FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Nationals vs. Mets 9/20/25
Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets
September 20, 2025 4:10 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets 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 Nationals vs. Mets matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Francisco Lindor, Shortstop, New York Mets $13,200
On Saturday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the second game of a three-game National League series featuring the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets.
How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB game? The New York Mets arrive at the second game of this three-game series with the Washington Nationals playing good baseball. The Mets have won four of the team’s last five games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres two days ago.
Conversely, the Washington Nationals are playing below average baseball entering this afternoon’s contest. More specifically, the Nationals have lost five of the team’s last six games played this season, including an 11-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves earlier this week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to today’s contest. Veteran shortstop Francisco Lindor has certainly been an essential part of the New York Mets starting lineup in 2025. With that said, how has Lindor performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s examine Lindor’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 152 games that shortstop Francisco Lindor has played for the New York Mets in the 2025 MLB regular season, Lindor has compiled a robust .268 batting average, 27 home runs, 60 walks, 79 RBIs (runs batted in), 111 runs scored, a .344 OBP (On-Base Percentage) and a .800 OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging). What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Lindor is playing at a high-level entering this afternoon’s matchup with the Washington Nationals.
In my view, Francisco Lindor is the most likely player to amass the most FanDuel points in this MLB game. Having stated that, I am rolling with New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this MLB regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Juan Soto, Outfielder (New York Mets) $14,000: James Wood, Outfielder (Washington Nationals) $11,600: Dylan Crews, Outfielder (Washington Nationals) $7,200.
