FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Royals vs. Cardinals 6/3/25
Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals
June 3, 2025 7:45 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an interleague matchup featuring the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals 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 tonight’s Royals vs. Cardinals matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-MVP-Masyn Winn, Shortstop, St. Louis Cardinals $10,400
On Tuesday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game interleague series featuring the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The St. Louis Cardinals arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Kansas City Royals playing good baseball. The Cardinals have won six of the team’s last nine games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 2-0 shutout win over the Texas Rangers four days ago.
In direct contrast to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Kansas City Royals arrive at this evening’s interleague contest playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Royals have lost six of the team’s last nine games played this season, including a 7-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s game. Shortstop Masyn Winn has certainly been a solid performer for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2025. With that said, how has the veteran shortstop performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Winn’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to better shed light on his contributions to the Cardinals this season.
In the 45 games that shortstop Masyn Winn has played for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2025 MLB regular season, Winn has compiled a .278 batting average, 48 hits (six home runs), 18 walks, 20 RBIs (runs batted in), 34 runs scored, a .357 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .438 SLG (Slugging Percentage).
More recently, in the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles five days ago, Masyn Winn played rather well. Winn amassed four hit (two doubles), three runs scored and one RBI in the Cardinals defeat of the Orioles. Clearly, Winn can post a high number of DFS points on any given night.
In my view, Masyn Winn’s reasonable FanDuel price of only $10,400 presents the best fantasy value on this slate. For that specific reason, I am backing St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Brendan Donovan, Third Baseman (St. Louis Cardinals) $12,200: Bobby Witt, Shortstop (Kansas City Royals) $15,000: Jac Caglianone, First Baseman (Kansas City Royals) $6,000.
