series playing quality baseball. In the last seven games that Mookie Betts has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season, Betts tallied 11 hits (three home runs), eight runs scored, and two walks. It has to be said, those are the type of DFS numbers I need to see from a player that I select at the MVP position for a FanDuel MLB single game contest.

In conclusion, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Mookie Betts at the MVP position for this one game MLB FanDuel slate.

Star-Francisco Lindor, Shortstop New York Mets $8,000

In the last seven games that shortstop Francisco Lindor has played for the New York Mets in the 2024 MLB regular season, Francisco Lindor compiled 11 hits (three doubles), seven runs scored, six RBIs (runs batted in) and five walks in 40 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like to play well (FanDuel price noted): Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,000: Teoscar Hernandez, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $7,500: Pete Alonso, First Baseman (New York Mets) $7,500.