FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Cardinals vs. Rockies 9/24/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.

FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules

Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 2x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value.

The remaining four players in your lineup will be one star and three flex plays. The star player will receive 1.5x the standard fantasy points value. The final three flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single Game contest.

If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single Game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.

*It should be noted that FanDuel does not utilize the pitcher position in single Game MLB contests. Having stated that, only batters are available for single Game MLB lineups on the FanDuel platform.

Here are my FanDuel picks for this evening’s St. Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Ezequiel Tovar, Shortstop, Colorado Rockies $8,000

On Tuesday evening, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three game National League series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The St. Louis Cardinals arrive at the first game of this National League series with the Colorado Rockies playing quality baseball. Let me be more specific. The Cardinals have won five of the team’s last seven games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 10-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates last week.

In direct contrast to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Colorado Rockies have not been playing good baseball recently. The Rockies have lost three of the team’s last four games played this season, including a 6-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers four 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 contest. Colorado shortstop Ezequiel Tovar arrives at tonight’s National League game on the heels of a six-game hitting streak. In that six-game span just mentioned, Tovar compiled nine hits (two home runs), seven RBIs (runs batted in), one walk, and four runs scored.

In summary, I like Ezequiel Tovar’s chances of continuing to play quality baseball versus the St. Louis Cardinals later today. For that specific reason, I am backing Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel DFS contest.

Star-Ryan McMahon, Third Baseman, Colorado Rockies $7,500

How important has Colorado third baseman been to the Colorado Rockies offense in 2024? Let’s review a sample of McMahon’s recent game data to answer that question.

In his last four Games played for the Colorado Rockies in the 2024 MLB regular season, Ryan McMahon tallied five hits (one home run), two RBIs (runs batted in), two runs scored, and two walks in 16 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (FanDuel price noted): Charlie Blackmon, Outfielder (Colorado Rockies) $7,000: Paul Goldschmidt, First Baseman (St. Louis Cardinals) $7,000: Alec Burleson, Outfielder (St. Louis Cardinals) $7,500.