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 Pirates (15-15) and Cardinals (16-14) close this series Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park, a 12:35 p.m. ET rubber match that has already tilted toward volatility. Tuesday’s 11-7 Cardinals win produced 18 total runs, 12 hits for St. Louis and three separate Pittsburgh home runs, with both sides creating offense through traffic and extra-base damage […]
April 29, 2026
The Cubs (18-12) and Padres (14-16) close this series Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park, a 4:10 p.m. ET first pitch with mild West Coast air and a game that has already played louder than the setting. The first two nights produced 27 total runs, and Chicago has controlled the texture—pressure early, separation late—while San Diego […]
April 29, 2026
UPDATE: Kikuchi left the game with left shoulder tightness. After pitching two innings today, Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi left the game with the team’s head trainer with, as of this writing, an undisclosed injury. As the tweet notes, Mitch Farris is coming in to relieve him. We’ll provide more updates on Kikuchi’s status as it […]
April 29, 2026
Last year’s horror calendar kept proving there was room for sharper, stranger theatrical swings in the springtime, with Companion and Heart Eyes flopping a bit early in the year before Weapons made 2025’s a summer of horror-adjacent weirdness. Hokum arrives on May Day 2026 with a quainter, folk horror approach with spotlight aspirations: Adam Scott, […]
April 29, 2026
The spring TV slate finally gets weird this week—thank the seasons!—and it’s just in time for the lilacs to start blooming. Which, in New England, the setting of Apple TV’s new series Widow’s Bay, means it’s time for things to start getting interesting. The horror/comedy series arrives with a premise that feels deceptively simple on […]
April 28, 2026
Angels–White Sox at Rate Field puts a 19-9 Los Angeles club against a 13-15 Chicago team in a game that should play with traffic from both sides. The Angels have been more consistent at turning baserunners into runs, while the White Sox have leaned on power spikes to create offense. This is a spot where […]
April 27, 2026
Cardinals–Pirates at PNC Park puts a 14-13 St. Louis club against an 18-10 Pittsburgh team that’s been more stable at home, but the shape of this game isn’t cleanly one-sided. The Cardinals bring a lineup that has handled left-handed pitching well enough to stay in games, while Pittsburgh has been better at turning innings into […]
April 27, 2026
Dodgers–Marlins at Dodger Stadium closes the night with one of those setups where the favorite’s edge isn’t just about winning—it’s about how the game stretches. Los Angeles comes in 19-9 with a lineup that applies pressure inning after inning, while Miami sits at 13-15, competitive but still living closer to sequencing than sustained force. We […]
April 27, 2026
Cubs–Padres at Petco Park settles into that late-West-Coast window where the game tends to take its shape early and then hold it. Chicago comes in at 17-10 riding a deeper, more stable offensive identity, while San Diego sits at 14-13 still trying to smooth out its rhythm after a volatile Mexico City series. Below is […]
April 27, 2026
Yankees–Rangers in Arlington lands in that narrow window where the game is decided before it ever feels like it opened up. New York enters at 17-10 with a steadier identity—clean innings, controlled tempo—while Texas comes in at 14-13 still searching for that same rhythm, especially with Wyatt Langford sidelined from the middle of its order. […]
April 27, 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 […]
April 26, 2026