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.
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
Sutter Health Park in Sacramento has played loud early—short fences, top-tier run environment, and games that tilt on contact quality more than pure traffic. The Athletics (10-9) come in with a middle order swinging it, while the White Sox (7-12) just left a series where they scored three, three, and five runs but stranded seven […]
April 17, 2026
Angel Stadium tonight sits in that early-season sweet spot where the ball has carried just enough to reward elevation such that it’s—just a little bit—turned into Coors-lite. The Padres come in riding an eight-game win streak, scoring 5.4 runs per game during that stretch, while the Angels just left Yankee Stadium with 32 total home […]
April 17, 2026
It’s all coming to a head now at Ludlow as we round into the penultimate episode. Greg took the writer-in-residence gig, stumbled through his first real day teaching, dodged Walt’s faculty-social circus to help a student, and then had his ex-wife’s dedication-weekend visit blow up whatever boundaries he’d been pretending to keep. Katie’s been trying […]
April 17, 2026
This series has now toward San Diego in a hurry. The Padres are 12-6, 8-4 at home, and have stretched the win streak to seven, taking the first two games of this set 4-1 and 7-6. Seattle comes in at 8-11, just 1-7 on the road, and the shape of the series has already shown […]
April 16, 2026
The Vanderpump universe just flipped its release model again. On April 16, Vanderpump Villa returns with a full-season drop, landing all episodes at once in a format that feels built for escalation instead of recovery. The series moves into the English countryside this time, trading the sunlit chaos of earlier seasons for something tighter, quieter, […]
April 16, 2026
We’re off! Episode 2, “Palmetto,” puts Deborah and Ava back at the eponymous theater, and lets the tension play out. The premiere set the stakes—Deborah dealing with the fallout of the death-report chaos, Ava stepping back into her orbit with more leverage than before—and this episode drops them into a space where those dynamics can’t […]
April 15, 2026
The air sits lighter in West Sacramento than it used to in Oakland, and games here have a way of opening quickly once contact starts to carry. Texas arrives at 9-8, Oakland matches them at 9-8, and the board hangs a total of 10 with early scoring priced aggressively. With Ginn and Rocker on the […]
April 15, 2026
Cincinnati walks into this one at 10-7 with a lineup that can create damage in a single swing, while San Francisco, sitting at 6-11, is still searching for sustained offense to balance its mediocre pitching staff. The Reds are making a an early push in the NL Central, and it’s because of their top-to-bottom balance. […]
April 15, 2026
PNC Park has already turned this series into Scoresville, USA. Washington has taken four of its last five, opened the year 9-8, and is hitting .270/.342/.427 with 99 runs, 161 hits, and 20 home runs. Pittsburgh is 8-9, but the Pirates showed their ceiling immediately with a 16-run outburst in the opener before leaving traffic […]
April 15, 2026
Comerica Park has turned into a good place for Detroit to breathe again, and they’re ready to ride that momentum. The Tigers come into this one at 8-9, the Royals at 7-10, and Tuesday’s 2-1 game already showed the tone of the series: tight innings, thin margins, and a Kansas City offense still struggling to […]
April 15, 2026