FanDuel MLB Player Selections: Orioles vs. Dodgers 8/29/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the Baltimore Orioles 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 Baltimore Orioles vs. Los Angeles Dodgers matchup.

FanDuel MLB Player Selections

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

On Thursday night, Major League Baseball presents the final game of a three game interleague series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s MLB game? The Baltimore Orioles arrive at this evening’s contest playing below average baseball. Let me be more specific. The Orioles have lost nine of the team’s last 15 games played in 2024, including a 4-3 loss to the New York Mets last week.

In direct contrast to the Baltimore Orioles, the Los Angeles Dodgers arrive at tonight’s game with the Baltimore Orioles playing rather good baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers have won 13 of the team’s last 17 games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays two days ago.

It should be noted that the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 in last night’s second 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. Los Angeles 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.

In his last five games played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 MLB regular season, Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani has tallied eight hits (two home runs), six runs scored, three RBIs (runs batted in) and one walk in 16 plate appearances.

Star-Teoscar Hernandez, Outfielder, Los Angeles Dodgers $8,000

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 four Games played for the Dodgers this season, Teoscar Hernandez accumulated four hits (two home runs), two runs scored, four RBIs (runs batted in) and one walk in 12 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like (FanDuel price noted): Gunnar Henderson, Shortstop (Baltimore Orioles) $9,000: Ryan O’Hearn, First Baseman (Baltimore Orioles) $6,500.