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World Baseball Classic best bets: Expert picks for tournament champion, pool play winners

The World Baseball Classic starts Wednesday, so let's grab some bets

Braves DH Jurickson Profar suspended for 162 games after failing second PED test

Profar was also suspended in 2025 for PEDs

Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas fails PED test, facing 80-game suspension, per report

Rojas is appealing the ruling, but otherwise will miss roughly half the 2026 season

Snyder's Soapbox: Bring on the World Baseball Classic

This year's tournament opens this week and stands to be the best one yet

Why Clayton Kershaw doesn't want to face Shohei Ohtani in the World Baseball Classic: 'For our country's sake'

Despite retiring at the end of the 2025 MLB season, Kershaw is back for the international tournament

World Baseball Classic: Team USA sets rotation for pool play with Logan Webb in Game 1, Paul Skenes vs. Mexico

USA starts with an All-Star and two Cy Young winners

World Baseball Classic Power Rankings: Team USA boasts loaded squad; Dominican Republic, Japan bulk up

Let's dive into the 10 best WBC entrants

How Yankees plan to handle Giancarlo Stanton's 2026 playing time, even though he 'can't open a bag of chips'

Stanton's elbow injuries will affect the rest of his MLB career

Max Scherzer heads back to Blue Jays to put final touches on Hall of Fame résumé

Scherzer will all but certainly reach several more benchmarks in 2026

MLB teams that lost the most in free agency ahead of the 2026 season -- and which made up for it

Rosters change and players move, but let's talk about the teams headed into Opening Day with the biggest offseason losses

Snyder's Soapbox: Don't let out-of-touch owners tell you that winning doesn't matter

Arte Moreno of the Angels said recently that winning isn't in the top five most important things to fans

Why Tarik Skubal won't be pitching for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic final

That star-studded rotation is already a little less shiny

MLB Power Rankings: Picking the best rotations for the 2026 baseball season

An ace is the easy part but that's not enough to carry a pitching staff all the way to October

Best MLB Betting Sites for Baseball Betting, How to Bet on Baseball in 2026

Discover Major League Baseball betting and learn how to bet on baseball with expert tips. Find the best MLB sportsbooks and top promos to boost your MLB bets.

Snyder's Soapbox: Stop throwing Hall of Fame comparisons on kids

Did you hear about the teenager who might, allegedly, be a combo of Aaron Judge, Elly De La Cruz and Yadier Molina?

Matt Snyder has been a baseball writer with CBS Sports since 2011. A member of the BBWAA, he's now covered every World Series since 2010. The former Indiana University baseball player now lives on the north side of Indianapolis with his wife, daughter and son.

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