Overview
- Sunday Night Baseball shifts from ESPN to NBCUniversal beginning in 2026, with games on NBC and Peacock and overflow on a revived NBCSN, plus an MLB Wild Card package and select special-event windows.
- Netflix enters live MLB coverage with Opening Night each year, the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, an annual special-event game (2026 Field of Dreams: Twins vs. Phillies on Aug. 13) and all 47 games of the 2026 World Baseball Classic in Japan.
- ESPN keeps a national midweek package and will sell and operate MLB.TV within the ESPN app, including in-market streaming rights for the Guardians, Padres, Mariners, Twins, Diamondbacks and Rockies.
- Existing partnerships remain in place as Fox continues to carry the World Series and All-Star Game, TBS retains postseason rounds and a weekly slate, and Apple TV+ keeps Friday Night Baseball.
- The agreements run three seasons and, according to reporting, reduce near-term rights revenue by roughly $300 million versus the prior ESPN deal as MLB seeks flexibility for a larger renegotiation after 2028.