Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Guardians vs. Yankees 10/18/24

Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with an American League playoff matchup featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings single game MLB 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 tonight’s New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Luis Gil, Pitcher, New York Yankees $11,400

On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the fourth Game of the 2024 American League Championship series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB playoff game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the fourth game of the 2024 American League Championship series playing below average baseball. More specifically, the Guardians have lost four of the team’s last seven games played this season, including a 3-0 shutout loss to the Detroit Tigers eight days ago.

In direct contrast to the Cleveland Guardians, the New York Yankees have been playing good baseball recently. The Yankees have won five of the team’s last seven games played this season, including a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals last week.

It should be noted that the Cleveland Guardians won last night’s third game of the 2024 American League Championship series defeating the New York Yankees 7-5.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tomorrow afternoon’s American League Championship series game.

New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil has certainly pitched at a high level to this point in the 2024 MLB season. Having stated that, how has Gil been playing from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Luis Gil’s recent game data to answer that question.

In the 29 Games that Luis Gil has pitched for the New York Yankees in the 2024 MLB regular season, Gil has posted a 3.50 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.19 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added a robust 171 strikeouts while allowing 77 walks.

More recently, in the New York Yankees 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics last month, Yankees pitcher Luis Gil pitched rather well. More specifically, in the Yankees win over the Athletics just noted, Gil pitched 5.1 quality innings, striking out five Oakland batters while scattering five hits and three walks.

In conclusion, I am backing New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil as my captain for this one Game MLB DFS slate.

Flex plays I like (Draftkings price noted): Gavin Williams, Starting Pitcher, (Cleveland Guardians) $10,800: Jose Ramirez, Third Baseman (Cleveland Guardians) $9,400: Juan Soto, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,600: Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,600.