Draftkings Best MLB Showdown Picks: Dodgers vs. Mets 10/16/24

On Wednesday evening, Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a playoff matchup between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 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 tomorrow evening’s Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Luis Severino, Starting Pitcher, New York Mets $11,000

On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball presents the third Game of the 2024 National League Championship series featuring the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering tomorrow night’s MLB playoff Game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the third Game of the 2024 National League Championship series playing rather good baseball. The Dodgers have won 13 of the team’s last 18 Games played this season, including a dominating 2-0 shutout victory over the San Diego Padres last week.

Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets have been playing quality baseball recently. More specifically, the New York Mets have won nine of the team’s last 12 Games played this season, including a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers 11 days ago.

It should be noted that the New York Mets won last night’s second game of the 2024 National League Championship defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3.

Now that we have identified how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow’s contest.

New York pitcher Luis Severino has certainly illustrated that he is a valuable member of the New York Mets starting pitching rotation in 2024. Having stated that, how has Severino been playing from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Luis Severino’s game data from the 2024 MLB regular season to answer that question.

In the 31 games that Luis Severino pitched for the New York Mets in the 2024 MLB regular season, Severino posted a 3.91 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.24 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added 161 strikeouts while allowing 60 walks.

More recently, in the New York Mets 8-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers two weeks ago, New York pitcher Luis Severino pitched exceptionally well. In the Mets win over the Phillies just noted, Severino pitched six quality innings striking out four Milwaukee Brewers batters while scattering eight hits and two walks.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct captain is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) contest. In summary, I am rolling with New York Mets starting pitcher Luis Severino at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Walker Buehler, Starting Pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,400: Shohei Ohtani, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,000: Francesco Lindor, Shortstop (New York Mets) $9,600.