FanDuel Best MLB DFS Picks: Royals vs. Braves 9/28/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Kansas City Royals and the Atlanta Braves. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the Kansas City Royals vs. Atlanta Braves 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 Kansas City Royals vs. Atlanta Braves matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Marcell Ozuna, Outfielder, Atlanta Braves $9,000

On Saturday evening, Major League Baseball presents the second Game of a three Game interleague series between the Kansas City Royals and the Atlanta Braves.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Atlanta Braves arrive at the second game of this interleague series with the Kansas City Royals playing rather good baseball. The Braves have won six of the team’s last seven games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 15-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds last week.

Similar to the Atlanta Braves, the Kansas City Royals have been playing good baseball recently. More specifically, the Royals have won three of the team’s last five games played this season, including a 3-0 shutout victory over the Washington Nationals three days ago.

It should be noted that the Atlanta Braves defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-0 in last night’s opening game of this three game interleague series.

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. Atlanta outfielder Marcell Ozuna certainly brings a quality bat to this talented Atlanta Braves lineup. Let me provide Ozuna’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement.

In his last eight Games played for the Atlanta Braves in the 2024 MLB regular season, Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna has compiled 13 hits (two home runs), four RBIs (runs batted in), seven runs scored, and four walks in 28 plate appearances.

In summary, I am backing talented Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna at the MVP position for this one game MLB FanDuel DFS contest.

Star-Salvador Perez, Catcher, Kansas City Royals $7,500

Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez has been a key contributor to the Royals offense in 2024. Having stated that, how has Perez been playing from a statistical perspective?

In his last four Games played for the Royals this season, Salvador Perez tallied five hits, one run scored, two RBIs (runs batted in), and one walk in 18 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like (FanDuel price noted): Bobby Witt Jr., Shortstop (Kansas City Royals) $10,000: Jorge Soler, Outfielder (Atlanta Braves) $8,000.