The 2025 MLB season continues on Thursday with a 10-game schedule. With options like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge available for MLB DFS lineups, who should daily Fantasy baseball players feature in a Thursday MLB DFS strategy?
Before making your MLB DFS picks on daily Fantasy sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Thursday, July 3, you NEED to see the top MLB DFS picks from Mike McClure. McClure is a daily Fantasy pro with over $2 million in career winnings.
When it comes to MLB, McClure is at his best. Recognized in the book “Fantasy Football (and Baseball) for Smart People: How to Turn Your Hobby into a Fortune,” McClure’s proprietary MLB DFS projection model simulates each game 10,000 times, taking factors such as matchups and recent results into account. This allows him to find the best values on every site.
On Wednesday, McClure highlighted Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton as one of his top MLB DFS picks on both sites. The result: Stanton went 1-for-4 with a walk and a three-run home run, returning 20 points on DraftKings and 28.7 points on FanDuel. Anybody who included him in their lineups could have been well on the way to a profitable day!
One of McClure’s top MLB DFS picks for Thursday is Dodgers first baseman/outfielder Shohei Ohtani, who is $6,400 on DraftKings and $4,700 on FanDuel for MLB DFS lineups. McClure is also stacking Ohtani with Dodgers 2B/SS/OF Mookie Betts ($4,500 on DraftKings and $3,200 on FanDuel). Although Betts is hitless in 12 at-bats over his last three games, McClure isn’t concerned about that from the eight-time All-Star. The 32-year-old is on pace for career-lows in batting average (.246) and OPS (.697), but with that comes a price reduction despite a matchup against the 28-58 White Sox. Chicago is starting right-handed pitcher Aaron Civale, who has a 4.74 ERA this season and McClure expects a version of Betts MLB DFS players have recalled for years on Thursday.
McClure is also targeting a player who is set to EXPLODE for huge numbers on Thursday! The stars are aligning for him to return tournament-winning value, and he comes at a price that won’t break the bank. This pick could be the difference between cashing in big or going home with nothing!
