FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Phillies vs. Cubs 4/25/25
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs
April 25, 2025 2:20 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs 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 tomorrow afternoon’s Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Ian Happ, Outfielder, Chicago Cubs $8,600
On Friday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game National League series featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs.
How are these two teams playing entering tomorrow’s National League game? The Chicago Cubs arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies playing good baseball. The Cubs have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks last week.
In direct contrast to the Chicago Cubs, the Philadelphia Phillies are currently playing below average baseball entering tomorrow afternoon’s game. Let me be more specific. The Phillies have lost four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 5-1 loss to the New York Mets two days ago.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to tomorrow’s contest. Veteran outfielder Ian Happ has been a solid performer for the Chicago Cubs this season. With that said, how has the talented outfielder performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Happ’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In 23 games that Ian Happ has played for the Chicago Cubs in the 2025 MLB regular season, Happ has compiled a .271 batting average, 30 hits, two home runs, 15 walks, 13 RBIs (runs batted in), 21 runs scored, a .358 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .732 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).
More recently, in the Chicago Cubs thrilling 11-10 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers two days ago, Ian Happ played exceptionally well. In the Cubs victory over Los Angeles, Happ amassed four hits, one RBI, one walk and two runs scored. It should also be mentioned that in the Cubs defeat of the Dodgers, Happ compiled a massive 27.9 FanDuel points.
In my opinion, Ian Happ is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Pete Crow-Armstrong, Outfielder (Chicago Cubs) $10,200: Bryce Harper, First Baseman (Philadelphia Phillies) $12,600: Bryson Stott, Second Baseman (Philadelphia Phillies) $7,000.
