Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks: Yankees vs. Dodgers 10/26/24

Major League Baseball presents Draftkings baseball fans with a World Series matchup featuring the New York Yankees 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 Yankees 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 this evening’s New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers matchup.

Draftkings MLB Showdown Picks

Captain-Carlos Rodon, Starting Pitcher, New York Yankees $11,200

On Saturday evening, Major League Baseball presents the second game of the 2024 World Series featuring the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering this MLB playoff Game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the second Game of the 2024 World Series playing rather good baseball. The Dodgers have won 17 of the team’s last 23 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 Yankees have been playing quality baseball recently. The Yankees have won seven of the team’s last ten games played this season, including a 5-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians six days ago.

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 Game 2 of the 2024 World Series.

It should be noted that the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 6-3 in Game 1 of the World Series two days ago.

Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon has proven to be an essential part of the New York Yankees starting rotation this season. Having stated that, how has Rodon been playing from a statistical standpoint in 2024? Let’s review Carlos Rodon’s relevant game data to answer that question.

In the 32 games that Carlos Rodon pitched for the New York Yankees in the 2024 MLB regular season, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon posted a 3.96 ERA (Earned Run Average), 1.22 WHIP (walks, hits, inning pitched) and added a massive 195 strikeouts while allowing 57 walks.

More recently, in the New York Yankees 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians 12 days ago, New York starting pitcher Carlos Rodon pitched rather well. Let me be more specific. Carlos Rodon pitched six innings striking out nine Cleveland batters while scattering three hits and zero walks in the Yankees victory over the Indians.

In conclusion, I am backing talented New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon at the captain position for this one game MLB DFS Showdown slate.

Flex plays I like (Draftkings price noted): Juan Soto, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,600: Aaron Judge, Outfielder (New York Yankees) $9,400: Mookie Betts, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,000.