Overview
- Each club exercised its option for 2026, with the Royals confirming a mutual option and the teams retaining their existing local-rights framework.
- Games will continue on cable, satellite and vMVPD providers with TV Everywhere streaming, the FanDuel Sports Network app and an Amazon Prime Video add-on.
- Main Street reported an average of 1.5 million nightly viewers across its nine MLB markets in 2025 with streaming up nearly 70% year over year and about 2.8 billion minutes watched.
- The company says it remains on pace to reach roughly 1 million direct-to-consumer subscribers by year-end after surpassing 900,000 unique app users.
- The Brewers ranked among baseball’s top local draws with the No. 2 market rating and more than 400 million minutes streamed, following a one-year pact signed in January that preceded this option pickup.