3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for Monday 8/16/21

The fact that they can be the difference between a good and a great lineup isn't much different than other sports, but value plays being able to make up for a whiff on a high-salaried play completely is somewhat unique.Let's get right into it and take a look at the top value options on today's 10-game main slate.FanDuel Salary: $8,500Tonight's slate features both Gerrit Cole ($11,400) and Kevin Gausman ($10,300), so you'll certainly be able to roster an elite arm if you choose to go down that route. As a result, the right-hander has eclipsed 30 FanDuel points in five of those six outings, including 40 and 61 in two of his last three.The Cleveland Indians will be taking on the Minnesota Twins tonight, so it's not the easiest of opponents for Quantrill, but the Twins have been below-average in OPS, wOBA, wRC+, and strikeout rate in the month of August, per FanGraphs.Quantrill is a player who can both differentiate your lineup and return excellent value tonight.FanDuel Salary: $2,900As I mentioned above, there's a game in Coors tonight, which means we should get exposure in any way we can, and Connor Joe should be a top priority here.The Rockies will get to face Padres rookie Ryan Weathers, who has struggled through his first 74 1/3 innings in the bigs thus far.