Its already tricky enough navigating the abbreviated Monday docket, but this one is even more challenging, with literally no hurler standing out as a safe, reliable option. On the other hand, this takes worrying about ownership in daily fantasy contests out of the equation, making it a fun night to fade cash games and focus on taking down a tournament in DFS.Seasonal owners, please take note, theres a rare Monday matinee as the Boston Red Sox travel to face the Cleveland Indians with a 1:10 p.m. ET start time.PitchingEliteMax Scherzer is one of the handful of hurlers landing in the solid tier despite the Coors Field factor. The dominant righty has largely shaken the homer woes that plagued his first half, but as a fly ball pitcher, the home runs could always to return in Denver. Paying up for Scherzer in cash games is a big risk, so hes best left for GPP where his strikeout upside is in play.Drew Smyly makes a cameo in the elite tier, buoyed by an intriguing matchup as well as pitching more like the guy we expected for the past month or so. The San Diego Padres visit St. Petersburg for an interleague set in Tropicana Field. The Friars are quietly effective against southpaws, with the fourth-best weighted on base average (wOBA) in the league with a lefty on the hill, but they also have the second-highest strikeout rate in that scenario.After a span of five starts in which he allowed four or more runs, Smyly has strung together four quality starts, allowing two or fewer tallies in each. There are not many warm-and-fuzzy cash options on the card, but Smyly is among them. For GPP action, he tops the list.SolidWith the reminder that Drew Pomeranz is off the board in most DFS contests in the afternoon affair, the Red Sox lefty will be tasked with slowing down one of the games hottest offenses. The Indians do most of their damage versus right-handers, but using Pomeranz is still a risk. With the Tribe sending Josh Tomlin to the Progressive Field hill, there could be afternoon fireworks by Lake Erie.Considering Felix Hernandez has averaged 218 innings per year for the past 10 seasons, its not alarming to see a drop in velocity and dip in strikeouts. However, its surprising (if not shocking) that hes walking hitters at a career-high rate. Facing a team thats hit right-handers hard for the past month in the Los Angeles Angels, The King cant be recommended for DFS play.Speaking of too many walks, Matt Moore seemed to have things together before the 15 free passes over his past three outings, spanning 18 2/3 innings. The walks didnt hurt him, but if he continues to be so generous, hell eventually suffer. Next up is a Pittsburgh Pirates squad thats coaxed the third-best walk rate in the league with a lefty on the hill. If Starling Marte is out again, the San Francisco Giants southpaw becomes a GPP candidate for this AT&T outing, but the walks render him too risky for cash games.Fresh off of a weekend beating in Fenway Park, the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks are glad to be back in the desert for a series with the New York Mets. Robbie Ray will take the ball for the Snakes, and he is a nice GPP option with plenty of strikeout upside against a Mets squad with above-average swing-and-miss guys in their lineup.StreamersHopefully youre not looking for that under-the-radar gem to kick off your head-to-head week. As vapid as the solid tier is, the streamers are even less attractive. That said, everyone is dealing with the same inventory, so its all relative. If you want a little more analysis on anything pertinent to this manic Monday slate, please dont hesitate to post in the comments below or send a tweet to @ToddZola.Ryan Vogelsong has pitched well in a pair of August starts after missing several months recovering from an injury, tossing 12 frames with six hits and one earned run allowed, while whiffing 11 with just a pair of walks. Dont expect that many whiffs against the Giants, but the Pirates veteran right-hander is likely to be in a pitchers duel with Matt Moore, giving solid innings to help buffer your ratios and possibly sneak away with the victory.The good news is that Bartolo Colon has allowed more than three earned runs only four times this season. The not so good news is three of those have come in his past seven outings. Still, the Mets right-hander is in play for his date with the Diamondbacks at Chase Field.In the off chance Luis Perdomo is a regular reader of the Daily Notes, Id like to apologize personally for picking on you so much over the first half of the season. It turns out youre not quite as bad as I portrayed. I still dont think youre very good, but with a visit to Tropicana Field against a Tampa Bay Rays squad that cant hit righties, Im going to recommend streaming you. Please tap into the strikeout upside facing a club that fans at a 24 percent clip against right-handers. Thanks in advance.With Giancarlo Stanton out and Marcell Ozuna in a funk, Brandon Finnegan is in play for his fourth straight quality start. Hes tossed six stanzas for three straight outings, allowing a total of 12 hits with 14 whiffs. The first two were scoreless efforts, followed by a three-run outing in his last appearance, largely due to walking six. If Finnegan can harness his control, hell be in good shape.The Toronto Blue Jays open a series in the Bronx against the New York Yankees. R.A. Dickey is always in play, assuming you can stomach the risk of the occasional blow-up intrinsic to knuckleball artists. With Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin all likely to play, the matchup is even more appealing as these young hitters are likely not experienced with a big league knuckler.Even with the caveat that a pitchers skills tend to decline about 17 percent moving from the bullpen to the rotation, David Phelpss 11.0 K/9 is more like a hitter an inning, thats plenty sufficient to be in play as the Miami Marlins take on the Cincinnati Reds in the Great American Ballpark. Keep in mind the GAB actually plays neural for runs. Its reputation as a hitters park stems from being so homer-friendly. Phelps does a good job keeping the ball in the yard, so while theres still risk, its not enough to scare me away.AvoidAfter witnessing the Red Sox destroy Zack Greinke, it seems prudent to leave Josh Tomlin on the bench. Tomlin can be frustrating if his pinpoint control is on the mark, but his margin of error is thin. Against a squad like Bostons, the risk outweighs the reward.HittingThe Washington Nationals have scuffled versus southpaws over the past month, but thats not nearly sufficient to back off from using them against Jorge De La Rosa in Coors Field. Trea Turner and Jayson Werth set things up at the top of the order. Wilson Ramos and Anthony Rendon are the best candidates to drove them home. Bryce Harper returned to the lineup on Sunday and is in play as well, especially if paying the Coors tax is mitigated with a reduced salary from being in a slump and not enjoying the platoon edge. Chances are De La Rosa will leave early enough to give Harper a couple of cracks facing a weak bullpen, possibly a right-hander.The likelihood of a slugfest in Cleveland was discussed earlier, but isnt in play since its an afternoon delight. However, the scoreboard operator will also be asking for hazard pay in Arlington with the Oakland Athletics sending Ross Detwiler to the Globe Life Park hill to face the Texas Rangers. The right-handed Rangers are in the spotlight, beginning with the struggling but still dangerous Ian Desmond, Adrian Beltre and Jonathan Lucroy. Theres a chance newly activated Drew Stubbs gets a start with a southpaw on the hill and if so, add him to the list.In the other dugout, the right-handed hitters of the As are also in a great spot, facing lefty Martin Perez. The platoon-happy As can send up a largely righty-swinging unit with Marcus Semien and Jake Smolinski starting things off, followed by a couple of guys that feast on lefties in Danny Valencia and Khris Davis. Lesser-priced options include Ryon Healy and Brett Eibner, assuming theyre in the lineup.Most likely to hit a homer: Homer-prone Ian Kennedy has done a good job keeping the ball in the yard as lately, but he hasnt been dealing with particularly powerful lineups. The Detroit Tigers welcome Kennedy to the Comerica Park hill with J.D. Martinez a favorite take him deep.Most likely to steal a base: While a Matt Moore vs. Ryan Vogelsong matchup doesnt feel like a typical pitchers duel, the game should be close, so manufactured runs will be important. Denard Span is no longer a burner, but he still has the wheels to take advantage of the Bucs inability to control the running game. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys . 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The Week 6 NFL matchup that will take place this Sunday in Miami is a contest of two teams headed in different directions.The Dolphins are coming off an embarrassing 30-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans. Miami is 1-4 and not playing very good football on offense or defense.The Pittsburgh Steelers sit atop the AFC North at 4-1 and fly into South Florida on a two-game winning streak.Both teams have suffered key injuries to starting players.The Dolphins entered their Week 5 game against the Titans missing seven projected starters.The Steelers played the New York Jets in Week 5 down four starters and lost captain and defensive end Cam Heyward in the game because of a hamstring injury.The Dolphins backups have not stepped up while the Steelers players and head coach Mike Tomlin live by the next-man-up credo.Its the next man up, linebacker Jarvis Jones said. Coach Tomlin is really serious about it. Guys take pride when theyre the next man up.When you get that helmet you have to take full advantage of it. The guys did great this week and we got a great win together.Added linebacker Vince Williams, who led the defense in tackles for back-to-back weeks while filling in for injured inside linebacker Ryan Shazier: The standard is the standard. You know we believe in that. Thats real. Thats it. I dont know what else you want me to say. Nobody on this team believes they are a backup. Everybody just believes they are waiting for their opportunity to put their hand in the pile and help this team win football games.While the Steelers have used this motto to continue to win games, the Dolphins, with healthy players or not, continue to struggle in all phases.The offensive line without injured left tackle Brendan Albert (flu) and left guard Laremy Tunsil (ankle) gave up six sacks to the Titans. Starting right tackle JaWuan James allowed a sack against Tennessee, meaning he has allowed at least one sack in each of the last three games.James might have caught a break with the injury to Heyward. The starting left end for the Steelers will not play against the Dolphins. This is the first missed game in Heywards career and snaps his streak of 85 straight games played.Tomlins motto of next man up falls into thhe lap of backup defensive end Ricardo Mathews and a rotation from nose tackle to end by Daniel McCullers and Javon Hargrave.ddddddddddddThe Steelers defense runs a 3-4 so the linebackers will be asked to blitz more this week against a struggling Dolphins offensive line.The Dolphins released former starting right guard Billy Turner and 2015 16-game starting guard Dallas Thomas on Monday. Head coach Adam Gase knows his team needs to play better especially along the offensive line.Gase said: Were inept right now. Weve just got to figure something out. We tried to slow it down (Sunday), and huddle, and we only had 41 plays and eat up 23 minutes. Were not getting enough first downs.We had a chance there on the third-and-1, and the ball gets batted down. We think were in the end zone to be down by three and we get a holding call. It just seems that we cant get out of our own way right now.The Steelers dont share that same feeling on offense. The offensive line needs to protect quarterback Ben Roethlisberger better as indicated by the nine sacks they have allowed.But Roethlisberger is third in the NFL with 1,496 yards passing and has thrown for 15 touchdowns with only four interceptions.Where the Steelers will look to make their offensive mark on Sunday is running the football. Running back LeVeon Bell has accounted for 432 offensive yards since returning from his three-game suspension. The former Michigan State Spartan is averaging 105 yards rushing per game.The Dolphins run defense is the worst in the NFL and allows on average 150.8 yards per game. The much maligned defense without starting linebackers Koa Misi and Jelani Jenkins allowed 235 yards rushing to the Titans.Running back DeMarco Murray had 27 carries for 121 yards.We werent finishing our tackles; thatll kill you every time, especially with a running back like that, Gase said of Murray.The Dolphins have allowed two bruising style runners to gain over 120 yards against them this season. New England Patriots and former Steelers running back LeGarrette Blount was the first. Bell fits that mold as well. 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