Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies
August 1, 2025 8:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies 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 tomorrow’s Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Oneil Cruz, Outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates $13,000
On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game American League series featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Pittsburgh Pirates arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Colorado Rockies playing good baseball. More specifically, the Pirates have won four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-0 shutout win over the Arizona Diamondbacks last week.
In direct contrast to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Colorado Rockies are playing below average baseball entering tomorrow’s contest. More specifically, the Rockies have lost four of the team’s last five games played this season, including an embarrassing 18-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles five days ago.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to tomorrow night’s contest. Outfielder Oneil Cruz has been an essential part of the Pittsburgh Pirates starting lineup this season. With that said, how has the veteran outfielder performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Cruz’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 97 games that Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz has played in the 2025 MLB regular season, Rodriguez has compiled a .241`batting average, 17 home runs, 51 walks, 44 RBIs (runs batted in), 34 stolen bases (first in MLB) and 54 runs scored. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, O’Neil Cruz can post a high number of DFS points on any given night.
In conclusion, I think that Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder O’Neil is the most likely player to compile the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing O’Neil Cruz at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in tomorrow evening’s MLB regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Hunter Goodman, Catcher (Colorado Rockies) $12,200: Ezequiel Tovar, Shortstop (Colorado Rockies) $9,000: Warming Bernabel, Third Baseman (Colorado Rockies) $4,800.
