Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners
July 31, 2025 9:40 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariners. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners 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 Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Julio Rodriquez, Outfielder, Seattle Mariners $13,000
On Thursday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game American League series featuring the Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The Seattle Mariners arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Texas Rangers playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Mariners have lost four of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels four days ago.
Conversely, the Texas Rangers are currently playing rather good baseball entering this evening’s game. The Rangers have won seven of the team’s last nine games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves last week.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to today’s contest. Outfielder Julio Rodriguez has been an essential part of the Seattle Mariners starting lineup this season. With that said, how has the veteran outfielder performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Rodriguez’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 108 games that Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez has played in the 2025 MLB regular season, Rodriguez has compiled a .255 batting average, 19 home runs, 30 walks, 56 RBIs (runs batted in), 20 stolen bases (14th in MLB) and 70 runs scored. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Julio Rodriguez can post a high number of DFS points on any given night.
In conclusion, I think that Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez is the most likely player to compile the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing Julio Rodriguez at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s MLB regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Randy Arozarena, Outfielder (Seattle Mariners) $10,800: Evan Carter, Outfielder (Texas Rangers) $6,600: Josh Jung, Third Baseman (Texas Rangers) $5,200.
