2025 MLB Season

[nickp 393]

1 hour ago, NYAZSporty said:

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

 

The dc tv legends are all starting to retire One more year of Bob Carpenter

[SDHIll1980 150]

I honestly saw the Gray triopoly in Phoenix trying to snatch-up the Diamondbacks OTA rights, but good for Tegna for getting those broadcast rights, along with the Padres and Rockies.  Even said, as far as San Diego, I would thought that KUSI would have gone back and put-in a bid to carry some Padres games once again.  That said, good for KFMB (another station that spent some years carrying in different times in the last 45 years airing some Friars games), as well as the duopoly in the Mile High City.  Of course, as some folks know, KTVD carried a fair amount of Rockies games up until 2008.

Edited March 27, 2025 by SDHIll1980

[nathannah 2792]

Nothing new to say about the Bally/FanDuel scoreboard this year; everything remains unchanged. Rangers network board is nice, and unusually with the Twins now MLB-P&D'ed, instead of an RSN bug, the Progressive logo remains on the top right of the screen at all times in addition to being the presenting sponsor. Not unusual for radio now, but a first for TV coverage in this age.

 

[NYAZSporty 196]

Seattle Mariners, despite still being on an RSN (Root Sports NW), they're using MLB graphics. 

 

[GodfreyGR 812]

KMSP will be airing select twins games this season… given how the twins session is starting, not sure if the station regrets the move yet. 
 

Edit: Gray will also be broadcasting the games region-wide. Remember Gray does not have a station themselves in the MSP market. 
 

https://www.fox9.com/sports/mn-twins-games-fox-9-2025?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1eA2zlyEKDMBDYW2GTmqWDogIqF_2bR_nu6otq-TQZnuTtdpfVfK8LydQ_aem__CmSu6glaIU_kg-PeeyVPQ 

Edited April 1, 2025 by GodfreyGR

[Viper550 318]

According to that other site, the Braves on Gray graphics are actually the first outing for what will eventually be a group-wide graphics package for regional sports broadcasts on Gray channels.

[Viper550 318]

The Pirates quietly dropped the standard-issue-but-grey NESN scoreboard for an updated version during their home opener

 

 

It's serviceable and definitely an improvement (though the white backgrounds on the batter/hitter is a bit iffy. Would probably make them color coded for the teams)

 

Edited April 7, 2025 by Viper550

[NYAZSporty 196]

WBFS (CW/Miami) will be airing 15 Miami Marlins games, mainly Fridays, with a few Sundays sprinkled in. 

 

Edited April 8, 2025 by NYAZSporty

[Georgie56 3661]

3 hours ago, NYAZSporty said:

WBFS (CW/Miami) will be airing 15 Miami Marlins games, mainly Fridays, with a few Sundays sprinkled in. 

 

 

And their American League cohorts in Tampa are following suit, also with Paramount.

 

 

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

5 hours ago, NYAZSporty said:

WBFS (CW/Miami) will be airing 15 Miami Marlins games, mainly Fridays, with a few Sundays sprinkled in. 

 

 

The first time games will be OTA in Miami since WPXM did so from 2002 to 2005, so 20 years now.

[Viper550 318]

Fox decided to work in some of its NASCAR graphics for the (rain delayed) game at Bristol Motor Speedway, although they didn't go as far as to make a custom scoreboard too.

 

 

[Viper550 318]

Root Sports is closing in 2026, MLB Local Media will be taking over distribution for Mariners games next season.

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-are-shuttering-root-sports-network-after-regular-season/

[NYAZSporty 196]

21 minutes ago, Viper550 said:

Root Sports is closing in 2026, MLB Local Media will be taking over distribution for Mariners games next season.

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-are-shuttering-root-sports-network-after-regular-season/

Considering how Xfinity (main cable provider in Seattle) has recently been pushing RSNs up to a more expensive cable tier, I'm sure there are some folks up in the Pacific Northwest that'll be happy about this news.

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

44 minutes ago, Viper550 said:

Root Sports is closing in 2026, MLB Local Media will be taking over distribution for Mariners games next season.

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-are-shuttering-root-sports-network-after-regular-season/

 

Here's the non-paywall version because I'm not paying for Seattle Times content:

 

https://archive.is/XzncT

 

EDIT: The last day for Root Sports Northwest is December 31st.

 

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/seattle-mariners-tv-broadcasts-moving-in-2026-as-root-sports-shutters/1823498

Edited September 27, 2025 by TheRolyPoly

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

On 9/26/2025 at 8:50 PM, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Here's the non-paywall version because I'm not paying for Seattle Times content:

 

https://archive.is/XzncT

 

EDIT: The last day for Root Sports Northwest is December 31st.

 

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/seattle-mariners-tv-broadcasts-moving-in-2026-as-root-sports-shutters/1823498

 

The final Mariners Baseball game on Root Sports Northwest. The week for them was so sudden, but it happened. Here's the final close:

 

 

[Geoffrey 958]

Did Fox Sports get updated studio graphics mid-postseason?

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

1 hour ago, Geoffrey said:

Did Fox Sports get updated studio graphics mid-postseason?

 

See it in action here with one more troll job at the Yankees, courtesy of Big Papi and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.

 

 

[wofchristian 53]

The TBS broadcast of the Phillies vs. Dodgers NLDS had some of the worst camera quality i've ever seen in an MLB game. Way, way WAY over saturated, and it barely looked like it was 1080p. 

[TVLurker 389]

8 hours ago, wofchristian said:

The TBS broadcast of the Phillies vs. Dodgers NLDS had some of the worst camera quality i've ever seen in an MLB game. Way, way WAY over saturated, and it barely looked like it was 1080p. 

that's WBD for ya.