Happy Labor Day! With Monday's baseball festivities beginning this afternoon, we'll be focusing on the seven-game early slate at 1:05pm ET. As is often the case, Max Scherzer stands out from the crowd at pitcher, while familiar offenses in the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox lead the way on the hitting side.

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On that note, let's highlight some of the top options for today's FanDuel main slate.

Pitchers to Target

High-Priced Pitcher

Max Scherzer ($11,500 on FanDuel): Max Scherzer is coming off an underwhelming outing against the Philadelphia Phillies, but that's just a small bump in what has otherwise been yet another masterful season. He owns the best marks on the board, with a 2.75 SIERA, 34.3% strikeout rate and 6.2% walk rate, and while the St. Louis Cardinals are more of a neutral matchup, they draw the slate's lowest implied team total (3.28). With fairly limited alternatives on the mound, Scherzer is far and away the afternoon's top option, and there's little reason to stray from him in cash games.