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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 (September 2026).

MLB Bracketology: Predicting every playoff seed ahead of final weekend, plus how the 2026 bracket plays out

Three days remain in the 2026 regular season and the bracket is slowly filling up, with just a few spots left to claim

2026 MLB superlatives: Most surprising team, biggest disappointment, stupidest storyline and more

With the regular season winding down to its last few days, it's time to hand out our awards

Cubs clinch playoff berth: Why Chicago could line up for a World Series win 10 years after its last title

For the second straight season, the Cubs are headed to the playoffs out of the wild-card race

White Sox clinch playoff berth: Why MLB's biggest surprise could go all the way to the World Series

A year after losing 101 games, the White Sox have made the playoffs, with the AL Central title still within reach

Pete Crow-Armstrong steals 40th base, joining 40-40 club in one of best Cubs seasons ever

Only six other players have stolen 40 bases and slugged 40 home runs in the same season in MLB history

2026 MLB awards: Expert picks for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year

Pete Crow-Armstrong or Shohei Ohtani? Are Sal Stewart's RBIs enough to win Rookie of the Year? Can anyone beat Jacob Misiorowski?

Shohei Ohtani activated from injured list as Dodgers ramp up for postseason

The four-time MVP has been out of the lineup since Sept. 7 due to multiple injuries

MLB Power Rankings: Dodgers World Series wouldn't prove need for a salary cap, but facts never stopped anyone

With one week to go in the regular season, the question will soon shift to whether anyone can unseat the reigning champions in October

Yankees place Aaron Judge back on IL, making star slugger's status uncertain ahead of playoffs

Judge, back for just seven games after missing three months, is being shut down again right before the postseason

Ups and Downs: Alex Bregman's big second half includes celebrating his horse's win with Cubs teammates

Bregman took the Cubs to Churchill Downs on an off day and watched his horse run to victory

Mets' Jared Young doing 'as good as could be hoped for' after scary collision with pitcher Nolan McLean

Young was carted off the field on Thursday night after taking a blow to the head in a collision with McLean

Will Yordan Alvarez win the Triple Crown? Predicting if Astros star can pull off exceedingly rare feat

Only one hitter (Miguel Cabrera in 2012) has won a Triple Crown in the last 59 years ... can Alvarez become the second?

MLB Bracketology: Projecting baseball's playoff field and why Brewers, Red Sox are primed for October runs

The playoff field will be set in nine days, but we're not waiting that long to make bracket predictions

Five MLB free agents who have helped themselves in 2026 -- and five who have hurt themselves

Not everyone plays up in a contract year, so let's check in on 10 players headed to the market this winter

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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