The 2025 MLB season continues on Thursday with a 16-game schedule, including a doubleheader, in a full MLB slate with games throughout the day and evening. With options like Juan Soto, Matt Olson and Bryce Harper 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, June 19, 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 Astros second baseman/outfielder Jose Altuve as one of his top MLB DFS picks on both sites. The result: Altuve went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI, returning 24 points on DraftKings and 31.7 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 Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena, who is $4,700 on DraftKings and $3,400 on FanDuel for MLB DFS lineups. McClure is also rostering Phillies catcher JT Realmuto ($3,500 on DraftKings and $2,800 on FanDuel). Realmuto is hitting .313 with a .740 OPS over 13 games in June after hitting below .240 in each of the first two months of the season. The 34-year-old catcher has at least one hit in 11 of 13 games this month. 

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!

What players can you bank on in MLB DFS for Thursday, and which undervalued player is a MUST-ROSTER?... Join SportsLine now to see DFS pro Mike McClure's top picks and player pools for FanDuel and DraftKings, and cash in BIG on MLB DFS!