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Garion Thorne

Garion Thorne

Garion is a Toronto-based writer who has been playing fantasy sports since elementary school. With a particular affinity for advanced statistics and sabermetrics, he’s been covering DFS Baseball, Football and Basketball for DraftKings dating back to 2018. Prior to that, Garion’s work could be found at FNTSY, SportsGrid, HoopsHype, The New York Daily News and Sportsnet.ca. Still, he is a Dolphins fan, so his decision-making can be questioned from time-to-time.

Latest articles from Garion Thorne

MLB DFS Picks: Top DraftKings Targets and Values for Monday 7/21/25

MLB DFS Picks: Top DraftKings Targets and Values for Monday 7/21/25

We’re nearing the 100-game mark of the regular season for many teams, which means the baseball will only continue to get spicier and more important. Tonight is a perfect example, as the Yankees travel north of the border to square-off with the Blue Jays in a battle for AL East supremacy. How much will that […]

July 21, 2025

MLB DFS Picks: Three must-start fantasy baseball players for Friday 7/18/25

MLB DFS Picks: Three must-start fantasy baseball players for Friday 7/18/25

We’re so back. To celebrate the unofficial second-half of the MLB regular season kicking off on Friday night, DraftKings is rolling out an 11-game DFS slate with a $50,000 grand prize. Not too shabby. Which players should you be building your lineups around? Let’s dive into all the action on the diamond. Set your DraftKings […]

July 18, 2025

MLB Best Bets Today: Baseball Picks, Predictions for Friday 7/18/25

MLB Best Bets Today: Baseball Picks, Predictions for Friday 7/18/25

After the four slowest days in the yearly sports calendar, it is glorious to say that we have all 30 MLB teams in action this evening. As per usual, that means thousands of possible bets on the DraftKings Sportsbook. Allow me to narrow down that scope. Here are a couple of my best baseball picks […]

July 18, 2025

Los Angeles Angels at Philadelphia Phillies prediction, pick for Friday 7/18/25

Los Angeles Angels at Philadelphia Phillies prediction, pick for Friday 7/18/25

The second-half of the MLB regular season kicks off on Friday and the Angels will come out of the All-Star break with a six-game NL East road trip. It all starts with a three-game set in Philadelphia to square-off with the division-leading Phillies. While it would be obvious to say that this contest means more […]

July 18, 2025

Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors prediction, pick for NBA Summer League on Thursday 7/17/25

Golden State Warriors vs. Toronto Raptors prediction, pick for NBA Summer League on Thursday 7/17/25

We are coming down to the wire in NBA Summer League, with most teams only having one game left on their schedules and several of the big-name rookies having already been shut down. However, late on Thursday night, we’ve got ourselves a matchup between two teams who have been quite successful in Vegas in 2025, […]

July 17, 2025

2025 Fantasy Baseball: 4 waiver wire relievers to stash before the MLB Trade Deadline

2025 Fantasy Baseball: 4 waiver wire relievers to stash before the MLB Trade Deadline

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T’is the season to be hunting for saves on the fantasy baseball waiver wire. Well, speculatively hunting for saves, at least. We all know that more than a few relievers are going to be moved at the July 31 MLB Trade Deadline, some who are currently in the closer role for their non-playoff team. As […]

July 16, 2025

Top 5 Closers most likely to be moved at the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline

Top 5 Closers most likely to be moved at the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline

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It’s hard to pinpoint exactly who is going to be dealt at the upcoming MLB Trade Deadline, especially with the expanded Wild Card and so many teams in both leagues hovering around the .500 mark. Still, if there’s one thing that I can guarantee, it’s that a boatload of relievers on expiring contracts will get […]

July 15, 2025

MLB Best Bets: Top Home Run Props for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game

MLB Best Bets: Top Home Run Props for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game

Are you ready for some big risk for some even bigger reward? All home run props are technically long shot bets, yet a home run prop in the MLB All-Star Game is like turning the dial to 11. We don’t really know how many at-bats a particular player is going to get. We don’t really […]

July 15, 2025

MLB Best Bets: Top Props for the 2025 Home Run Derby

MLB Best Bets: Top Props for the 2025 Home Run Derby

Remember a decade ago when the Home Run Derby was bad and people sort of stopped caring about it? Aren’t you glad we no longer live in that reality? With a couple needed tweaks, the Derby has been fun again in recent years and the 2025 version seems like it’ll keep building on that success […]

July 14, 2025

MLB Best Bets: 2025 World Series Predictions, Picks at the All-Star Break

MLB Best Bets: 2025 World Series Predictions, Picks at the All-Star Break

It’s always fun to go back and check your work, right? Well, that’s sort of what I’ll be doing today. All the way back on February 20, I wrote an article where I picked three of my favorite “long shot” bets for the 2025 World Series. They were as follows: The Red Sox, the Diamondbacks […]

July 14, 2025

MLB Best Bets Today: Baseball Picks, Predictions for Friday 7/11/25

MLB Best Bets Today: Baseball Picks, Predictions for Friday 7/11/25

Is it really the last Friday before the MLB All-Star break? That’s wild, man. It feels like only yesterday we were sweating Opening Day bets and now we’re here. Time flies and so forth. Well, let’s not waste a moment. Here are a couple of my favorite bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for tonight’s action on […]

July 11, 2025