Draftkings Best MLB Showdown Picks: Mets vs. Cardinals 8/5/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. Let’s take a look at this MLB Game from a Draftkings perspective.

Prior to discussing the St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets 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 New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Sean Manaea, Starting Pitcher, New York Mets $11,400

On Monday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents a National League matchup between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals.

How are these two teams playing entering this afternoon’s Major League Baseball game? The Cardinals are not playing well entering tonight’s game. Let me be more specific. The St. Louis Cardinals have lost three of the team’s last four games played this season, including a including a 5-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs two days ago.

Similar to the Cardinals, the New York Mets are also not playing good baseball. The New York Mets have lost three of the team’s last four games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a 3-2 loss to the California Angels last night.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s contest. New York pitcher Sean Manaea has established himself as a valuable member of the New York Mets starting pitching rotation in 2024. Having stated that, how has Manaea been playing from a statistical standpoint this season? Let’s take a look at New York Mets pitcher Sean Manaea’s recent Game data to answer that question.

In the 21 games that Sean Manaea has pitched for the New York Mets in the 2024 MLB regular season, Manaea has posted a 3.50 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.20 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added 112 strikeouts while allowing 46 walks.

More recently, in the New York Mets 2-0 shutout win over the Minnesota Twins six days ago, Mets hurler Sean Manaea pitched exceptionally well. Manaea pitched seven quality innings allowing only two hits and zero walks in the New York Mets impressive victory over the Twins. I fully expect Sean Manaea will continue to pitch at a high level versus the Cardinals later today.

For the reasons just noted, I am backing New York Mets starting pitcher Sean Manaea at the captain position for this one Game DFS MLB Showdown slate.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Andre Pallante, Starting Pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals) $11,000: Pete Alonso, First Baseman (New York Mets) $8,400: Wilson Contreras, Catcher (St. Louis Cardinals) $9,000.