FanDuel MLB Player Selections: Royals vs. Yankees 4/14/25
Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees
April 14, 2025 7:40 pm EDT
Later today, Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees 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 Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Bobby Witt, Shortstop, Kansas City Royals $12,400
On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game American League series featuring the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Kansas City Royals arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the New York Yankees playing below average baseball. The Royals have lost three of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 7-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians three days ago.
Similar to the Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees are not playing well entering this evening’s game. More specifically, the Yankees have lost five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s contest. Shortstop Bobby Witt has been a standout performer for the Kansas City Royal this season. Having stated that, how has the veteran shortstop performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Witt’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt arrives at tonight’s game batting .268 with 11 hits, one home run, five RBIs (runs batted in) and six runs scored over 10 games. He’s also showcased his speed with three stolen bases in 2025.
More recently, in Kansas City Royals 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins four days ago, Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt played exceptionally well. In the Royals 3-2 victory over the Twins, Witt compiled two hits, one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. It should also be mentioned that in the Royal defeat of the Twins, Witt tallied a massive 21.7 FanDuel points.
In my opinion, Bobby Witt is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in tonight’s MLB game. With that said, I am backing Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Cody Bellinger, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,600: Hunter Renfroe, Outfielder (Kansas City Royals) $4,600.
