FanDuel MLB Player Selections: Red Sox vs. Rangers 8/2/24

Major League Baseball presents a matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers. Let’s take a look at this MLB Game from a FanDuel perspective.

Before we dive into the Boston Red Sox 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 tonight’s Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers matchup.

MVP-Jarren Duran, Outfielder, Boston Red Sox $9,000

On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the opening game of a three game American League series between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s Major League Baseball game? The Boston Red Sox arrive at this evening’s first game of this three game American League series with the Texas Rangers playing rather below average baseball. Let me be more specific. The Boston Red Sox have lost eight of the team’s last 12 games played in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a including an embarrassing 11-1 loss to the San Diego Padres three days ago.

Similar to the Boston Red Sox, the Texas Rangers are also not playing good baseball entering tonight’s contest. The Rangers have lost five of the team’s last six games played this season, including a brutal 11-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals three days ago.

Now that we have determined how both of these American League teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to this evening’s contest. Talented Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has certainly established himself as one of the best hitters in the American League in 2024. Let’s review Duran’s recent Game data to better shed light on my previous statement.

In his last six games played for the Boston Red Sox in the 2024 MLB regular season, Boston outfielder Jarren Duran accumulated a robust 11 hits (one home run), six runs scored, and two walks in 33 plate appearances. Clearly, Jarren Duran is swinging the bat well for the Boston Red Sox entering tonight’s game with the Texas Rangers.

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 Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran as my MVP for this one game MLB DFS slate.

Star-Rafael Devers, Third Baseman, Boston Red Sox $9,500

Boston third baseman Rafael Devers continues to be an important part of the Boston Red Sox lineup this season. In his last four Games played for the Red Sox in 2024, Rafael Devers accumulated five hits, two runs scored, and one walk in 21 plate appearances.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (FanDuel price noted): Marcus Semien, Second Baseman (Texas Rangers) $9,000: Corey Seager, Shortstop (Texas Rangers) $8,000.