FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Marlins vs. Dodgers 4/28/25
Miami Marlins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
April 28, 2025 10:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Miami Marlins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 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 tonight’s Miami Marlins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $14,000
On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game National League series featuring the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Miami Marlins playing below average baseball. The Dodgers have lost four of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-0 shutout loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates three days ago.
Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Miami Marlins are not playing well entering the opening game of this National League series. Let me be more specific. The Marlins have lost three of the team’s last four games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an embarrassing 14-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s contest. Veteran outfielder Shohei Ohtani has been a standout performer for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season. With that said, how has Ohtani performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Ohtani’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In 25 games that Shohei Ohtani has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 MLB regular season, Ohtani has compiled a robust .288 batting average, 30 hits, six home runs, 15 walks, nine RBIs (runs batted in), 24 runs scored, a .345 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .550 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates two days ago, Shohei Ohtani played exceptionally well. In the Dodgers victory over the Pirates, Ohtani amassed three hits, two runs scored, two doubles, one triple and one RBI. It should also be mentioned that in the Dodgers defeat of the Pirates, Ohtani compiled a whopping 36.9 FanDuel points.
In my view, Shohei Ohtani is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Mookie Betts, Second Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,200: Matt Mervis, First Baseman (Miami Marlins) $10,600: Kyle Stowers, Outfielder (Miami Marlins) $9,800.
