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Matt Snyder

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Team USA vs. Brazil in World Baseball Classic: Prediction, odds, what to know about WBC opener

Team USA heads into Friday's game as the World Baseball Classic favorite

Team USA World Baseball Classic roster: Lineup, rotation as Americans aim for 2026 WBC title

Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Paul Skenes and more stars are hoping to lift USA baseball to the 2026 WBC crown

Andrew McCutchen signs with Rangers, ending second tenure with Pirates after ugly split

McCutchen seemingly wanted another round with Pittsburgh but the club had no interest

AL West division preview: Lineups, rotations and one question for each team ahead of 2026 MLB season

Let's preview the AL West, with the Mariners and Astros as the favorites and the A's looking like a fun sleeper

Could Kyler Murray come back to baseball after being cut by Cardinals? What A's GM said about his MLB future

The A's drafted the quarterback in the first round in 2019 and still hold his MLB rights

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

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

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

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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