Draftkings Best MLB Showdown Picks: Giants vs. Dodgers 7/25/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a Draftkings perspective.

Prior to discussing the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants Game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings 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 afternoon’s San Francisco vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Giants matchup.

Draftkings Picks

Captain-Logan Webb, Pitcher, San Francisco Giants $11,000

On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the final Game of a four Game National League series between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB Game? The San Francisco Giants arrive at this afternoon’s fourth Game of this four Game National League series with the Los Angeles Dodgers playing below average baseball. More specifically, the San Francisco Giants have lost four of the team’s last six Games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies four days ago.

Conversely, the Los Angeles Dodgers are playing rather good baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers have won five of the team’s last six games played this season, including a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox last week.

It should be noted that, last night, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 in the third game of this four game National League series.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to this afternoon’s game. Talented Giants pitcher Logan Webb has established himself as a valuable member of the San Francisco Giants starting rotation this season. Having stated that, how has Webb been playing from a statistical standpoint in 2024? Let’s review Logan Webb’s recent game data to answer that question.

In the 21 games that Logan Webb has pitched for the San Francisco Giants in the 2024 MLB regular season, Webb has posted a respectable 3.59 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.27 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added 111 strikeouts while allowing 32 walks. Clearly, Logan Webb is pitching well this season.

For the reasons just noted, I am backing San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb as my captain for this one game DFS MLB contest.

Flex Plays

Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $10,000

Los Angeles outfielder Shohei Ohtani certainly brings a quality bat to this Los Angeles Dodgers lineup. Let me provide Ohtani’s recent Game data to better shed light on my previous statement. In his last seven Games played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 MLB regular season, Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani has accumulated an impressive nine hits, six runs scored, and six walks in 26 plate appearances.

Additional flex plays I like to play well this afternoon (Draftkings price noted): Freddie Freeman, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $8,800.: Matt Chapman, Third Baseman (San Francisco Giants) $8,400.