We are grateful for our longstanding relationship with Major League Baseball and proud of how ESPNs coverage super-serves fans.
In 2021, the parties had signed a renewal averaging $550 million a year and running through 2028.
That agreement contained an out for ESPN in 2025.
Bryce Harper of the Phillies (3) speaks to ESPNTerence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The company used MLB games and studio shows as a foundational piece of its programming starting in 1990.
The move comes amid the splintering of rights packages as leagues chase more money.
There, also, streamers are making inroads withNetflixsecuring rights to anNFLdoubleheader on Christmas Day last year.
Games carried on streaming skew younger, in line with a key strategic priority for the league.
