FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Giants vs. Diamondbacks 9/23/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the San Francisco Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks 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 San Francisco Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Ketel Marte, Outfielder, Arizona Diamondbacks $9,500

On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening Game of a three Game National League series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Francisco Giants.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The San Francisco Giants arrive at tonight’s game with the Arizona Diamondbacks playing quality baseball. More specifically, the Giants have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 9-0 shutout win over the Kansas City Royals two days ago.

Similar to the San Francisco Giants, the Arizona Diamondbacks have been playing good baseball recently. The Diamondbacks have won four of the team’s last five games played this season, including an 9-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies last week.

Now that we have determined how both of the National League teams are currently playing let’s shift our focus to this evening’s contest. Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte has certainly established himself as an essential part of the Arizona Diamondbacks lineup in 2024. Having stated that, how has Marte been playing recently?

In his last four games played for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2024 MLB regular season, Ketel Marte tallied seven hits (three home runs), five runs scored, six RBIs (runs batted in), and six walk in 16 plate appearances.

In summary, I like Ketel Marte’s chances of continuing to play quality baseball versus the San Francisco Giants later today. For that specific reason, I am backing Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel DFS contest.

Star-Eugenio Suarez, Third Baseman, Arizona Diamondbacks $8,000

In addition to Ketel Marte, Arizona third baseman Eugenio Suarez has been a key contributor to the Diamondbacks offense this season.

Eugenio Suarez arrives at tonight’s National League game on the heels of a six-game hitting streak. In that six-game span just mentioned, Suarez compiled eight hits (one home run), three RBIs (runs batted in), and three runs scored.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (FanDuel price noted): Tyler Fitzgerald, Second Baseman (San Francisco Giants) $9,000: Matt Chapman, Third Baseman (San Francisco Giants) $8,500: Josh Bell, First Baseman (Arizona Diamondbacks) $4,500.