FanDuel Best MLB Player Selections: Astros vs. Rangers 8/5/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game 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 Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Yordan Alvarez, Outfielder, Houston Astros $9,500

On Monday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three game American League series between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s Major League Baseball Game? The Houston Astros arrive at this evening’s first Game of this three Game American League series with the Texas Rangers playing below average baseball. Let me be more specific. The Houston Astros have lost five of the team’s last seven Games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays two days ago.

Similar to the Houston Astros, the Texas Rangers are also not playing good baseball entering tonight’s contest. The Rangers have lost seven of the team’s last nine games played this season, including a 7-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox last night.

Now that we have ascertained how both of these American League teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to this evening’s contest. Houston outfielder Yordan Alvarez continues to be an important part of the Houston Astros lineup this season. In his last three games played for the Astros in 2024, Yordan Alvarez has accumulated five hits, one run scored, and one walk in 11 plate appearances.

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 Houston Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez as my MVP for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Star-Corey Seager, Shortstop, Texas Rangers $9,000

How important is Texas shortstop Corey Seager to the Texas Rangers offense in 2024? Let’s review a sample of Seager’s recent Game data to answer that question.

In his last three games played for the Texas Rangers in the 2024 MLB regular season, Seager accumulated a robust five hits (two home runs), and four runs scored in only 12 plate appearances. Clearly, Corey Seager is swinging the bat well for the Texas Rangers entering tonight’s game with the Houston Astros.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (FanDuel price noted): Marcus Semien, Second Baseman (Texas Rangers) $8,000: Yainer Diaz, Catcher (Houston Astros) $7,000.