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4 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 4/14/17

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Clayton Kershaw, P, Los Angeles Dodgers

Price: $12,600

This one probably doesn't come as a huge surprise. It's not often that Clayton Kershaw is pitching and isn't the top fantasy pitcher on the slate.

Despite battling injuries late in the 2016 season, Kershaw finished that year with a huge 31.6% strikeout rate -- marking his third-straight season with a strikeout rate north of 30.0%. He looks to be just as dangerous to start this season, having faced 50 batters and notched 14 strikeouts without a single walk.

He also draws a solid matchup tonight, taking on an Arizona Diamondbacks team that had the league's sixth-highest strikeout rate against lefties last season and has the third-highest strikeout rate in the Majors in 2017.

The Dodgers are also by far the biggest favorites of the day (-254 moneyline) while Arizona's 2.36 implied total is the lowest on the slate, and it's no surprise that our models project Kershaw as Friday's highest scoring pitcher.