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.
Break it down just right—squint your eyes and tilt your head just so—and it sure appears this Monday MLB slate leans on repeatable math for favorites. We’re hunting for on-base pressure, strike-throwing starters, and bullpen insulation that shows up over nine innings. Early-season volatility is real, but when one side consistently wins OBP, contact quality, […]
March 30, 2026
The ball carries differently at Great American Ballpark, even this early; the gaps feel shorter, and mistakes certainly turn into runs. The Cincinnati Reds come home off a series win over Boston, the Pittsburgh Pirates limp in from a volatile set in New York. With Braxton Ashcraft and Chase Burns taking the ball in mid-70s […]
March 30, 2026
Truist Park in late March does not need heat to create offense—it just needs contact that carries. The ball comes off the bat a little firmer here, the gaps play honest, and a lineup like Atlanta’s does not need ideal conditions to start stacking pressure. This is a Braves team that opened 2-1 with a […]
March 30, 2026
The Cubs are only 1-2 after dropping two of three to Washington, and they come into Monday night trying to steady a home stand that has already veered from optimism to irritation. The Angels are 2-2 after a split in Houston, and their opening week has carried a little more life than last year’s broad […]
March 30, 2026
Camden Yards in late March carries a different kind of quiet—cold air sitting heavy over the infield, the ball not quite jumping yet, everything asking hitters to earn their damage instead of borrowing it. The Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers come into this one off opening-series wins, both 2–1, but arriving through different textures: Texas […]
March 30, 2026
The Comeback opened its third and final season by throwing Valerie Cherish right back into the kind of Hollywood nightmare the show understands better than almost anything else. In Episode 1, Valerie lands the lead in a new sitcom, How’s That?!, which looks like the comeback vehicle she has always wanted until the uglier truth […]
March 28, 2026
We’re almost at the season’s halfway point, so let’s hit a quick recap for Rooster, shall we? Greg Russo came to Ludlow for what should’ve been a simple campus stop, and got pulled into Katie’s very public personal blowup, the kind of mess that instantly becomes departmental gossip and a professional problem, not just a […]
March 27, 2026
The Dodgers open at home Thursday night with a matchup that should feel familiar all season: a deep, star-heavy lineup, a frontline starter on the mound, and a game where the offense has a real chance to set the tone early. Arizona is good enough to make this competitive, especially with Zac Gallen starting, but […]
March 26, 2026
Seattle opens the season against the Cleveland Guardians in a ballpark that still feels haunted by October. T-Mobile Park hosts its first game since last year’s ALCS, and that gives this opener a little more charge than a standard Game 1 of 162: two clubs trying to start clean, two right-handers with very different run-prevention […]
March 26, 2026
Opening Day at Great American Ball Park does not ease you into the season—it dares the ball to carry and asks whether your pitching can survive it. That is what makes this matchup so interesting. Garrett Crochet walks in as one of the few arms built to quiet a launching pad, coming off 205.1 innings […]
March 26, 2026
The Sweet Sixteen version of Iowa-Nebraska carries a little more voltage than a normal March matchup ever could. Nebraska comes in as the No. 4 seed at 28-6 after pushing through to the program’s first-ever Sweet Sixteen, while No. 9 Iowa is 23-12 and just knocked out No. 1 Florida to get here, which gives […]
March 26, 2026