FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Twins vs. Rangers 9/25/25
Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers
September 25, 2025 2:35 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers 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 afternoon’s Twins vs. Rangers matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Byron Buxton, Outfielder, Minnesota Twins $14,600
On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three-game American League series featuring the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Texas Rangers arrive at the third game of this three-game series with the Minnesota Twins playing below average baseball. Let me be more specific. The Rangers have lost eight of the team’s last ten games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 4-2 loss to the Miami Marlins four days ago.
Similar to the Texas Rangers, the Minnesota Twins are playing subpar baseball entering this evening’s game. The Twins have lost six of the team’s last eight games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 10-5 loss to the New York Yankees last week.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this afternoon’s contest. Talented outfielder Byron Buxton has been a standout performer for the Minnesota Twins in 2025. Having stated that, how has Buxton performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Buxton’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 123 games that Byron Buxton has played for the Minnesota Twins in the 2025 MLB regular season, Buxton has compiled a .263 batting average, 32 home runs (15th in MLB), 41 walks, 78 RBIs (runs batted in), 94 runs scored (19th in MLB), a .327 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and an .866 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) which ranks 11th in MLB.
More recently, in the Minnesota Twins 6-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians two days ago, Byron Buxton amassed one hit (one double), one walk, one RBI and one run scored.
In my opinion, Byron Buxton is the most likely player to amass the most FanDuel points in this MLB regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this MLB regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Joc Pederson, Outfielder (Texas Rangers) $7,000: Ryan Jeffers, Catcher (Minnesota Twins) $5,200: Austin Martin, Outfielder (Minnesota Twins) $5,600.
