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.
Hello, and happy gardening season to all you autumn turf sickos! Since we’ve last hit a round of the Fantasy Football Five Lists of Five, the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, Rory McIlroy got his career Grand Slam, and the 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone! I worked with my wonderful senior editorial […]
June 17, 2025
Hello, and happy gardening season to all you autumn turf sickos! Since we’ve last hit a round of the Fantasy Football Five Lists of Five, the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, Rory McIlroy got his career Grand Slam, and the 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone! I worked with my wonderful senior editorial […]
June 17, 2025
The massive story tonight, of course, is the return of Shohei Ohtani to the mound. But Ohtani isn’t expected to throw too many pitches, so it’s fair to want to capitalize on some of the Padres’ hottest hitters. And who, I ask you, is hotter than Manny Machado right now? We’ll break down his stats […]
June 16, 2025
What felt like minutes after the Boston Red Sox swept the New York Yankees at Fenway—in so doing, taking five out of six games from the Bronx Bombers over the last eight days—saw superstar DH/3B Rafael Devers traded to the San Francisco Giants for Jordan Hicks and several pitching prospects, one of whom the Red […]
June 16, 2025
The Yankees host the Angels in a clash of power against pitching at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are licking their wounds after a rough weekend against the Red Sox, while the Angels are reeling from a series loss to the Orioles. The stakes are high for both teams as they aim to bounce back, but […]
June 16, 2025
Baseball’s premier two-way threat is officially back! After a wait that dates back to August of 2023, fans will finally get to see Shohei Ohtani play a game in which he takes both the mound and a marquee spot in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ batting order. Ohtani makes his 2025 pitching debut at Dodger Stadium […]
June 16, 2025
Massive, massive storylines in the baseball world today. The most joyous: Shohei Ohtani will retake the pitching mound for the first time since August 2023. Baseball’s premier, and mostly only, two-way threat in the Majors is officially back. Elsewhere, a blue-blood and legacy franchise on the east coast, the Boston Red Sox, just traded away […]
June 16, 2025
The Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles meet tonight in what promises to be a thrilling AL East showdown at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Tampa Bay’s offense has been cruising, but it’s their ace on the mound, Ryan Pepiot, who will need to silence a potent Orioles lineup. With both teams in solid recent form, […]
June 16, 2025
Tonight’s matchup between the Mariners and Red Sox in Seattle could be a turning point for both teams. Boston is riding high, having won five straight, including a sweep over the Yankees. But their fortunes may soon take a hit following the trade of star DH/”3B” Rafael Devers, shifting their entire team composition for 2025 […]
June 16, 2025
Let’s establish it here: Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound is an objectively electric moment in the long-arc trajectory of baseball. After a year-plus-long hiatus due to injury, his return marks the comeback of one of the most dominant dual threats in MLB. Right now, he’s the only dual-threat player. And his fastball, while not […]
June 16, 2025
Ahead of today’s NL-West-clash finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the San Diego Padres placed star OF Jackson Merrill on the 7-day concussion IL, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Video from the broadcast showed he injured himself on a slide on a steal attempt. Jackson Merrill was removed from Saturday’s game after […]
June 15, 2025