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 Astros and Rangers arrive at Thursday’s finale with the same kind of uneven record, but the series has started to tilt toward Houston’s hottest bat and Texas’ thinning lineup. The Astros are 25-32, the Rangers are 25-30, and Houston has taken two of the first three in Arlington while scoring 20 runs across the […]
May 28, 2026
The Cubs and Pirates have spent two nights turning this series into a study in whiplash. Pittsburgh opened with a 12-1 beating behind 15 hits and a five-run first inning, then Chicago answered with a 10-4 win that snapped a 10-game skid and briefly changed the temperature around its offense. The finale brings the series […]
May 28, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
May 28, 2026
Chris Sale’s return to Fenway Park gives Thursday’s Braves-Red Sox matchup a little theater, but the teams are beyond nostalgia. Atlanta arrives at 37-19 with one of the National League’s best records and a 20-9 road mark, while Boston sits at 23-31 and is still trying to drag a miserable home start back toward respectability. […]
May 28, 2026
Tomorrow night, Hacks takes its final bow. The Season 5 finale—and the series finale—drops Thursday, May 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET on HBO Max, closing the book on Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels after five seasons of insults, betrayals, hotel rooms, apology tours, late-night humiliations, Vegas grandeur and the strange, bruising intimacy of two people […]
May 27, 2026
The late game at Dodger Stadium comes with a postcard storyline and a very lopsided baseball shape underneath it. Los Angeles is 35-20, riding four straight wins and an 11-2 surge, with Shohei Ohtani and Tomoyuki Sugano giving the night its rare Japanese-born starting-pitcher spotlight. Colorado arrives at 20-36, having dropped four straight and seven […]
May 27, 2026
Cincinnati has turned the first two nights in Queens into the same blunt lesson. The Reds are 29-25, have won three straight and five of six, and they have beaten the Mets by identical 7-2 scores to open this series. That is 14 runs on 24 hits in two games, folded into a six-game stretch […]
May 27, 2026
UPDATE: According to multiple sources, Perez left the game because his hamstring spasmed while he was stretching out between innings. This is peculiar, but a more encouraging first read than an arm-related concern, especially for a 23-year-old starter who missed 2024 after Tommy John surgery and remains one of the franchise’s key rotation pieces. Eury […]
May 27, 2026
Atlanta arrives in Boston with the authority of a club that has traveled like a contender. The Braves are 37-18, an MLB-best 20-8 away from home, and Tuesday’s 7-6 win at Fenway had the texture of a team shaking itself awake after two quiet offensive nights. Boston is 22-31 and just 8-18 at Fenway, but […]
May 27, 2026
The Angels and Tigers arrive at Comerica Park with the same 21-34 record and very different emotional weather. Los Angeles has finally found a little road lift, carrying a four-game winning streak into Detroit after Tuesday’s 10-6 comeback turned a quiet night into a late-inning ambush. The Tigers are 13-13 at home, yet Comerica has […]
May 27, 2026
The Cubs and Pirates arrive at PNC Park tied at 29-26, but the two clubs do not feel remotely tied in the standings of momentum. Pittsburgh has won three straight, just buried Chicago 12-1 behind 15 hits and a five-run first inning, and has started to look like the more functional run-creation group in this […]
May 27, 2026