Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Note: Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski is managing a right shin contusion, and the Brewers placed him on the IL this morning. As of right now, Logan Henderson is now slated to start the game. This, however, does not change my lean. Below, I’ve got my preview, prediction, and best bet for this Wednesday baseball game […]
August 3, 2025
Everyone knew A.J. Preller would be going absolutely wild at the trade deadline. Because, well, that’s what Preller does. If you’re a Padres fan, the trade deadline for Major League Baseball may as well be a holiday. And so it goes today. After acquiring stud closer Mason Miller from the A’s, the Padres have completed […]
July 31, 2025
It’s still only July yet, so when you haul open the hangar door to the aircraft bay, you’ll be letting beautiful summer sunshine in on all the sparkling turbines. Truth be told, what you see in the airfield here is my preseason opus. There’s nothing I love in football more than wide receiver play. The […]
July 31, 2025
Last day before the trade deadline, and pieces are already moving. Adrian Houser’s start got cancelled. Jhoan Duran trolled us all (me, mostly) by hugging his mates in the Twins’ bullpen last night. The Angels and the Braves have made moves. But everyone’s still waiting for the big pieces to fall before the sun doth […]
July 30, 2025
Electric energy crackles as the Mariners hunt crucial wins and the A’s chase respect in this series finale. Will it be the Kurtz, Rooker, Dumper, and J-Rod show? Or can Bryan Woo and Jeffrey Springs keep the kids under control tonight? Below, I’ve got my preview, prediction, and best bet for this Wednesday baseball game […]
July 30, 2025
Time to sweep all of last year’s hay out of the stables. Dust the rafters, clean the beams, spruce the veneer on the wooden gates. New year, new horse-minded, dawg-hearted feature backs to carry the rock for not just NFL depth charts, but our glorious fantasy football teams. Newcomers like Ashton Jeanty, Omarion Hampton, and […]
July 30, 2025
Andrew Vaughn series! Ha! I just want to scream his name with nothing but rage into the void. If it’s not Sal Frelick or Christian Yelich, it’s Superman Chourio or Andrew Vaughn, apparently, reminding the Chicago Cubs they’ve got some maturing to do at the plate and on the mound. Cubs have the pitching advantage […]
July 30, 2025
In the minor‑league confines of Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, the Athletics and Mariners might both be looking at this series as an opportunity rewrite the script of their seasons. This should be a surprisingly electric early-week showdown. Below, I’ve got my preview, prediction, and best bet for this Monday baseball game between the Padres […]
July 28, 2025
Under the lights at Petco Park, the Padres and surging Mets clash in a game with playoff ramifications and star power aplenty. Can the Mets keep it going on the road against the Friars? Below, I’ve got my preview, prediction, and best bet for this Monday baseball game between the Padres and the Mets. Here’s […]
July 28, 2025
You know, as a Cubs fan, this whole Brewers standings situation could not be more annoying. Christian Yelich & co. were responsible for the 2017-2020 divisional undoing—with a lot of help from the Cardinals—of the Bryzzo/World-Series-winning era. They never let the Cubs breathe in the NL Central, and so it is this year, somehow, infuriatingly, […]
July 28, 2025
Everyone thought a deal would get done between these two teams before they met in late July, something to do with Joe Ryan going to the Sox and Jarren Duran floating elsewhere. Not so—yet. And altogether unlikely. Instead, they face each other with the same rosters as before the All-Star break, this time with wild […]
July 28, 2025