FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Guardians vs. Yankees 10/17/24

On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents FanDuel 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 FanDuel single game MLB 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 New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Giancarlo Stanton, Outfielder, New York Yankees $8,000

On Thursday afternoon, Major League Baseball presents the third game of the 2024 American League Championship series featuring the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees.

How are these two teams playing entering today’s MLB playoff game? The Cleveland Guardians arrive at the third 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 seven 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 six games played this season, including a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals last week.

It should be noted that the New York Yankees won the second Game of the 2024 American League Championship series defeating the Cleveland Guardians 6-3.

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

Talented Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has certainly been a key contributor to the New York Yankees offense this season. Let’s review Stanton’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement.

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton arrives at today’s American League Division series game on the playing quality baseball. More specifically, in his last five games played for the Yankees this season, Stanton has compiled seven hits (two home runs), four RBIs (runs batted in), three runs scored, one stolen base, and two walks in 21 plate appearances. Clearly, Giancarlo Stanton is swinging the bat at a high-level entering this afternoon’s American League Championship series game.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct MVP is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) contest. In summary, I am rolling with New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Star-Jose Ramirez, Third Baseman, Cleveland Guardians $9,000

In his last ten games played for the Cleveland Guardians this season, Cleveland third baseman Jose Ramirez has tallied 11 hits (four home runs), ten RBIs (runs batted in), and nine runs scored. I fully expect Ramirez to continue his outstanding play in Cleveland later today.

Flex plays I like for today’s Game (FanDuel price noted): Aaron Judge, Outfielder (Detroit Tigers) $10,000: Juan Soto, Outfielder (Detroit Tigers) $8,500.