If you don’t yet have plans for this long Memorial Day weekend, there are plenty of sports on. Not only are the NBA and NHL playoffs in the conference finals, but the MLB is about one-third of the way through its regular season. Five teams have already crossed the 30-win threshold for the season, while the Colorado Rockies have yet to pick up their 10th.
With a 12-game featured slate for tonight’s DFS contest on DraftKings, there are plenty of stars in action. Here are two pitchers, three infielders, and three outfielders who should be in your lineups tonight.
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PITCHER
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Tyler Mahle, Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox, $9,500 – For the first eight seasons of his MLB career, the veteran has been a good, but not great, pitcher, never making an All-Star team or pitching to better than a 3.59 ERA in a season in which he appeared in 10 or more games. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2023 and only appeared in eight games between that season and the following season. He has bounced back stronger than ever in 2025, posting a 1.47 ERA through his first 10 starts (17.3 FPTS per game), and he hasn’t given up more than two earned runs in any of his starts. That streak is unlikely to change tonight against a White Sox team that has posted the league’s worst OPS this season.
Value
Lucas Giolito, Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, $6,500 – With the exception of a win over the Kansas City Royals on May 11 in which he pitched 6.2 innings of one-run ball (27.2 FPTS), Giolito has been pretty bad this season. But the Orioles have been worse, posting the league’s eighth-worst OPS this season, scoring the sixth-fewest runs, and drawing the fourth-fewest walks. Giolito doesn’t generate tons of whiffs, but that might change tonight against a Baltimore team has posted the league’s sixth-highest whiff rate so far. Plus, regardless of how badly he pitches, he’s likely in line to pick up a win against Charlie Morton ($5,000), who has the fourth-worst WAR of the 621 pitchers to throw at least one pitch this season and leads the league with seven losses.
INFIELDER
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Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies at Athletics, $6,200 – Prior to the last few weeks, the 2010 first overall pick wouldn’t have been worth his monstrous salary, but over his last 10 games, Harper has been ridiculous, with a .432/.488/.649 slash line, 10 RBI’s, and 11.7 FPTS per game. Picking him means passing up on some other high-priced options, such as Shohei Ohtani ($6,500), but that’s fine, given how bad the Athletics pitching staff has been. Southpaw Jeffrey Springs ($6,300) has been better than most, giving up two or fewer earned runs in each of his last four games, but even if Harper can’t get to Springs, the Athletics bullpen has the third-worst ERA. The Athletics have also posted a 6.12 ERA in games at Sutter Health Park.
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Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels vs. Miami Marlins, $4,900 – Neto, like Harper, has really taken a step to the next level in his last 10 games. Over that span, he’s flashed plenty of power, with a .349/.383/.721 slash line, four home runs, and 13 runs scored (14 FPTS) across that span, well outperforming his salary. The 24-year-old ranks in the league’s top quintile in seven Statcast categories, including average exit velocity, barrel percentage, hard hit percentage, and launch-angle sweet spot percentage. I especially like his value against Sandy Alcántara ($7,700), the 2022 Cy Young Award winner who has not yet found his form in his return from Tommy John surgery. The Dominican has a 7.99 ERA and ranks in just the 15th percentile in average exit velocity.
Value
Dalton Rushing, Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets, $3,100 – I like to take chances on young, talented prospects who have a chance to significantly over-perform their cheap salaries instead of going for struggling veterans. Rushing, the defending champions’ top prospect, has scored 14 FPTS in two of his four career outings and gone hitless in the other two, but given that he’s hit .308 at both the MLB level and the AAA level so far and can play both catcher and the outfield, I like his chances. The southpaw sat yesterday but should appear in the lineup tonight against right-hander Griffin Canning ($7,600), whose 2.47 ERA is likely to skyrocket soon given his 4.59 career mark and 3.86 FIP figure. Canning ranks in just the ninth percentile in hard-hit percentage, and Rushing would be in the top decile if he’d played enough games to qualify.
OUTFIELDER
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Aaron Judge, New York Yankees at Colorado Rockies, $7,000 – It would be impossible to justify a guy with a $7,000 DFS salary if his name wasn’t Aaron Judge, but for some context, Judge slashed .395/.489/.632 in his last 10 games (11.6 FPTS per game) and his batting average, slugging percentage, and fantasy output all went down. The fact that Judge has only hit two home runs over that span feels like a huge disappointment, even though his home run percentage still ranks fifth in all of baseball. He’s nearly guaranteed to make some kind of fantasy impact against the cellar-dwelling Rockies, who have posted a 6.12 ERA in home games this season and play in the most hitter-friendly park in all of baseball. Somehow, he has -2500 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook to win MVP already.
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Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres, $5,500 – Nearly a year to the date after tearing his ACL, the 2023 NL MVP will make his long-awaited return to the diamond. It might take him some time to work his way back to form, but maybe not; his .417/.632/.833 slash line and solo homer in his five-game rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett indicates that he’s ready to face MLB pitching again. Padres starter Nick Pivetta ($10,300) has been tremendous, allowing three or fewer runs in all but one of his starts, but he has allowed a home run in each of his last four starts and concedes both a lot of barrels and pulled fly balls. Wouldn’t it be fitting if the only member of the 40-70 club hit a home run for his first hit back?
Value
Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, $3,500 – Burleson has been in extremely hot form as of late, slashing .440/.500/.760 slash line over his last 10 games (eight FPTS per game), although it’s worth noting that he’s only had 28 plate appearances across that span. Either way, Burleson pairs elite contact with decent pop, ranking near the top decile in squared-up percentage, whiff percentage, and strikeout percentage and also posting a 68th-percentile average exit velocity. Arizona starter Zac Gallen ($8,800) has now given up a combined 10 earned runs across his last two starts (5.5 FPTS per game), and he’s backed up by the league’s fourth-worst bullpen. He also ranks in just the 25th percentile in average exit velocity.
