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.
The Yankees reach Kauffman Stadium at 31-22, still sitting second in the AL East, but the last week has made the record feel less polished. New York snapped a three-game skid Sunday on Aaron Judge’s walk-off homer, a two-run shot that also ended his first HR and RBI drought since May 10. Before that swing, […]
May 25, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
May 25, 2026
The Cubs arrive at PNC Park at 29-24, with the record still respectable and the current mood far messier. Chicago has dropped eight straight and 12 of 14, turning a Memorial Day divisional opener into a reset spot against a 27-26 Pirates club trying to stay attached to the NL Central and Wild Card picture. […]
May 25, 2026
Dan Johnson analyzes his three favorite home run props across all of today's loaded MLB slate.
May 25, 2026
UPDATE: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. appears to have avoided the worst after leaving Sunday’s game against the Pirates. The Blue Jays announced that Guerrero underwent X-rays after being hit on the inside of his right elbow, and the imaging came back negative for a fracture. His current diagnosis is a right elbow contusion. The Blue Jays’ […]
May 24, 2026
TThe Nationals and Braves close the weekend at Truist Park with a rubber game that has already been through two completely different scripts. Atlanta, 36-17, stole Friday’s opener 5-4 in 11 innings behind Chadwick Tromp’s walk-off single, then Washington, 26-27, answered Saturday with a 2-0 one-hitter built by Jake Irvin, Brad Lord and Richard Lovelady. […]
May 24, 2026
UDPATE: Cease left the game with mild hamstring tightness. He’s likely set to undergo imaging shortly to see if it’s more severe than a strain. Dylan Cease’s Sunday start against the Pirates ended early, giving the Blue Jays a sudden injury-watch situation in the middle of their series finale at Rogers Centre. Cease was done […]
May 24, 2026
The White Sox and Giants get a true rubber game Sunday at Oracle Park, and the series already has two very different shapes on tape. Chicago, now 26-25, opened the weekend with a nine-run fourth inning Friday; San Francisco, now 21-31, answered with a 10-3 win Saturday behind Casey Schmitt’s two-run homer, Harrison Bader’s grand […]
May 24, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
May 24, 2026
UPDATE: The Reds and Cardinals will not play Sunday after inclement weather forced another postponement at Great American Ball Park. The game will be made up as the first half of a split doubleheader on Monday, August 17, 2026, with first pitch scheduled for 1:40 p.m. ET. Fans holding tickets for Sunday’s game can use […]
May 24, 2026
Who can suppress all the greatest forces of competitive volatility for six outs? The juicy NRFI—a wager on sequencing, on command showing up immediately, on hitters needing just one more pitch to calibrate. Even this early in the season, the modern game is louder than ever—exit velocity, launch angle, damage on contact. But the first […]
May 24, 2026