FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Padres vs. Dodgers 9/26/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the San Diego Padres 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 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 evening’s San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $10,000

On Thursday evening, Major League Baseball presents the third game of a three game National League series between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the final game of this National League series with the San Diego Padres playing quality baseball. Let me be more specific. The Dodgers have won seven of the team’s last ten games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 20-4 victory over the Miami Marlins last week.

Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Diego Padres are also playing exceptional baseball entering tonight’s contest. The Padres have won nine of the team’s last 11 games played this season, including a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox five days ago.

It should be noted that the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-3 in last night’s second game of this three game National League series.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s contest. Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani has certainly been playing outstanding baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024. Let me provide Ohtani’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani arrives at tonight’s National League game on the heels of an eight-game hitting streak. In that eight-game span just mentioned, Ohtani compiled 18 hits (six home runs), 17 RBIs (runs batted in), three walks, and 11 runs scored in 37 plate appearances. Clearly, Shohei Ohtani is swinging the bat at a high-level entering tonight’s game.

In summary, I am backing Shohei Ohtani at the MVP position for this one game MLB FanDuel DFS contest.

Star-Teoscar Hernandez, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $7,000

In addition to Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles outfielder Teoscar Hernandez has been a key contributor to the Los Angeles Dodgers offense in 2024. Having stated that, how has Hernandez been playing from a statistical standpoint?

In his last seven games played for the Dodgers this season, Teoscar Hernandez tallied eight hits (two home runs), four runs scored, four RBIs (runs batted in), and three walks in 26 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like (FanDuel price noted): Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $8,500: Jurikson Profar, First Baseman (San Diego Padres) $7,000: Mookie Betts, Second Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,000.