Baltimore Orioles vs. Athletics
June 7, 2025 10:05 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Baltimore Orioles and the Athletics. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Baltimore Orioles vs. Athletics 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 this evening’s Orioles vs. Athletics matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Lawrence Butler, Outfielder, Athletics $13,000
On Saturday night, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game American League series featuring the Baltimore Orioles and the Athletics.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Athletics arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles playing good baseball. The Athletics have won two of the team’s last three games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a dominant 14-3 win over the Minnesota Twins two days ago.
Similar to the Athletics, the Baltimore Orioles arrive at today’s game playing quality baseball. The Orioles have won six of the team’s last seven games played this season, including a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox last week.
Now that we have ascertained how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to tonight’s contest. Outfielder Lawrence Butler has been a standout performer for the Athletics this season. Having stated that, how has the veteran outfielder performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Butler’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 47 games that Lawrence Butler has played for the Athletics in the 2025 MLB regular season, Butler has compiled a robust .270 batting average, nine home runs, 26 walks, 27 RBIs (runs batted in), nine stolen bases and 39 runs scored.
Last month, in the Houston Astros 11-1 win over the Athletics, Lawrence Butler certainly played at a high level. In the Astros victory over the Athletics, Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler amassed three hits (one home run), one RBI and one run scored. It should also be noted that in the Astros defeat of the Athletics, Butler tallied a whopping 24.7 FanDuel points.
In my opinion, Lawrence Butler is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. With that said, I am backing Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Jacob Wilson, Shortstop (Athletics) $11,200: Jackson Holiday, Second Baseman (Baltimore Orioles) $8,400: Brent Rooker, Outfielder (Athletics) $12,800.
