FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Yankees vs. Angels 5/26/25
New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels
May 26, 2025 9:38 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels 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 Yankees vs. Angels matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Aaron Judge, First Baseman, New York Yankees $16,000
On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game American League series featuring the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The New York Yankees arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels playing good baseball. The Yankees have won six of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a thrilling 1-0 shutout victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks four days ago.
Similar to the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Angels arrive the opening game of this American League series playing rather well. More specifically, the Angels have won eight of the team’s last ten games played this season, including a 7-4 win over the Miami Marlins last week.
Now that we have ascertained how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to tonight’s contest. Veteran outfielder Aaron Judge has been a standout performer for the New York Yankees in 2025. With that said, how has Judge performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s review the talented outfielder’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 52 games that Aaron Judge has played for the New York Yankees in the 2025 MLB regular season, Judge has compiled a rather impressive .400 batting average (1st in MLB), 18 home runs (1st in MLB), 34 walks, 47 RBIs (runs batted in), 49 runs scored, a .487 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a MLB leading 1.246 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).
More recently, in the New York Yankees 12-3 win over the San Diego Padres earlier this month, Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge exceptionally well. In the Yankees victory over the Padres, Judge tallied one hit, two runs scored, one home run, one RBI and one walk. It should also be mentioned that in the Yankees defeat of the Padres, Judge tallied 24.9 FanDuel points.
In my view, Aaron Judge is the most likely player to amass the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. Having stated that, I am rolling with New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge 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) $12,000: Taylor Ward, Outfielder (Los Angeles Angels) $11,600: Paul Goldschmidt, First Baseman (New York Yankees) $9,000.
