FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Padres vs. Dodgers 9/24/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB Game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game 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 Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $10,000

On Tuesday evening, Major League Baseball presents the opening Game of a three Game National League series between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at the first game of this National League series with the San Diego Padres playing quality baseball. Let me be more specific. The Dodgers have won six of the team’s last eight games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 20-4 victory over the Miami Marlins last week.

Similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Diego Padres are also playing exceptional baseball entering tonight’s contest. The Padres have won eight of the team’s last nine Games played this season, including a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox three 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. Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani has certainly been playing outstanding baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024. Let me provide Ohtani’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani arrives at tonight’s National League game on the heels of a six-game hitting streak. In that six-game span just mentioned, Ohtani compiled 15 hits (six home runs), 15 RBIs (runs batted in), one walk, and nine runs scored in 29 plate appearances. Clearly, Shohei Ohtani is swinging the bat at a high-level entering tonight’s game.

In summary, I am backing Shohei Ohtani at the MVP position for this one game MLB FanDuel DFS contest.

Star-Teoscar Hernandez, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $8,500

In addition to Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles outfielder Teoscar Hernandez has been a key contributor to the Los Angeles Dodgers offense in 2024. Having stated that, how has Hernandez been playing from a statistical standpoint?

In his last five games played for the Dodgers this season, Teoscar Hernandez tallied five hits (two home runs), four runs scored, three RBIs (runs batted in), and two walks in 18 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like (FanDuel price noted): Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $8,500: Freddie Freeman, First Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $8,000: Mookie Betts, Second Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $9,000.