FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Marlins vs. Dodgers 4/29/25
Miami Marlins vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
April 29, 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-Freddie Freeman, First Baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers $12,200
On Tuesday night, Major League Baseball presents the second 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 second game of this three-game series with the Miami Marlins playing good baseball. The Dodgers have won three of the team’s last four games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 9-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates two days ago.
In direct contrast to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Miami Marlins are not playing well entering the second game of this National League series. Let me be more specific. The Marlins have lost four of the team’s last five 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. Talented first baseman Freddie Freeman has been a solid performer for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season. With that said, how has Freeman performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Freeman’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 27 games that Freddie Freeman has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 MLB regular season, Freeman has compiled a .250 batting average, 27 hits, four home runs, 15 walks, 11 RBIs (runs batted in), ten runs scored, a .370 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .911 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).
More recently, in the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Freddie Freeman played exceptionally well. In the Dodgers victory over the Pirates, Freeman amassed two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. It should also be mentioned that in the Dodgers defeat of the Pirates, Freeman tallied 19.4 FanDuel points.
In my opinion, Freddie Freeman 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 first baseman Freddie Freeman 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) $13,800: Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $14,800: Kyle Stowers, Outfielder (Miami Marlins) $8,800.
