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Main DraftKings MLB picks August 14: Nothing but Kershaw

By Mike Marteny

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 08: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium on May 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 08: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium on May 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WA – MAY 19: Kyle Seager #15 of the Seattle Mariners is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after scoring a run on a hit by Mike Zunino #3 of the Seattle Mariners off of relief pitcher Artie Lewicki #57 of the Detroit Tigers during the sixth inning of a game at Safeco Field on May 19, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners won the game 7-2. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) /

DraftKings MLB Daily notes:

Stacking Detroit is almost always a bad idea, but the Tigers are much better against lefties than righties. They got to Kikuchi last night, and likely will get some crooked numbers against Marco Gonzales too. They are hitting .312 against Marco in a small sample size. John Hicks, Brandon Dixon, and Niko Goodrum are the guys I’m after again. Harold Castro is worth a look too. The price is also right on Travis Demeritte.

Throw every current, former, and Mariner draft pick out there against Edwin Jackson. So long as the Tigers are going to keep giving us free spaces like this, I’m going to keep using them. Jackson is no longer a major league pitcher. Kyle Seager and Tom Murphy did most of the damage last night, but I think I like a 2-6 stack. That would be JP Crawford, Domingo Santana, Vogelbach, Austin Nola, and Seager. There is no wrong answer here.

Elieser Hernandez has a 3.29 ERA in four home starts, but he gave up four runs in just .2 innings against the Dodgers earlier this year. I just cant bring myself to use him. I can bring myself to use Bellinger, Muncy, and Joc Pederson though.

Do not ever, under any circumstances, use Steven Matz on the road. The Braves have hit him hard wherever they have faced him. Donaldson, Johan Camargo, and Freeman have already homered against Matz. Ronald Acuna is the hottest hitter on the planet right now and has the platoon advantage. He should be in every lineup tonight.

Chris Archer has been terrible on the road and this Angels offense is still plenty dangerous. Shohei Ohtani, Kole Calhoun, and Matt Thaiss are the main targets, but I’ll make some room for Trout too. There’s no reason to avoid him here.