Matt Snyder

CBS Sports Writer /

Will Shohei Ohtani pitch in MLB playoffs? Dodgers manager leaves door open, says he 'wouldn't put it past him'

Ohtani underwent elbow surgery almost exactly one year ago

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is now in the longest home run drought of his MLB career

Judge has gone homerless in the past 16 games and is stuck on 51 home runs for the season

Defending champion Rangers promote Chris Young to president of baseball operations, sign him to extension

Young gets rewarded after Rangers' first World Series title

We're saying there's a chance: What longshot MLB playoff hopefuls need to go right this weekend

The Tigers, Mariners, Red Sox and Cubs face long -- but not impossible -- odds to reach the 2024 MLB postseason

MLB placing ads on helmets of every team in 2024 playoffs, featuring five-inch logo of German company

The logo of Strauss will be on both sides of every helmet used in the 2024 postseason, World Series and beyond

Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio, 20, becomes youngest member of MLB's 20-20 club

Chourio has bested Mike Trout and Vada Pinson in becoming the youngest in history to reach 20 homers and 20 stolen bases

Snyder's Soapbox: Shohei Ohtani's run at first 50-50 season in MLB history is as special as it gets

Stolen bases have been cheapened? Get outta here. This is greatness. Enjoy it.

James Earl Jones dies at 93: Legendary actor gave iconic 'People will come' speech in 'Field of Dreams'

Jones also played the owner of the beast in "The Sandlot"

Former Mets All-Star Ed Kranepool dies at age 79: Bronx native helped Miracle Mets to 1969 World Series title

Kranepool was the longest tenured player in Mets history

Rangers call up former first-round pick Kumar Rocker to make MLB debut Thursday in start vs. Mariners

Rocker has dominated in the minors this year after coming back from Tommy John surgery

Yankees recall top prospect Jasson Domínguez amid tight AL East battle with Orioles in stretch run to playoffs

Domínguez is only 21 and has nine games of MLB experience

Bryce Harper isn't ready to hand Phillies the NL East crown as Mets, Braves surge: 'Ain't close to being done'

Harper wants to make sure his team keeps its proverbial foot on the gas to take the NL East

Giants manager Bob Melvin calls 2024 his 'hardest year' as San Francisco barrels toward fourth-place finish

Melvin's first year on the job has not quite gone according to plan

MLB Power Rankings: Are the Astros just inevitable? Why Houston's inconsistency might not matter after all

The Dodgers remain No. 1 as the Phillies, Yankees and Brewers chase them, but what do we make of the Astros?

Yankees and Orioles are in a dead heat in the AL East, but does anyone actually want to win the division?

The Yankees have a losing record since the middle of June. The Orioles do too

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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