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.
Oakland enters at 13-11, sitting atop the AL West and riding a seven-game road winning streak, while Seattle comes in 10-15, trying to stabilize after dropping the first two games of this series. T-Mobile Park keeps the environment tight most nights, and with a total sitting at 7.5, this projects as a controlled, pitching-driven game […]
April 22, 2026
Baltimore enters at 11-13, still trying to stabilize a roster that has flashed power but not consistency, while Kansas City sits 8-16, coming off a much-needed win but still searching for traction. Kauffman Stadium in late April plays closer to neutral than its reputation, and with warmer air settling in, this shapes as a game […]
April 22, 2026
Angel Stadium sets up as a strange middle ground tonight—Toronto at 8-13, Los Angeles at 11-12, neither team fully stable, both still trying to define what their offense actually is through three weeks. The Jays just hung 10 runs on Arizona with an eight-run first inning, snapping a four-game skid, while the Angels have been […]
April 20, 2026
Kansas City has been stuck in a slide, seven straight losses and a lineup that has not found a steady rhythm, while Baltimore has been uneven rather than explosive, dropping three of four in Cleveland. The total sitting at 9 suggests room for runs, but the texture of this game leans the other way—two right-handed […]
April 20, 2026
LoanDepot Park plays big, but this one doesn’t feel like a slow-burn night. St. Louis walks in 13-8 on a five-game heater after dropping 23 runs in a Houston sweep, while Miami sits 10-12 and 8-5 at home, coming off a needed win to stop a slide. Below is my preview, prediction, and pick for […]
April 20, 2026
Progressive Field at dusk in April tends to shrink the game into something tighter than it looks on paper, and this one carries that exact shape. Cleveland sits at 13-10 and has turned its home park into a real edge at 7-3, while Houston drags an 8-15 record and a brutal 1-9 road start into […]
April 20, 2026
Fenway Park gets a Sunday game with Detroit at 11–10 and Boston at 8–12, and the tone is already set after yesterday’s 4–1 Tigers win behind Tarik Skubal. That game never stretched; it tightened, inning by inning, and today lines up the same way with two lefties who control how contact happens. This sits in […]
April 19, 2026
T-Mobile Park gets a divisional game that actually matters early—Texas at 12–9, Seattle at 10–11, with the Rangers trying to keep control of the matchup after jumping out to a 4–1 edge in the season series before Saturday’s reset. Seattle finally punched back with seven runs on 11 hits last night, and now the tone […]
April 19, 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 19, 2026
Sunday afternoon settles into that early-season sweet spot where the board looks full, but the environments split it in half. You’ve got cold air sitting over the Northeast and Midwest—upper 40s, damp pockets, heavy carry—while Denver warms into the low 70s and Houston holds steady in mid-70s air. We’re looking for lift and barreled-ball events. […]
April 19, 2026
T-Mobile Park sets this up like a classic ace night—heavy air, big outfield, and a total sitting at 6.5 that tells you runs are supposed to be scarce. The Rangers (10-9) arrive swinging it, scoring nine, five, one, and eight runs in their last four games, while the Mariners (8-12) have been more uneven but […]
April 17, 2026