FanDuel Best MLB Player Selections: Cubs vs. Rockies 9/13/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies 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 Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies matchup

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

MVP-Seiya Suzuki, Outfielder, Chicago Cubs $9,000

On Friday evening, Major League Baseball presents the opening Game of a three Game National League series between the Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Chicago Cubs arrive at the first game of this National League series with the Colorado Rockies playing quality baseball. Let me be more specific. The Chicago Cubs have won three of the team’s last four games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a dominating 10-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers four days ago.

In direct contrast to the Chicago Cubs, the Colorado Rockies have not been playing good baseball recently. The Cubs have lost six of the team’s last ten games played this season, including an embarrassing 11-0 shutout loss to the Detroit Tigers earlier in the week.

Now that we have determined how both of these National League teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to this evening’s game. Chicago outfielder Seiya Suzuki has been an essential part of the Chicago Cubs lineup in 2024. Let’s review Suzuki’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement.

In his last three games played for the Chicago Cubs in the 2024 MLB regular season, Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki has tallied five hits (one home run), three runs scored, two RBIs (runs batted in) and two walks in 15 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 backing Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki as my MVP for this one game MLB FanDuel DFS slate.

Star-Nico Hoerner, Second Baseman, Chicago Cubs $6,500

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner has certainly played quality baseball for Chicago this season. In his last three games played for the Chicago Cubs in the 2024 MLB regular season, second baseman Nico Hoerner accumulated five hits and two RBI’s (runs batted in) in only 12 plate appearances.

I expect the talented second baseman to continue his quality play on the baseball diamond later today.

Flex plays I like for today’s Game (FanDuel price noted): Brenton Doyle, Outfielder (Colorado Rockies) $8,500: Ezequiel Tovar, Shortstop (Boston Red Sox) $7,500.