Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Athletics vs. Rangers 4/30/25
Athletics vs. Texas Rangers
April 30, 2025 8:05 pm EDT
Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League matchup featuring the Athletics and the Texas Rangers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Athletics vs. Texas Rangers game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings MLB single game showdown contest.
Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules
You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my Draftkings picks for this evening’s Athletics vs. Rangers matchup.
Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks
Captain-Nathan Eovaldi, Starting Pitcher, Texas Rangers $12,000
On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball presents the third game of a four-game American League series featuring the Athletics 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 four-game series with the Athletics playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Rangers have lost five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants three days ago.
In direct contrast to the Texas Rangers, the Athletics are playing good baseball entering this evening’s game. The Athletics have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 10-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox last week.
Now that we have determined how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s contest. Starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi has been a standout performer for the Texas Rangers this season. With that said, how has Eovaldi performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review Eovaldi’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
Through six starts made in 2025, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi has compiled a 2-2 (win-loss record), a 2.21 ERA (Earned Run Average) and a 0.74 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched). Additionally, Eovaldi has tallied 38 strikeouts while allowing only three walks in 36.2 innings pitched this season.
More recently, in the Texas Rangers 2-0 shutout win over the San Francisco Giants five days ago, Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi pitched exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Eovaldi pitched six quality innings while scattering three hits and allowing one walk in the Rangers victory over the Giants.
In my view, Nathan Eovaldi is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in tonight’s MLB regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this MLB regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Luis Severino, Starting Pitcher (Athletics) $11,000: Wyatt Langford, Outfielder (Texas Rangers) $8,800: Brent Rooker, Outfielder (Athletics) $9,600.
