Garion Thorne dives into tonight’s 10-game MLB DFS slate to find three value options for your DraftKings lineups.

We’ve been shockingly lucky with weather through the first week of the MLB regular season, but that all ends tonight. There’s rain in the forecast in Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles, so keep an eye glued to the doppler all the way up to first pitch.

Still, we can’t control that rain. We can control our budget.

Allow me to sort through this 10-game slate and find the best MLB DFS values of the night on DraftKings.

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SP Kodai Senga, New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals, $7,400

As mentioned above, there’s a possibility of rain causing headaches for the pitching staffs in this tilt, but in a vacuum, I’m having a difficult time ignoring the upside of Senga at this modest price. Senga turned heads in Spring Training with improved command and the return of his fastball velocity. If those things can sustain into the regular season, Senga’s one of the most interesting starting pitchers in all of fantasy baseball, let alone on just tonight’s slate. Remember, this is a man with a career 3.00 ERA and 26.8% strikeout rate at the MLB level. The ghost fork plays.

Specific to Tuesday, I also like Senga in this matchup. The Cardinals put up some runs against an underwhelming Rays squad this weekend, yet this is a lineup that ranked in the bottom-half of the league in most major offensive categories last season, and they’ve since traded away Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras. St. Louis is going to struggle to score runs in 2026. Look for Senga to take advantage.

SS Kevin McGonigle, Detroit Tigers at Arizona Diamondbacks, $3,900

I mean, we might as well keep rolling with McGonigle until his price tag gets up above $4,000, right? The rookie technically only has one hit since clubbing four in his MLB debut, but the 21-year-old has reached base in eight of his 17 plate appearances, and he’s rocking a .529 expected wOBA. Obviously we’re still dealing with small samples, but how could you ask for anything more from the soon-to-be former top prospect?

This is also a pretty nice matchup against Brandon Pfaadt ($6,800). Arizona’s RHP has fluctuated between good and bad seemingly a thousand times in his three-year MLB career, but one thing has generally remained the same: Lefties hit Pfaadt well. Since debuting in 2023, opposing LHBs have combined to slash .279/.332/.475 off Pfaadt. Add in Pfaadt’s home run issues and McGonigle becomes a no-brainer at this salary.

OF Jake McCarthy, Colorado Rockies at Toronto Blue Jays, $2,900

I know. When has it even been a good idea to invest in the Rockies away from Coors Field? Well, the squad did put up 14 runs in Monday’s win over the Jays, though five of those came late off of catcher Tyler Heineman. Still, it’s a reminder that Colorado can occasionally do some damage outside the altitude. It also helps that many of the team’s bats are dirt cheap in DFS. That includes McCarthy, despite the fact that he has hit leadoff in all four of the Rockies’ contests so far in 2026.

I have nothing overly exciting to say about McCarthy’s own statistics, but if the LHB continues to bat atop his club’s order this evening, he has some value in a matchup with Max Scherzer ($7,800). The 41-year-old is apparently over the thumb issue that has plagued him the past two seasons, but goodness did left-handed opponents hit Scherzer hard in 2025. In fact, the former Cy Young Award winner conceded a whopping 2.45 home runs per nine within the split. Willi Castro ($2,800) and TJ Rumfield ($2,600) are additional left-handed bats worth a look.