Griffin Wong dives into Friday’s 12-game featured MLB slate to find players to use in your DraftKings lineups.

Today marks the end of an era; after a tremendous 18-season MLB career in which he cemented himself as arguably the greatest pitcher of all time, Clayton Kershaw ($7,000) will make his 228th and final regular season start at Dodger Stadium.

Emotions will be high for Los Angeles Dodgers fans as the southpaw crests the mound at home for the final time. In honor of his career, he’ll make this targets list for the final time. In addition to Kershaw, here’s one other pitcher, three infielders, and three outfielders who should be in your lineups for tonight’s 12-game featured DFS slate at DraftKings.

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PITCHER

Stud

Garrett Crochet, Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays, $10,500 – There’s not too much in this one: when a Cy Young Award candidate is available, you take him. Despite Crochet already being at career-high volume, he’s shown no signs of slowing down, averaging 23.4 FPTS per game over his last 10 starts and pitching to a solid 3.48 ERA across that span. Plus, the last time he faced the Rays, he pitched the first complete-game shutout of his career (45.45 FPTS). He’s also been better on the road than at Fenway Park, averaging 26.4 FPTS per game and pitching to a 2.29 ERA on unfriendly turf. Expect several strikeouts against an offense that, despite being good overall over the last month, has struck out at the eighth-highest rate.

Value

Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants, $7,000 – With all due respect to Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, and Jacob deGrom, no modern pitcher has ever had the combination of inevitable dominance and longevity as Kershaw has. Across 227 home starts, his career ERA is 2.26, a number that only 17 qualified pitchers have topped in a single season over the last 10 years. It’s not like the southpaw hasn’t been great this season: a 10-2 record and a 3.53 ERA would be a pretty solid season for anyone else. Kershaw has averaged 13.2 FPTS per game at Dodger Stadium in 2025 and has a 2.08 career ERA in 62 appearances (407.1 innings) against the Giants, who have also had a below-average offense this month. I’d expect Kershaw to end his brilliant regular-season career on top.

INFIELDER

Stud

Geraldo Perdomo, Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Philadelphia Phillies, $4,900 – Perdomo’s breakout season likely helped convince the Diamondbacks to move on from Josh Naylor ($4,500) and Eugenio Suárez ($4,100) at the trade deadline, as the 25-year-old Dominican leads the National League in WAR. He’s peaking at the right time, too, slashing .333/.489/.611 over his last 10 contests and averaging 11.7 FPTS per game across that span. Phillies starter Taijuan Walker ($5,800) has conceded four or more earned runs in each of his last four starts and will be backed up by Walker Buehler ($5,000), who was bad enough to get waived by the Boston Red Sox.

Stud

Iván Herrera, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers, $4,200 – Herrera has been in hot form lately, recording four 10-plus-FPT performances in his last seven games, including a pair of 20-plus-FPT games, including a solo shot against Jacob Misiorowski ($8,000), who will take the mound today. Though the lanky flamethrower has still had his moments, he hasn’t been the same player since the start of August, posting a 6.41 ERA across 26.2 innings and averaging 11.9 FPTS per game in his last six starts. Misiorowski has also put up a 5.61 ERA in six starts on the road this season, so Herrera should have a good shot of getting to him.

Value

Ryan Ritter, Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Angels, $2,900 – Ritter had an RBI double in last night’s 9-7 loss to the Miami Marlins (11 FPTS), and he should continue to be a decent value asset at his DFS salary at home, where he’s averaged 5.8 FPTS per game this season. The contact-oriented 24-year-old has also posted a solid .776 OPS against left-handed pitchers, good for an sOPS+ of 122. Angels southpaw Mitch Farris ($6,500), meanwhile, is coming off of a four-inning, five-run (seven-FPT) effort and is probably due for regression, given that his 5.48 FIP is far worse than his 4.80 ERA. In particular, Farris is terrible at producing ground balls, which is a recipe for disaster at Coors Field.

OUTFIELDER

Stud

Jakob Marsee, Miami Marlins at Texas Rangers, $4,700 – Marsee is showing no signs of slowing down in the second month of his tremendous rookie season, as he’s slashed .333/.404/.524 across his last 10 games, averaging 10.3 FPTS per game in that span. He’s also been much better on the road than at home, averaging 1.6 more FPTS per game on unfriendly turf. Marsee should have a somewhat favorable matchup against Tyler Mahle ($8,200), who had given up three or more earned runs in three of his last four starts before going on the injured list with a shoulder injury. Mahle had a 6.14 ERA in three rehab starts, though all five runs he allowed came in his first appearance.

Stud

Brandon Nimmo, New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals, $4,200 – The Mets have won three of their last four games in an effort to hold off a litany of teams for the final NL Wild Card spot, and Nimmo has been a major part of all three wins, driving in at least one run in each of them and going deep twice. The 32-year-old is a fairly well-rounded player, which allows him to remain effective even against lefties. Andrew Alvarez ($6,000) has had a solid start to his MLB career, but given that he’d had just a 4.10 ERA with Triple-A Rochester, he’s likely for some regression. Nimmo is well-suited to take advantage of Alvarez’s weaknesses: he infrequently chases, and Alvarez struggles to induce them.

Value

Austin Martin, Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Guardians, $3,600 – The Guardians are baseball’s hottest team after sweeping the Detroit Tigers to keep themselves alive in the AL Central chase, but that doesn’t mean Martin can’t get his. The 26-year-old, after a rough rookie season in 2024, has been solid so far this season and has recorded five double-digit-FPT performances in his last nine games. Cleveland is starting rookie Parker Messick ($8,300), whose lone rough start — a 3.2-inning, three-run (negative-0.35-FPT) effort against the Boston Red Sox on September 1 — came on the road. Martin is well-suited to take advantage of Messick’s weaknesses, as the young southpaw has struggled to generate chases or whiffs.