With the NBA regular season wrapping up on Sunday, baseball is the only game in town on Monday night, with an eight-game featured slate on DraftKings.
Need help building some lineups? I’ve got you. Let’s dive in and find some studs and values on the diamond.
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PITCHER
Stud
Dustin May, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies, $9,300 – It’s possible I’m overthinking this. Tarik Skubal ($10,500) isn’t that much more expensive than May, which should probably be setting off alarm bells in my head. However, the Rockies just travelled to San Diego and didn’t score a single run across a three-game series. They are so, so bad. Colorado enters Monday slashing .172/.220/.246 with a 34 wRC+ when playing away from Coors Field. The team also sports a league-high 32.9% strikeout rate within the split. May doesn’t possess the raw strikeout upside of a Skubal or a Dylan Cease ($9,800), yet he has only allowed a single earned run over his 11.0 innings of work in 2025. He’s certainly got enough stuff to take advantage of this prime matchup.
Value
Clay Holmes, New York Mets at Minnesota Twins, $7,500 – Holmes’ transition from closer to starter hasn’t gone seamlessly — he’s walking far too many opponents — yet there are very encouraging signs in the underlying metrics. For instance, in 14.2 innings, Holmes has struck out 20 opponents. Holmes has also yet to allow a home run. Instead, it’s been an inflated .410 BABIP that’s risen his 4.30 ERA two full runs above his FIP (2.32). I’m more than willing to give the RHP another chance, especially at this price in a matchup with the floundering Twins. Through 16 games, Minnesota owns a .208 average with an 80 wRC+ — the sixth-lowest mark in MLB.
INFIELD
Stud
Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, $5,900 – While Witt has started 2025 in a little bit of a quiet fashion, the MVP candidate is still hitting .305 with five stolen bases and a 137 wRC+ through 69 plate appearances. Witt’s also been slightly unlucky to start the season, as his .423 expected wOBA suggests he’s actually been one of the league’s best hitters. In any case, I expect the real numbers will begin to normalize on Monday. Witt and the Royals draw a matchup with Carlos Carrasco ($6,000) — who is simply cooked. Honestly, Carrasco was cooked in 2023, yet he remains on an MLB mound. The veteran RHP owns a 7.71 ERA and he’s already surrendered four long balls in only 11.2 innings. Woof.
Stud
Tommy Edman, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies, $4,600 – Generally speaking, you want to use the switch-hitting Edman in his preferred split against left-handed pitching. However, the 29-year-old is mashing everyone at the moment, so we don’t have to be so picky. Edman is hilariously tied for the league lead in home runs (6), while his .437 expected wOBA is obviously a career-best. Will these numbers regress at some point? Probably. But it won’t be tonight against Antonio Senzatela ($5,500), who has conceded a whopping 27 hits across his 14.0 innings of work in 2025.
Value
Spencer Torkelson, Detroit Tigers at Milwaukee Brewers, $3,700 – I’m not sure how much longer you’re going to be able to use Torkelson as a “value” option, so I’d suggest taking advantage of the situation while we still have it. It’s only a 66 plate appearance sample size, but Torkelson is slashing .309/.409/.673 with a 96th percentile expected slugging rate (.626) and a 95th percentile expected wOBA (.426). Need a larger data pool? Even when the former first-overall pick was struggling at the MLB level, he could always hit LHPs. For his career, Torkelson owns a .249 ISO and a 116 wRC+ within the split. That’s why tonight’s tilt against Tyler Alexander ($7,000) is so tantalizing.
OUTFIELD
Stud
Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres vs. Chicago Cubs, $6,000 – Without question, this is the best Tatis has looked since his suspension. In 65 plate appearances, the outfielder is hitting .351 with a gargantuan .485 expected wOBA. Tatis has also already stolen six bases in 2025 after managing just 11 throughout the entirety of 2024. The good times should keep rolling on Monday, as Tatis and the Padres will square-off with Jameson Taillon ($6,700). The veteran RHP has struggled to keep the ball in the park this season and he’s specifically allowing opposing RHBs to slash .393/.414/.893 with a bonkers .557 wOBA.
Stud
Marcell Ozuna, Atlanta Braves at Toronto Blue Jays, $4,700 – Ozuna has been pretty much the only Braves’ bat that hasn’t struggled to begin 2025, slashing .306/.477/.531 with a 188 wRC+ in his 65 plate appearances. Going back to the start of 2023, Ozuna has also been one of MLB’s best in terms of hitting left-handed pitching, as the veteran sports a .300 average and a .944 OPS within the split in that span of time. Needless to say, it feels odds to see Ozuna priced this far below $5,000 in a matchup with southpaw Easton Lucas ($8,000). Lucas has looked amazing in his first two outings, yet he’s far from a name I trust at this point in his baseball journey.
Value
Kyle Isbel, Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, $2,700 – Isbel appears locked into the nine-spot in the Royals’ lineup, which isn’t ideal. However, the outfielder is so inexpensive and in such a good matchup that I can look past that flaw. Isbel’s been solid at the plate in 2025, hitting .282 across 41 plate appearances, and .297 in his PAs specifically against right-handed pitching. He’s also directly on the heels of a three-hit performance on Sunday versus the Guardians. Anyone with a pulse is viable at this point against Carrasco, so feel free to save some salary with Isbel’s services in a Kansas City stack.
