Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Guardians. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Guardians 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 Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Guardians matchup.
FanDuel MLB Player Selections
MVP-Steven Kwan, Outfielder, Cleveland Guardians $12,200
On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the first game of a three-game American League series featuring the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Guardians.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Minnesota Twins playing below average baseball. The Guardians have lost three of the team’s last four games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees five days ago.
In direct contrast to the Cleveland Guardians, the Minnesota Twins are playing well entering the opening game of this American League series. Let me be more specific. The Twins have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including an impressive 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to this evening’s contest. Veteran outfielder Steven Kwan has been a standout performer for the Cleveland Guardians this season. With that said, how has Kwan performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Kwan’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In 26 games that Steven Kwan has played for the Cleveland Guardians in the 2025 MLB regular season, Kwan has compiled a robust .350 batting average, 22 hits, four home runs, eight walks, 15 RBIs (runs batted in), four stolen bases, 18 runs scored, a .397 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .905 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).
Earlier this month, in the Cleveland Guardians 6-4 win over the New York Yankees, Steven Kwan certainly played at a high level. In the Guardians victory over the Yankees, Kwan tallied two hits, two runs scored, one stolen base and one walk. It should also be mentioned that in the Guardians defeat of the Yankees, Kwan compiled a massive 24.4 FanDuel points.
In my view, Steven Kwan is the most likely player to accumulate the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. For that specific reason, I am backing Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Byron Buxton, Outfielder (Minnesota Twins) $12,600: Jose Ramirez, Third Baseman (Cleveland Guardians) $10,800: Nolan Jones, Outfielder, (Cleveland Guardians) $4,400.