2025 MLB Season

[nathannah 2792]

Never too early to start and we have a big one to start the thread out with...Gray is picking up 15 Braves broadcasts and ten spring training games throughout their territory for next year, and yes, good ol' channel 17 (or some games, 17.2) is the flagship as God intended.

[NYAZSporty 196]

The old WTBS now Peachtree TV, which if I'm not mistaken north of the border in Canada, is still being shown like it was back in the old SuperStation days getting similar treatment to WPIX, WGN, & KTLA. 

Edited December 18, 2024 by NYAZSporty

[nickp 393]

The Braves on Peachtree TV was a certain level of nostalgia

[Georgie56 3661]

The Texas Rangers will join the Dallas Stars on Victory+.

Edited January 15, 2025 by Georgie56

[NYAZSporty 196]

On 1/14/2025 at 8:36 PM, Georgie56 said:

The Texas Rangers will join the Dallas Stars on Victory+.

The Rangers will also be launching a new RSN (funny saying that considering it's the initials) called Rangers Sports Network. Wonder if, considering they're using the same streaming platform as the Mavericks & Stars, if in the future, games of those teams will air there as well, I think that'd be a move they'd consider to fill air time in the Winter months. Select games will air on KDAF (CW/Dallas-Ft. Worth). 

Local TV stations outside DFW airing games shown on KDAF:https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/rangers/documents/y2025/2025_OTA_Map_FNL.pdf

Edited January 29, 2025 by NYAZSporty

[NYAZSporty 196]

Nothing set in stone yet, but it appears the Arizona Diamondbacks are going to have an OTA package of some form for the upcoming season according to their President & CEO. Certainly the Phoenix market has many options including the 2 indy stations KTVK & KASW, even the MyNetwork affiliate KUTP is viable.

 

 

[NYAZSporty 196]

SNY will be offering a DTC package in the Mets broadcast territory for the upcoming baseball season & will stream full-time on the MLB app, ditching its own app in the process. It'll go for $24.99/mo, $124.99/season, or $149.99/year. https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/subscribe/sny?partnerId=redirect-nym-snymets

Edited February 18, 2025 by NYAZSporty

[Georgie56 3661]

ESPN and MLB are going splitsville after this season.

 

 

[JTT 133]

Will another network step in to get this part of the deal from ESPN?  NBC, perhaps?  Sunday Night Baseball, Football, & Basketball.  Sports programming year around.

[TheRolyPoly 3509]

21 minutes ago, JTT said:

Will another network step in to get this part of the deal from ESPN?  NBC, perhaps?  Sunday Night Baseball, Football, & Basketball.  Sports programming year around.

 

Or just call it after Fred Roggin's Sunday show for years at KNBC... Sunday Night Sports. I mean, if they show more than just football on Sundays year round, then might as well call it the obvious.

 

EDIT: Don't forget also during the Olympic years where there'll be coverage there too on Sundays.

Edited February 21, 2025 by TheRolyPoly

[Spring Rubber 733]

22 minutes ago, JTT said:

Will another network step in to get this part of the deal from ESPN?  NBC, perhaps?  Sunday Night Baseball, Football, & Basketball.  Sports programming year around.

With the NBA Playoffs happening April through June and Sunday Night Football starting in September, I don't think NBC would be a great partner if MLB wants their games to be carried on the mothership.

[Georgie56 3661]

If the ESPN package stays on linear, Fox would be the most likely candidate. They are MLB’s biggest media partner by far.

[JTT 133]

5 hours ago, Spring Rubber said:

With the NBA Playoffs happening April through June and Sunday Night Football starting in September, I don't think NBC would be a great partner if MLB wants their games to be carried on the mothership.

NBC & Peacock could share the rights for Sunday night baseball.   

[nickp 393]

ESPN gonna broadcast on Sunday night in the Summer?

[Megatron81 343]

It will be interesting where the Sunday Night Baseball package goes to come 2026, I think maybe FS1 if FOX Sports takes the package, maybe The CW will bid on it, streaming Netflix, Amazon Prime Video etc. I'm surprised that ESPN didn't ask for a discount a few years ago when they decided not to air as many MLB games that would've been the right time for them to do it in my opinion.

[NYAZSporty 196]

White Sox scorebug now that they're on the Chicago Sports Network. 

 

[Viper550 318]

 

Gray's Braves Spring Training games have their own graphics that aren't too bad. It's serviceable with that "NFL preseason"/late-2000s Raycom Sports vibe. Even though they are going to be produced by FDSN instead, you begin to wonder if the regular season games may keep these, since they went as far as even making a "Braves on Gray" branding for them.

Edited March 1, 2025 by Viper550

[A3N 1003]

There's a lot of little hints of the Ballys/FanDuel gfx package. I'm curious to know if these will be the new FDSN package. Makes no sense in creating a new package for Gray... plus they won't even be producing the telecasts .

[Georgie56 3661]

Washington Nationals seem like they’ll be done with MASN after this season.

 

 

[Georgie56 3661]

The Cardinals will return to OTA TV for the first time since 2010.

 

KMOV and Matrix Midwest will air ten games, with them also airing on FDSN Midwest.

Edited March 6, 2025 by Georgie56

[A3N 1003]

Looks like MLB is producing the Seattle Mariner's telecasts on Root Sports. Standard MLB Local graphics package, but ROOT Sports substituted for the MLB logo.

[Glimmer 340]

Brewers will have 10 games air on WITI (as well as several other stations in WI) this year

[nathannah 2792]

2 minutes ago, Glimmer said:

Brewers will have 10 games air on WITI (as well as several other stations in WI) this year

Closing the circle on local broadcasters (love that they have the home opener); WITI has broadcast Brewers games of course, but only as part of Fox telecasts. Now every commercial station in the market (not counting WVCY of course) has at least had one year airing games locally since the team came to town in 1970.

Edited March 11, 2025 by nathannah

[NYAZSporty 196]

The Rangers Sports Network made its debut broadcast on Wednesday. Here's the broadcast intro & the scorebar graphics.... 

 

 

[NYAZSporty 196]

This season will be the last for Bob Carpenter as the TV voice of the Washington Nationals & also the end, in all likelihood, of a great sports broadcasting career. He was the first host of ESPN's College Gameday & did other stuff for them & also was a voice for the St. Louis Cardinals. https://www.masnsports.com/blog/carpenter-reveals-this-will-be-final-season-as-nats-lead-announcer

 

Edited March 24, 2025 by NYAZSporty