This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series.
PITCHER
Luis Severino, NYY vs. TOR ($45): Severino is the easiest pitcher to back Monday, mainly because he's not up near Clayton Kershaw's price ($60), but has been just as good. Severino has reached at least 32 fantasy points at Yahoo in his last three starts, striking out 27 guys along the way. He'll face the Blue Jays, who have been one of the worst teams against righties this season with a .279 wOBA and 22.9 percent K rate.
Clayton Kershaw, LAD vs. SF ($60): I was looking for other cheaper, safer options, but none of them were worth it when Kershaw is almost a lock to break 30 fantasy points again. The Dodgers are a huge favorite and Kershaw has given up a minimal .166 wOBA at home this season along with his usual great K rate (29.1 percent). He faces the Giants, who he just carved up for seven innings in a 2-1 win and who have one of the worst wOBA's (.269) against lefties this season.
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CATCHER
Geovany Soto, CWS at KC ($11): When Kershaw is in your squad, you have to test your luck at other positions. The White Sox have won six of their last seven games and dropped 27 runs on the Royals in a recent three-game series (including a 12-1 win when Jason Vargas started). Soto hasn't been outstanding, but he has a decent .361 wOBA against lefties and if the White Sox can keep hitting as a team, that will only help Soto's situation.
FIRST BASE
Yulieski Gurriel, HOU vs. TEX ($13): This is probably the most favorable righty-righty matchup of the day. Gurriel is crushing them early on with a .476 wOBA, .226 ISO and 10.9 percent K rate, while Andrew Cashner has struggled against the 30 righties he's faced, allowing a .517 wOBA. That number will obvious go down, but Cashner only has eight Ks in his first three starts, while walking 13.
SECOND BASE
Josh Harrison, PIT at CIN ($15): After a nice start, Amir Garrett was lit up last time on the mound for nine runs, four walks and only one strikeout in 3.1 innings against the Brewers. While that's a bit extreme, the Pirates are one of the better teams at hitting lefties and that starts with Harrison, who has a .522 wOBA and .308 ISO against them.
THIRD BASE
Justin Turner, LAD vs. SF ($17): Turner has been nothing but consistent this season and is on a 16-game hitting streak. His price is lower for a righty-righty matchup, but he's been roping righties early with a .457 wOBA, which carries over from last season's .385. Johnny Cueto has been good, but not untouchable, allowing at least two runs in all five of his starts to go with a .350 wOBA allowed and 4.20 xFIP against righties.
SHORTSTOP
Tim Beckham, TB at MIA ($13): The Rays have been solid against lefties this season (.322 team wOBA) and that should continue against the inconsistent Wei-Yin Chen, who has had two quality starts and two bad ones. Against righties, he's giving up a .334 wOBA and 4.99 xFIP, which bodes well for Beckham, who has turned things around since a bad start to the season (.300 wOBA). He has a hit in 11 of his last 13 games and looks more like the hitter that had a .342 wOBA against lefties last season.
OUTFIELD
Rickie Weeks, TB at MIA ($7): Hoping to build off a bad Chen outing, Weeks is another guy that can join in with a .346 wOBA against lefties. For a cheap price, that wOBA is good enough to go against Chen, who has just 13 strikeouts in his four starts.
Austin Jackson, CLE at DET ($10): Jackson is coming in at a great salary in a game that should produce runs and has the highest over/under of the day. He has a solid .416 wOBA and .333 ISO against lefties this season and this is a perfect time to build off that after doubling in the first meeting against Daniel Norris. While Norris was solid in that game with zero earned runs, it still resulted in a 7-6 Tigers win. Since then, Norris has given up 17 hits and eight runs in his last two starts, while not making it five innings in either of them.
Tyler Collins, DET vs. CLE ($10): Collins isn't close to the price of Justin Upton ($21), but his numbers aren't that much different against righties this season, especially at home, where Collins has a .510 wOBA and Upton is at .358. Of course, Upton has more power, but that's why he's more expensive. Trevor Bauer made it just five innings and gave up six runs the first time seeing this lineup and that could easily happen again.
