The beauty of daily fantasy baseball is that the top targets are different each and every day. Whether it's the right-handed catcher who destroys left-handed pitching or the mid-range hurler facing a depleted lineup, you're not going to find yourself using the same assets time after time.

While this breaks up the monotony, it can make it hard to decide which players are primed to succeed on a given day. We can help bridge that gap.

In addition to our custom optimal lineups, you can check out our batting and pitching heat maps, which show the pieces in the best spot to succeed on that slate. Put on the finishing touches with our games and lineups page to see who's hitting where and what the weather looks like, and you'll have yourself a snazzy looking team to put up some big point totals. We've also out our Solo Shot Podcast, which breaks down the MLB daily fantasy slate each day. Rich Hill ($9,600 on FanDuel): When Rich Hill has been healthy the past two years, he has been one of the best pitchers in the entire league. He's healthy right now, and that makes his pricing mind-numbingly delicious. Hill finished last year with a 3.29 SIERA and 29.4% strikeout rate, most of which came against American-League competition. He now no longer has to contend with a designated hitter, and the opposing San Diego Padres whiffed in 25.3% of their plate appearances against southpaws last year. Hill is worth much more than his current tag, so plug him in here while you still can.

Chris Sale ($11,400): The matchup and park for Chris Sale are both difficult in his Boston Red Sox debut, but this spring made it look like the lefty ace of old was starting to come back. Sale frustrated DFS investors last year by trimming his strikeout rate to just 25.7% in hopes of pitching deeper into games, simultaneously taking a buzzsaw to his fantasy upside. Over the spring, though, he faced 85 batters and unleashed that silly sauce with a 30.6% strikeout rate. It's not a given that the old, dominant Sale is back, but it's worth investing in him early on just in case he taps into that absurd strikeout potential.

Value Pitcher

Michael Pineda ($8,200): Once you've stopped groaning at the mere sight of Michael Pineda's name, let's try to look at him objectively for a second. He's a value pitcher who had a 27.4% strikeout rate and 3.40 SIERA over 32 starts last year. Yes, he gets himself into trouble, and yes, he has a cap on his upside due to the number of innings he throws, but his price helps account for that. The Tampa Bay Rays had the third-highest strikeout rate in baseball against righties last year at 24.2%, so even though Pineda conjures bad memories of DFS past, he's at least worth a look when he's this cheap.

Hitters to Target

High-Priced Hitters

Paul Goldschmidt ($4,300): The Arizona Diamondbacks yoke left-handed pitching, so you could really plug any of A.J. Pollock, Yasmany Tomas, Brandon Drury, or Chris Owings here. But why pass up a chance to write about Paul Goldschmidt? With lefty Matt Moore starting against the Diamondbacks, we get to look at Goldschmidt's other-worldly career 47.2% hard-hit rate against southpaws. Moore does get strikeouts, meaning Goldschmidt and company are best in tournaments, but it'll be hard to lay off these guys in that park.

Justin Turner ($3,700): With Trevor Cahill and his 12.3% walk rate on the bump for the San Diego Padres, we want Los Angeles Dodgers batters who sit in run-scoring spots in the order. Justin Turner fully fits that bill as he is projected to bat third. Turner is indiscriminate in his mutilation of opposing pitchers, posting a 37.2% hard-hit rate and 38.5% fly-ball rate against righties last year. Many of his teammates -- Andrew Toles, Adrian Gonzalez, and Logan Forsythe -- qualify as value sticks, so if you're stacking the Dodgers yet again, affording Turner shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Asdrubal Cabrera ($3,000): Whenever Bartolo Colon is pitching for the Atlanta Braves, it's best to check out opposing left-handed batters. Colon allowed a 37.3% hard-hit rate and 40.1% fly-ball rate to them last year, putting lefties and switch hitters like Asdrubal Cabrera in a spot to succeed. Cabrera hit second on opening day, and he brings solid batted-ball stats to the table with his 35.8% hard-hit rate and 42.4% fly-ball rate against righties. He's one of many New York Mets who should tickle our fancies against their former teammate.

Value Hitters

Neil Walker ($2,600): There's a ton of value in this Mets lineup against Colon. While many will flock to Cabrera, Curtis Granderson, and Jay Bruce, we shouldn't forget Neil Walker. Walker batted fifth on opening day a year after he posted a 43.0% fly-ball rate against right-handed pitching, lining up well with Colon's bugaboos. Walker could be the one Met who slips through the cracks from an ownership perspective, meaning he should be a focal point of Mets stacks in tournaments.

Travis Shaw ($2,800): The Mayor of Ding-Dong City should not be this cheap in a homer-friendly park, but that's where we're at with Travis Shaw. Shaw posted a 35.8% hard-hit rate and 45.6% fly-ball rate against righties with the Red Sox last year, but it came in a park that suppresses left-handed power numbers. He doesn't have that issue at Miller Park. Opposing starter Tyler Chatwood had just an 18.1% strikeout rate against lefties last year, meaning he likely can't exploit Shaw's main weakness, only bolstering the appeal of this breakout candidate.

Tommy Joseph ($2,000): "Tommy Joseph against a lefty" isn't quite on par with "Josh Donaldson against a lefty," but it may as well be. Joseph had a 43.7% fly-ball rate when facing southpaws last year, a mark that'll play up at Great American Ballpark. Strikeouts are a concern with Brandon Finnegan as the starting pitcher, but Finnegan also allowed a 38.3% hard-hit rate and 40.5% fly-ball rate to right-handed batters in 2016. As long as the weather holds out in Cincinnati, Joseph is the ideal min-price option of the day.