FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Guardians vs. Yankees 10/19/24

Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League playoff matchup featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees 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 tonight’s New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Jose Ramirez, Third Baseman, Cleveland Guardians $8,500

On Saturday night, Major League Baseball presents the fifth game of the 2024 American League Championship series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB playoff game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the fifth game of the 2024 American League Championship series playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Guardians have lost three of the team’s last four games played this season, including a 7-5 loss to the New York Yankees two days ago.

Conversely, the New York Yankees have been playing good baseball recently. The Yankees have won six of the team’s last eight games played this season, including a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals last week.

It should be noted that the New York Yankees won last night’s fourth game of the 2024 American League Championship series defeating the Cleveland Guardians 7-5.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow afternoon’s American League Championship series game.

In his last 12 games played for the Cleveland Guardians this season, Cleveland third baseman Jose Ramirez has tallied 13 hits (four home runs), 12 RBIs (runs batted in), one walk, and ten runs scored.

More recently, in the New York Yankees 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians last night, Jose Ramirez tallied two hits (one double), two RBIs (runs batted in), one run, and one walk. I fully expect Ramirez to continue his outstanding play versus the New York Yankees later today.

Star-Giancarlo Stanton, Outfielder, New York Yankees $7,500

New York outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has certainly been a key contributor to the Yankees offense this season. Let’s review Stanton’s game data from the 2024 MLB season to better shed light on my previous statement.

Giancarlo Stanton arrives at today’s fifth game of the American League Championship series game playing quality baseball. More specifically, in his last seven games played for the Yankees this season, Stanton has compiled eight hits (four home runs), eight RBIs (runs batted in), five runs scored, one stolen base, and four walks in 31 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like for today’s game (FanDuel price noted): Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $10,000:  Steven Kwan, Outfielder (Cleveland Guardians) $8,000.