FanDuel MLB Player Selections: Rockies vs. Padres 8/3/24

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

Before we dive into the Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres 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 Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres matchup.

MVP-Manny Machado, Third Baseman, San Diego Padres $8,500

On Friday night, Major League Baseball presents the second Game of a three Game National League series between the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres.

How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s Major League Baseball Game? The Colorado Rockies arrive at this evening’s second Game of this three Game National League series with the San Diego Padres playing rather good baseball. The Rockies have won five consecutive Games in the 2024 MLB regular season, including a 5-4 win over the California Angels two days ago.

Similar to the Rockies, the San Diego Padres have been playing quality baseball entering tonight’s MLB contest as well. The Padres have won nine of the team’s last 11 games played this season, including an impressive 9-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles last week.

It should also be noted that the Colorado Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres 10-4 in last night’s first game of this three game National League series.

Now that we have ascertained how both of these National League teams are currently playing let’s turn our attention to this evening’s contest in Seattle. San Diego third baseman Manny Machado has certainly established himself as one of the best hitters in the Padres lineup in 2024.

In his last three games played for the San Diego Padres in the 2024 MLB regular season, San Diego first baseman Manny Machado accumulated a robust six hits (three home runs) and three runs scored in 13 plate appearances. Clearly, Machado is playing at a high-level entering tonight’s game with the Colorado Rockies.

In my opinion, San Diego third baseman Manny Machado’s low FanDuel price of only $8,500 presents the best fantasy value of any player on this one game MLB DFS slate.

Star-Luis Arraez, Second Baseman, San Diego Padres $5,500

San Diego second baseman Luis Arraez arrives at tonight’s Game playing quality baseball. In his last two Games played for the Padres in the 2024 MLB regular season, San Diego Padres second baseman Luis Arraez accumulated eight hits and three runs scored in 24 plate appearances.

I fully expect San Diego Padres second baseman Luis Arraez to continue his quality play on the baseball diamond in tonight’s matchup versus the Colorado Rockies.

Flex plays I like to play well this evening (FanDuel price noted): Jurikson Profar, Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $9,500. Ezequiel Tovar, Shortstop (Colorado Rockies) $9,000: Brendan Rodgers, Second Baseman (Colorado Rockies) $6,000.