This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series.
All 30 MLB teams will be in action Tuesday evening. While there's no shortage of selections, these players stand out as the top value plays at each position based on a combination of matchup and price.
PITCHER
James Paxton, SEA vs. LAA ($50): Paxton is off to a fantastic start, having held four of his first five opponents without an earned run while posting a 39:6 K:BB ratio through 32.1 innings. That early success puts him in serious contention to be the night's top fantasy performer against an Angels offense that ranks 26th with 3.67 runs scored per game. Paxton has been well worth his $50 price with an average of 30.5 fantasy points per game, and there are more than enough cheap alternatives available at other positions to justify paying up for him as the cornerstone of your lineup in this matchup.
Matt Moore, SF vs. LAD ($35): Moore's stats don't look pretty, but a lot of that has to do with his first two road starts of the season coming in the league's two most hitter-friendly venues (Colorado and Arizona). His last outing on Apr. 27 saw the southpaw limit the Dodgers to two hits and one run with eight strikeouts in seven innings, and the change in venue from AT&T Park to Dodgers Stadium shouldn't hurt him considering the Los Angeles-based location finished as the league's second-most pitcher-friendly venue with a 0.81 park factor in 2016. The Dodgers rank 24th with a .647 OPS in 326 at-bats against lefties, so another dominant start should be expected of Moore here.
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CATCHER
Buster Posey, SF vs. LAD ($15): Posey went 2-for-4 against the Dodgers on Apr. 26 despite fill-in starter Rich Hill surrendering just one hit over six innings of work, and is primed to top that effort in this rematch. The southpaw had to leave that outing after 77 pitches despite his strong performance, and is unlikely to match that effectiveness or work that deep into the game this time around. Posey's season .396 wOBA and career .400 mark against lefties make him incredibly dangerous while Hill remains in the game, and the catcher's all-around effectiveness at the plate should also allow him to capitalize on a Dodgers bullpen that's likely in for an extended workload.
FIRST BASE
Joey Votto, CIN vs. PIT ($25): Votto has launched five of his eight homers at Great American Ball Park (1.15 home run park factor), and sports a robust .369 wOBA against righties after topping the .400 mark in that split over each of the past two seasons. His power should be on full display against Pittsburgh starter Tyler Glasnow, who sports a 5.68 career ERA while turning every left-handed hitter he faces into Votto with a .369 wOBA allowed.
SECOND BASE
Yangervis Solarte, SD vs. COL ($16): Rockies righty Tyler Chatwood has struggled with the long ball and control, surrendering seven homers while issuing 11 free passes in 31.1 innings. The switch-hitting Solarte could make the right-handed pay in either respect after having smacked both of his homers and drawn all seven of his walks this season against righties. He's doing better from the left side as usual, with a .342 wOBA following last season's .350 performance. Maintaining that trend shouldn't be difficult given Chatwood's career .343 wOBA allowed to left-handed hitters.
THIRD BASE
Chase Headley, NYY vs. TOR ($16): The switch-hitting Headley has been markedly better from the left side, with a .420 wOBA in 73 plate appearances against righties and just a .295 mark in 24 plate appearances facing lefties. A large portion of that .420 mark is due to an elite batting eye that has Headley walking at a 17.8 percent clip from the left side. That patient approach makes the third baseman a strong candidate to pick right back up after a routine day off against Blue Jays right-hander Mat Latos, who has a 5:7 K:BB through 11 innings. Yankee Stadium's fourth-ranked 1.38 park factor is another variable working in Headley's favor heading into what promises to be a high-scoring affair.
SHORTSTOP
Tim Anderson, CHW at KC ($12): Chicago's right-handed leadoff man/two-hole hitter has unsurprisingly been much better against lefties in his short career, as his .335 wOBA in that split is .044 higher than what he has managed to produce against righties. Anderson comes into this matchup with Royals southpaw Danny Duffy having reached safely in 17 of the past 21 games, and is playing much better than his pedestrian season stats indicate after overcoming a slow start with 12 hits and nine runs in his past 11 games. His affordability and lineup placement coupled with Duffy's .331 career wOBA allowed to batters from the right side makes Anderson a safe choice.
OUTFIELD
Andrew Benintendi, BOS vs. BAL ($17): Benintendi has crushed right-handed pitching to the tune of a .381 wOBA through 83 plate appearances, but his .416 mark in 85 such plate appearances as a rookie last season suggests the 22-year-old has room for improvement. That improvement should begin to come against Alec Asher, whose unsustainable .190 BABIP is the biggest factor fueling his unexpected ERA improvement from a career 5.40 to this season's 2.16 mark. Asher's decline could well start in this matchup given Benintendi's incredible success against righties and Fenway Park's hitter-friendly 1.18 park factor.
Max Kepler, MIN vs. OAK ($16): Kepler has made dramatic leaps against righties every season, going from a .147 wOBA in six plate appearances as a rookie in 2015 to .335 in 314 plate appeared last season to .410 in 64 2017 plate appearances. That success makes the 24-year-old outfielder a tough matchup for A's righty Sonny Gray (back) in his season debut. Gray's coming off a career-worst 5.69 ERA in 22 starts last season, while Minnesota's two-hole hitter has been able to accrue quite a bit of additional value with seven runs scored and three RBI in his past eight games.
Brett Gardner, NYY vs. TOR ($14): Gardner is another patient left-handed hitter capable of exploiting Latos' lack of control. Latos has done well to limit the first 13 hitters he's faced from that side this season, but that success is unlikely to last with the veteran coming off consecutive campaigns with no better than a .326 wOBA in that split. New York's leadoff man should be able to continue translating his robust 14.0 percent walk rate into runs given the hitter-friendly environment, and is always a threat on the base paths after having already swiped five this season.
