FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Yankees vs. Athletics 5/9/25

Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the New York Yankees and the Athletics. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the New York Yankees vs. Athletics 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. Athletics matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Aaron Judge, First Baseman, New York Yankees $16,000

This Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three-game American League series featuring the New York Yankees and the Athletics.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The New York Yankees arrive at the first game of this three-game series with the Athletics playing good baseball. The Yankees have won two of the team’s last three games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a dominant 12-3 victory over the San Diego Padres three days ago.

In direct contrast to the New York Yankees, the Athletics are not playing well entering the opening game of this American League series. Let me be more specific. The Athletics have lost three of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 9-6 loss to 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 37 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, 56 hits, 12 home runs, 16 walks, 34 RBIs (runs batted in), ten runs scored, a .491 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a MLB leading 1.275 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging).

More recently, in the New York Yankees 12-3 win over the San Diego Padres earlier this week, New York outfielder Aaron Judge certainly played at a high level. 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) $8,000: JJ Bleday, Outfielder (Athletics) $7,000: Nick Kurtz, First Baseman (Athletics) $4,800.