Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Marlins vs. Giants 8/30/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Miami Marlins and the San Francisco Giants. Let’s take a look at this MLB Game from a Draftkings perspective.

Prior to discussing the Miami Marlins 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 tonight’s Miami Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Blake Snell, Starting Pitcher, San Francisco Giants $12,200

On Friday evening, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three game National League series between the Miami Marlins and the San Francisco Giants.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB Game? The Miami Marlins arrive at tonight’s National league contest playing below average baseball. Let me be more specific. The Miami Marlins have lost ten of the team’s last 14 Games played this season, including an 8-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies two days ago.

Similar to the Miami Marlins, the San Francisco Giants arrive at tonight’s game playing below average baseball. The San Francisco Giants have lost five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2024 MLB season, including a 6-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox last week.

Now that we have determined how both of these Major League Baseball teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to tonight’s game. San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell has quickly established himself as one of the best starting pitchers in the National League. Having stated that, how has the Giants hurler been playing from a statistical standpoint in 2024? Let’s review Blake Snell’s recent game data to answer that question.

In the 15 games that Blake Snell has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024, Snell has posted an impressive 3.76 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.11 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added 106 strikeouts while allowing only 36 walks.

More recently, in the San Francisco Giants 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics two weeks ago, San Francisco starting pitcher Blake Snell certainly pitched at a high level. Snell pitched seven innings striking out a whopping ten Giants batters while allowing six hits and two walks in the Giants win over the Athletics.

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 San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Blake Snell as my captain for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Adam Oller, Starting Pitcher (Miami Marlins) $11,200: Jake Burger, Third Baseman (Miami Marlins) $9,600: Matt Chapman, Third Baseman (San Francisco Giants) $9,000.