2026 MLB Media Deals

[Georgie56 3661]

The new media deals are being reported.

 

- ESPN gets rights to out-of-market games for all 30 teams and six teams in-market (Guardians, Padres, Twins, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Mariners). They will also take over MLB.TV and keep it at the $150 price point (T-Mobile will continue to offer it for free).

 

- NBC returns full-time to MLB for the first time since 2000, taking over Sunday Night Baseball from ESPN. SNB will move to Peacock when Sunday Night Football starts on NBC and when it conflicts with Sunday Night Basketball. MLB Sunday Leadoff will return to Peacock. They’ll also split the Wild Card Series between the network and Peacock (8-12 games).

 

- Netflix gets the primetime Opening Day game, the Home Run Derby, and the Field of Dreams game (moving from Fox).

Edited November 19, 2025 by Georgie56

[MD TV 390]

And here are the press releases:

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/press-releases/major-league-baseball-returns-to-nbc-and-peacock-in-2026-with-three-year-media-rights-partnership-featuring-extensive-exclusivity

 

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2025/11/espn-major-league-baseball-reach-innovative-new-agreement-featuring-significant-collection-of-national-and-local-rights/

 

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/mlb-netflix-opening-day-home-run-derby-field-of-dreams

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Also, for the record, FOX, FS1, TBS, and Apple TV will continue to have their rights to MLB games, so it's not like we're decreasing networks' exposure to the MLB. Its actually expanding to more places.

[AaronQ 309]

12 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

The new media deals are being reported.

 

- ESPN gets rights to out-of-market games for all 30 teams and six teams in-market (Guardians, Padres, Twins, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Mariners). They will also take over MLB.TV and keep it at the $150 price point (T-Mobile will continue to offer it for free).

 

- NBC returns full-time to MLB for the first time since 2000, taking over Sunday Night Baseball from ESPN. SNB will move to Peacock when Sunday Night Football starts on NBC and when it conflicts with Sunday Night Basketball. MLB Sunday Leadoff will return to Peacock. They’ll also split the Wild Card Series between the network and Peacock (8-12 games).

 

- Netflix gets the primetime Opening Day game, the Home Run Derby, and the Field of Dreams game (moving from Fox).

Worth noting that whatever games that are on exclusively on Peacock is also on NBCSN as well. 

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

I saw this on Twitter (not calling it X simply to appease to Musk).

 

This is what NBC would air on Sunday nights starting next year.

 

Out of 52 Sundays next year, only TWO would be devoted to non-sports programming. The rest? Sunday Night Football (NFL), Sunday Night Basketball (NBA), Sunday Night Baseball (MLB), and during February, the Olympics as well.