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.
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
Nationals Park can tilt into offense when a lineup is rolling, and Atlanta is arriving with that exact kind of momentum. The Braves are 13-8 and riding a five-game streak with scoring lines of 4, 3, 9, 6, and 6, a run that has pushed them to 122 runs and 29 home runs through 22 […]
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
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
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