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Matt Snyder

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MLB picks, best baseball bets for Friday, including Ketel Marte bashing Reds, Mets vs. Rockies and HR play

Let's get some action this Friday in Great American Ball Park and Coors Field

Phillies' Jesús Luzardo makes the wrong kind of MLB history in second straight disastrous start

Luzardo allowed 20 earned runs in his last two starts in only 5 â…” innings

Diamondbacks reinstate reliever Andrew Saalfrank after one-year suspension for betting on baseball

The Athletics' Michael Kelly, Padres' Jay Groome and Phillies' José Rodríguez were also suspended at the time

WATCH: Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone records first MLB hit, RBI vs. Cardinals

This was the second career game for the highly touted prospect

Giancarlo Stanton injury update: Yankees slugger could 'potentially' begin rehab assignment next week

Stanton has been out all season with injuries in both elbows

Braves blow six-run ninth-inning lead to Diamondbacks in brutal loss not seen since 2022

No team has won by overcoming a six-run deficit in the ninth in the past three seasons

White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf reaches 'long-term' agreement that could see Justin Ishbia own team by 2029

Reinsdorf will remain the controlling partner of the MLB team for now

Rob Manfred says he 'paid attention' to Donald Trump's support of Pete Rose before reinstating MLB hits leader

The MLB commissioner said Wednesday that he paid attention to the "advice"

MLB All-Star ballot: Picking the early favorites, including Bobby Witt Jr., Pete Crow-Armstrong and more

Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Francisco Lindor and more staples populate the roster

NL East odds breakdown: Is this race between the Mets and the Phillies? Or can the Braves pull off a miracle?

The Mets and Phillies have been jockeying for first place all year so far

MLB Awards Watch: Are MVP races already over? Barring injury, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani look like locks

The favorites are obvious, but let's run through some alternatives anyway. Hey, weirder things have happened

Jac Caglianone debut: Best bets for Royals prospect's first MLB game, including home run odds

The No. 6 draft pick will make his MLB debut Tuesday

Building MLB's 2025 All-Fun Team: Elly De La Cruz, Paul Skenes, Pete Crow-Armstrong and more

Flamethrowers and sluggers and speedsters, oh my!

Snyder's Soapbox: Rafael Devers owes it to the Red Sox -- and his teammates -- to try first base

Sure, the Red Sox botched this situation, but plenty of other star players have been flexible when needed

Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. received death threats from intoxicated gambler, police say

The threats -- which came after McCullers' start on May 10 -- were from a man located overseas, per Houston Police

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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