Real Cord Cutters: March 2017

Updates (in bold below):
*7/14/17:
-Updated the Decision Chart under "WHICH SERVICE/PACKAGE SHOULD I GET?" to reflect Vue's updated pricing.
*7/8/17:
-Updated info re: Vue due to the price increase announced by Sony on 7/6/17 under "PlayStation Vue"
*7/3/17:
-Added info re: SNY now available on CenturyLink Stream in both the RSN chart and the Decision Chart, added info re: SportsTime Ohio now available on Vue in the RSN chart
-updated info on Twitter game of the week under "STREAMING SERVICES"
*5/17/17:
-Added info re: Twitter & Facebook and moved Yahoo Sports info to separate section under "STREAMING SERVICES"
*5/04/17:
-Added info re: Hulu Live under "STREAMING SERVICES"
*4/18/17:
-Added info re: FuboTV under "STREAMING SERVICES"
*4/09/17:
-Added info re: MLB.TV Free Game of the Day under "MLB.TV"
*3/28/17:
-Added info re: Vue & mobile/desktop viewing outside of home location/city under "PlayStation Vue"
*3/27/17:
-Added info re: free 2017 MLB.TV yearly subscription for T-mobile customers under "MLB.TV"
-Added info re: additional broadcast stations outside local team DMA under "Other Notes"

You’re a baseball fan who loves following your local MLB team. Or maybe you just love the following the sport in general. Either way, you’re also tired of having to maintain an expensive cable or satellite subscription for 6+ months just to be able to watch your team and/or follow the sport. You like saving money and have been wanting to cut the cable/satellite cord for a while because of how damned expensive it is. Well, you’re in luck because most (but sadly not all) MLB teams are now watchable via at least one of the three most popular streaming services: Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW. Twenty-one of the twenty-nine US based MLB teams have the majority of their games aired on a regional sports network which is carried by at least one streaming service, so read below for the various options that exist to get your MLB fix for as cheap as possible.

DISCLAIMER: This work was put together using data from various sources. As such, if you come across something that is inaccurate, please feel free to reach out to me to correct it via email realcordcutters@outlook.com or Twitter: @RealCordCutters or by leaving a comment below. My goal is to make a comprehensive and accurate guide that can help people quickly & easily decide how to watch as much major league baseball as they want for the cheapest possible method. Unlike other cord cutting websites, we welcome and encourage reader feedback, both positive and negative. Additionally, there will be many caveats regarding these issues of RSNs, DMAs, and territory maps that will be explained below.

First, I’m going to give a brief overview of the various options that currently exist for broadcasting MLB including defining some terms. If you’re already familiar with these terms, services, etc. please feel free to jump down below to the decision chart to determine your best option.

KEY TERMS TO KNOW

Designated Market Area (DMA) – a geographic region, defined by Nielsen Media Research, that receives the same (or similar) television stations. The DMA that you are located in determines which local broadcast stations you receive, although cable companies are free to carry channels from outside the DMA without any type of waiver. To see a map of all US DMAs from 2015-16, click here.

In-market vs out-of-market – In baseball, each team is allowed to claim a certain geographic territory or area as their own. Everyone who lives in this territory is considered “in-market” and everyone who lives outside of it is considered “out-of-market”. These areas routinely overlap (i.e. multiple teams can claim an area). Whether you are considered in-market or out-of-market for a team generally determines whether you are blacked out from watching that team on certain services or channels. To see which teams are considered in-market for you, please look at the following map or go to the MLB.TV homepage, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, and input your zip code. The team(s) that are listed on the map where you live or after your submit your zip code are considered in-market; all other teams (not listed) are considered out-of-market.

Blackouts – Baseball games on certain networks and/or for certain terms are not shown to people who are in-market or out-of-market, i.e. blacked out, depending on the circumstances. For example, if a game is being shown on your local regional sports network and additionally being aired on a national network, the national network broadcast of your local game will usually be blacked out (or you would receive an alternate game on that channel). Alternately, if you receive a regional sports network from outside your market, you will not be able to watch a game on that station showing that local team. For more information on blackouts and specific examples, see the section “THINGS TO KNOW” below.

TV CHANNELS

ESPN/ESPN2 – ESPN & ESPN2 carry on average 3-5 games a week (Monday &, Wednesday night regional or national broadcasts at varying times & a Sunday night national broadcast @ 8 PM EST) with extra games on holidays (Opening Day, Memorial Day, July 4^th, Labor Day) and other days as well throughout the season as warranted.

FOX SPORTS/FS1 – Fox Sports will broadcast 33 regular season games across 13 Saturdays in 2017 on its Fox broadcast channel (i.e. local Fox affiliate). Most of these are regional telecasts where 2-3 games are broadcast at the same time and split to different parts of the country based on geography or divisional matchups. Fox Sports 1 (FS1) will broadcast 39 regular season games on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and occasionally on Wednesdays. These are typically national broadcasts involving only one game.

Source: http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2017/02/22/fox-sports-set-for-22nd-season-of-major-league-baseball-coverage

MLB NETWORK – MLB Network (MLBN) usually airs 8-10 games per week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Some games are presented by MLBN (i.e. have MLBN announcers, etc.), but most games are simulcasts of one of the participating teams local broadcasts.

Regional Sports Networks – All MLB teams have most, if not all, of their games broadcast on local sports channels commonly referred to as regional sports networks (RSNs). Fox (Fox Sports <channel>), Comcast (Comcast SportsNet <channel>), and AT&T (Root Sports <channel>) own most RSNs while there are others that are owned in some part by the team itself. Some RSNs televise multiple professional teams and thus run into conflicts with broadcasting multiple games at the same time (ex. basketball, hockey and/or baseball games) which is why many have alternate channels such as Fox Sports Detroit+ (Plus).

TV Everywhere Apps – Many cable channels now have a live stream of their channel available to watch online for authenticated subscribers. ESPN makes all of their programming available via WATCHESPN while Fox uses Fox Sports Go for the Fox broadcast channel sports related content & Fox Sports RSNs. MLB Network uses the MLB At-Bat application and Comcast SportsNet (CSN) RSNs will be available via the NBC Sports app.

STREAMING SERVICES

Sling TV – Sling TV (Sling) is a streaming service owned by Dish with 2 different base packages, Orange ($20/month) & Blue ($25/month). The Orange package includes ESPN/ESPN2 + other channels while the Blue package includes Fox (depending on market) & FS1 + Fox Sports RSNs + CSN RSNs (coming 4/2) + other channels. Both packages together are $40/month ($5/month savings). The Orange package is limited to 1 simultaneous stream and the Blue package is limited to 3 simultaneous streams. Sling does not have any location restrictions and can be accessed anywhere in the US. It’s available on nearly all streaming devices and is setup to authenticate on most TV Everywhere apps, although notably not Fox Sports Go (which the other two services below are able to authenticate with).

PlayStation Vue – (Update 7/8/17: Effective 7/6/17, PlayStation eliminated the “Slim” plans which were $10/month cheaper than the standard Access, Core, etc. plans. Thus, going forward, all markets, regardless of the number of local channels received pay the same price for Access, Core, etc. The following paragraph has been updated with strikethroughs to change the values which are no longer accurate). PlayStation Vue (Vue) is a streaming service owned by Sony with 4 different packages: Access ~~Slim~~, Core ~~Slim~~, Elite ~~Slim~~ & Ultra ~~Slim~~. Access starts at ~~$29.99~~ $39.99/month and contains ESPN/ESPN2 + Fox broadcast (depending on market) + FS1 + other channels. Core, at ~~$34.99~~ $44.99/month, contains all the channels in Access + Fox Sports RSNs (if applicable) + CSN RSNs (if applicable) + MLBN + other channels. Elite (~~$44.99~~ $54.99/month) & Ultra (~~$64.99~~ $74.99/month) contain all the channels in Core plus additional channels. ~~Please note that in markets where all 4 major local channels are included, the price for each package is $10/month higher, i.e. Access is $39.99/month, Core is $44.99/month, etc.~~ Vue is limited to 5 simultaneous streams although there are some limitations such as a maximum of 1 PS 3 console stream, 1 PS 4 console stream, and 3 simultaneous streams on any mobile or web based devices (i.e. computer browsers). Most importantly, Vue is restricted to a subscribers “home location” only in that its content can only be streamed at the location determined by the subscribers billing zip code & IP address when the service is first setup. In other words, if you try to access Vue while on vacation in a different part of the country, you will receive an error.* Please note that you DO NOT need a PlayStation in order to setup or use Vue. Similar to Sling, it’s available on nearly all streaming devices and is setup to authenticate on most TV Everywhere apps.

*Update 3/28/17: Per a reddit user, some Vue channels can be viewed outside of your home location either via a mobile app or in a desktop browser. MLBN is not viewable outside of your home network (regardless of location); local RSNs are viewable outside of your home network but inside your home city, but are not viewable outside the home city. For more information, please see here (Supported Devices -> PlayStation Vue Mobile). Additionally, you can also use a VPN to access your router remotely which will show your current location as your home location.

DIRECTV NOW – DIRECTV NOW (DTVNOW) is a streaming service owned by AT&T with 4 different packages: Live a Little ($35/month), Just Right ($50/month), Go Big ($60/month) and Gotta Have it ($70/month). Live a Little includes ESPN/ESPN2 + Fox (in applicable markets) + FS1 + other channels. Just Right includes all channels in Live a Little plus MLBN and Fox Sports RSNs (if applicable) + CSN RSNs (if applicable) + other channels. Go Big & Gotta Have It include all channels in Just Right + other channels. DTVNOW is limited to 2 simultaneous streams and is available on most streaming devices except for Roku. There are also some restrictions when it comes to streaming local channels on a mobile device. It does not have any location restrictions, but does not have authentication available with as many TV everywhere apps as the other services do, though it is working to add them.

(Added 4/17/17)

FuboTV – FuboTV is an independent streaming service which recently announced its official launch on 4/10/2017. It was not included in this post at the original time of publication because it was still in BETA testing and there was no way to easily determine exactly which RSN’s it carried since it did not have any type of zip code lookup feature that the Sling, Vue, and the DTVNOW websites all have. It’s main package, Fubo Premier, is currently listed at a discounted introductory rate of $34.99/month (regular price supposedly $49.99/month) and includes a number of Fox & NBC related sports channels including Fox (in certain markets), Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports RSNs and NBC Sports RSNs, but does not include any ESPN channels. The specific RSNs offered can be found here. FuboTV is restricted to a maximum of 2 simultaneous streams and is available on most of the common streaming devices. It does not appear to have any location viewing restrictions (i.e. out of area) and is listed as an authenticated provider for Fox Sports Go, but is not currently listed for the NBC Sports App.

(Added 5/04/17)

Hulu Live –Hulu Live is a recently announced streaming service, owned by Hulu, that officially launched in Beta mode on 5/03/2017. There is one package that costs $39.99/month and offers about 50 channels including ESPN/ESPN2 + Fox (in applicable markets) + FS1 + Fox Sports RSNs (if applicable) + CSN/NBC Sports RSNs (if applicable) + other channels. The package is limited to 2 simultaneous streams but offers an Unlimited Screens option for $14.99/month which allows unlimited streams at home and 3 simultaneous screens outside of the home. There are no location viewing restrictions but it currently is not available on Amazon Fire TV/Stick, Roku, or online via browser. As of 5/4/17, it does appear to offer authentication with WATCHESPN but not with Fox Sports Go.

MLB.TV – MLB.TV is a streaming service offered by MLB primarily for viewing games of out-of-market teams. It costs $112.99 for 2017 (yearly price), but can also be purchased on a monthly basis for $24.99 (Editor's Note: 3/27/17 - A reddit user reminded me about T-mobile again offering a free yearly subscription for MLB.TV to all of its customers. It looks like this year you must sign up on 4/04/2017. Click here for more details.) This package includes access to watch all out-of-market teams so if you’re only interested in watching one specific out-of-market team you can purchase the “Single Team” package for $87.99/year to view all games (subject to blackout restrictions, see more below) for a single team. There’s also a “Follow Your Team” option, which cost $10/year, which would allow someone to view a game involving the single-team (out-of-market) selected from the “Single Team” package when that team is blacked out due to playing an in-market team. It should be noted though that this feature was supposed to have been implemented by the middle of 2016 but was never actually available for use. MLB.TV will NOT allow someone to view all of his/her local in-market teams games unless that person also has a subscription to the RSN which is airing the game, i.e you can not cancel your cable/satellite package and expect to subscribe to MLB.TV to see the games of your local (or any in-market) team(s)-------unless you use a VPN. MLB.TV is available on nearly every streaming device and it’s only location restrictions are on whichever teams are considered “in-market” in your current location as they will be blacked out.
*Update 4/09/17: MLB.TV also offers a Free Game of the Day allowing you to view one game each day without an MLB.TV subscription. In order to watch the game on a mobile device (phone/tablet) you must use the premium version of the MLB At-Bat app ($19.99/year or $2.99/month); it will not play in the free version of the MLB At-Bat app. The free game can also be viewed on other streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV/Stick, Roku, etc.) via the MLB.TV app (free) or via computer browser at mlb.com.

(Added 5/17/17)

Yahoo Sports – The MLB.TV Free Game of the Day is also streamed live each day by Yahoo Sports. It can be viewed on either the Yahoo Sports website or in the Yahoo Sports app (free). This game is not subject to any local blackout restrictions and is aired nationally.

Twitter – Twitter announced a deal last summer to begin streaming one MLB game per week. The game is aired ~~Friday~~ Tuesday nights (added 7/3/17: effective the end of May Twitter changed to Tuesday nights from Friday nights) and is different from the MLB.TV Free Game of the Week. It can be accessed at MLB’s twitter feed (twitter.com/mlb) via the Twitter app on phones, tablets, and other streaming devices (Roku, Amazon FireTV/Stick, Apple TV) or at mlb.twitter.com via computer browser. This game is subject to blackout restrictions for local markets (i.e. only available out-of-market).

Facebook – Facebook recently announced a deal to also stream one game per week on MLB’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/mlb. This game will also air each Friday night, but unlike the game on Twitter, it will not be subject to any blackout restrictions. It is not clear at this time if the game must be viewed in a computer browser or if it will be able to be viewed via the Facebook app on phones, tablets and other streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV/Stick, Apple TV). This game is also different from the MLB Free Game of the Day.

THINGS TO KNOW

There are a lot of nuances and caveats regarding some of these services and channels so please read the following items before you decide to purchase anything.

Blackouts – The following blackout rules apply

· MLB.TV

o In-market blackouts - Games involving in-market teams are blacked out. Depending on where you live this may be as few as 1 team but could be as many as 6(!) teams. Even if the team is located hundreds of miles from where you live and there are no cable/satellite/streaming providers in your DMA which carry the RSN that airs the games for that team, you will not be able to watch their games via MLB.TV because you are considered in-market for that team. This is one of the most frustrating aspects of MLB.TV since teams are allowed to claim huge swaths of territory often hundreds of miles from their ballpark.

For example, there are 6 teams (Angels, Athletics, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres & Giants) which claim Las Vegas (and the southern half of Nevada) as their home territory. This means that someone in Las Vegas will not be able to watch any game involving those 6 teams unless he/she subscribed to the Follow your Team option in which case he/she would be able to watch games when that single team plays any of those 6 teams.

o Regional blackouts – Games which are aired by Fox on Saturdays are blacked out in the region where they air. In other words, the game shown in your area will be blacked out on MLB.TV but the other games airing at the same time in other regions of the country are not blacked out (subject to in-market restrictions of course).

o National Blackouts – Sunday night games on ESPN or ESPN2 are blacked out nationally on MLB.TV in addition to several games on Opening Day this year, which is Sunday April 2^nd.

o To see a current list of Regional & National Live Blackouts on MLB.TV click here

· ESPN & ESPN2

o Some regionally broadcast games will be blacked out on ESPN or ESPN2 if the game is already being aired by another channel (RSN) in your local market.

· MLBN

o Virtually all non-MLBN produced telecasts (i.e. simulcasts of one of the participating teams broadcasts aired on MLB) are blacked out in the local teams markets. Generally, the markets for these local teams will receive an alternate game, although be aware that this alternate game may be shown on the MLBN alternate channel. So while the main MLBN channel may be blacked out, the alternate channel should have a game on it.

RSN’s & your television DMA

· MLB.TV "in-market" vs your local television DMA "in-market"

o The RSNs listed as being carried in the chart below for each streaming service are confirmed only for the corresponding television DMA. In other words, you may be considered in-market for a particular team by MLB.TV standards, but out-of-market, by television DMA purposes for the specific RSN which carries the majority of games for that team. For example, Sling carries Fox Sports Arizona and thus Arizona Diamondbacks games, but the information provided below as to which services carry that channel pertains only to the Phoenix DMA. It is not guaranteed that Fox Sports Arizona is carried throughout the entire territorial region that the Diamondbacks claim which, in addition to Arizona, includes all of New Mexico & Utah plus the southern half of Nevada. Thus, Las Vegas is considered “in-market” for the Diamondbacks and their games are not viewable there via MLB.TV. However, if you look up the RSNs offered by Sling in Las Vegas here, there are 3 Fox Sports RSNs listed (Prime Ticket, San Diego & West), but Fox Sports Arizona isn’t one of them. Thus, a Las Vegas resident would not be able to view Arizona Diamondbacks games on Sling or MLB.TV and unfortunately have no legal way to stream Diamondbacks games.

RSN subfeeds & alternate channels

· RSN Alternate Channels (Plus)

o As mentioned earlier, RSNs which carry multiple professional sports teams generally have alternate feeds (usually labeled as the same channel name with a “plus”) so that they can air multiple games at the same time. Some of the streaming services specifically state they carry these alternate feed channels while others do not. If a service does not carry the RSN plus channel, it may still be possible to view the game being shown on it via the Fox Sports Go App (or the NBC Sports App) using the login credentials of your service. Again, Sling currently does not authenticate with Fox Sports Go while Vue & DTVNOW both do.

· RSN Subfeeds

o Some RSN channels offer different subfeeds under the same channel name such as Fox Sports Ohio which offers different feeds to the Cleveland and Cincinnati areas. The Cincinnati subfeed airs Reds games and is oftentimes referred to as “Fox Sports Cincinnati” but is still officially Fox Sports Ohio. Thus, you may come across some confusion with naming conventions if you are using the channel lookup feature for some of the streaming services.

For example, Fox Sports Wisconsin was previously a subfeed of Fox Sports North (which covers Minnesota teams), but is currently its own standalone channel. However, if you look up a Milwaukee zip code on the DTVNOW search page (here) to view the available local networks & RSNs, you will see Fox Sports North listed but not Fox Sports Wisconsin. However, if you look at this PDF file which has all RSNs offered for every single zip code, you will see that for Milwaukee DMA zip codes (pages 122-123 in the file), Fox Sports North & Fox Sports Wisconsin are both listed with the “Brewers”. So it appears that DTVNOW offers the ability to view Brewers games on Fox Sports Wisconsin even though their online lookup tool does not list that network. Similarly if you look up your local channels on Sling with a Milwaukee zip code, the only RSN returned is Fox Sports North. However, if you go to a related help article (here), it says "FOX Sports Wisconsin is an alternate channel of FOX Sports North" which seems to confirm that yes, you will be able to watch Brewers games on Fox Sports Wisconsin.

A similar confusion occurs regarding the Royals, Fox Sports Kansas City, and Fox Sports Midwest (which televises Cardinals games) on DTVNOW. The RSN zip code lookup tool (here) only returns Fox Sports Midwest and the PDF master list also has only Fox Sports Midwest listed as televising Royals game, even though Fox Sports Kansas City is no longer a subfeed of Fox Sports Midwest. However, if you look here, it details the 2017 broadcast coverage of Royals games, “FOX Sports Kansas City delivers an expansive Royals television schedule, including approximately 150 regular-season games,…” But later it mentions that viewers in certain areas (mid-Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas & Oklahoma) will see the Royals on other channels. For example, “All of FOX Sports’ Royals telecasts are available to fans in mid-Missouri and Iowa. Approximately 35 games will air on the primary FOX Sports Midwest channel on cable. The remaining games air on cable on an alternate channel, which in many areas is labeled FOX Sports Midwest Plus…" Similar to what was described above re: the Brewers & Fox Sports Wisconsin, Sling lists Fox Sports Kansas City as an alternate channel of Fox Sports Midwest.

WHICH SERVICE/PACKAGE SHOULD I GET?
Please look at the flow chart below to help you determine which options are available to meet your baseball viewing needs. Again, if you are already familiar with all of this and just want to know the streaming service options to watch your local team(s), please jump to the chart below this one.

Decision Chart

To view the direct image link of the chart, click here (updated 7/14/17).
To view the same chart as a PDF file, click here (updated 7/14/17).

SUMMARY OF STREAMING OPTIONS TO VIEW LOCAL TEAMS ON RSNs

The chart below shows the various networks that will air games for each MLB team in 2017 and whether each channel is available on Sling (Blue package), Vue (Core or higher), and DTVNOW (Just Right or higher). Please note that these networks are confirmed for the appropriate corresponding television DMA only.
Other Notes:

-Teams highlighted in red have the majority of their games aired by RSNs which are not available via any streaming service.

-The numbers listed in () are the number of games exclusive to that channel unless otherwise noted. For example, WPIX will air 20 NY Yankee games that will not air on the YES network while the 20 Baltimore Oriole games aired on WJZ will also be aired on MASN or MASN2.

-Networks separated by a "&" symbol are complementary networks that will air games while those separated by a "/" symbol are different networks that will generally air exclusive games not on the other listed networks, unless otherwise noted below.
-(Added 3/27/17) The broadcast stations listed below are only the ones located in the television DMA for the team. There may be other broadcast stations (affiliates) in other parts of the state or country that will show some of a team's games (the Chicago Cubs & San Francisco Giants are two examples). The easiest way to find these is to search for "<TEAM NAME> Broadcast Affiliates". Some teams have an mlb.com page setup to list these, but they generally aren't linked from the team pages anywhere and can only be access by searching for them. (h/t to a reddit user for pointing this out)

Team	Network(s) Airing 2017 Games	Sling Blue	Vue Core (or higher)	DTVNOW Just Right (or higher)	FuboTV Premier	Hulu Live
Arizona Diamondbacks	Fox Sports Arizona	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Atlanta Braves	Fox Sports South (81) & Fox Sports Southeast (78)	YES & YES	YES? **********	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES
Baltimore Orioles	MASN & MASN2/ WJZ (20***)	NO/ NO	NO/ YES	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ YES
Boston Red Sox	NESN	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Chicago Cubs	CSN Chicago & Chicago+/ WGN (45)/ WLS (25)	YES & YES/ NO/ YES (Broadcast Extra)	YES & YES/ NO/ YES (Access)	YES & YES/ NO/ YES	YES & YES/ NO/ NO	YES & YES/ NO/ YES
Chicago White Sox	CSN Chicago & Chicago+/ WGN (55)	YES & YES/ NO	YES & YES/ NO	YES & YES/ NO	YES & YES/ NO	YES & YES/ NO
Cincinnati Reds	Fox Sports Ohio (Cincinnati)*******	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Cleveland Indians	SportsTime Ohio/ WKYC (4)	YES/ NO	YES***********/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	????/ NO
Colorado Rockies	Root Sports Rocky Mountain	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Detroit Tigers	Fox Sports Detroit	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Houston Astros	Root Sports Southwest	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Kansas City Royals	Fox Sports Kansas City & Fox Sports Midwest******	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & ?????
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Fox Sports West/ KCOP (?)	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ YES	YES/ YES
Los Angeles Dodgers	SportsNet LA/ KTLA (10*****)	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO
Miami Marlins	Fox Sports Florida & Fox Sports Sun	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES
Milwaukee Brewers	Fox Sports Wisconsin/ Telemundo (11****)	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO
Minnesota Twins	Fox Sports North	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
New York Mets **********	SportsNet New York / WPIX (25)	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO
New York Yankees	YES Network/ WPIX (20)	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO
Oakland Athletics	NBCS California & California+********	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES?	YES & NO?

Philadelphia Phillies	CSN Philadelphia/ The Comcast Network Philadelphia (8) WCAU (10)/ Telemundo (5*)	NO/ NO/ YES/ NO	YES/ NO/ YES/ NO	NO/ NO/ YES/ YES	YES/ YES/ YES/ YES	YES/ YES/ YES/ NO
Pittsburgh Pirates	Root Sports Pittsburgh	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
St. Louis Cardinals	Fox Sports Midwest	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
San Diego Padres	Fox Sports San Diego/ Fox Deportes San Diego (81**)	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO	YES/ NO
San Francisco Giants	NBCS Bay Area & Bay Area+********/ KNTV (15)	YES & YES/ YES	YES & YES/ YES	YES & YES/ YES	YES & YES/ YES	YES & YES/ YES
Seattle Mariners	Root Sports Northwest	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Tampa Bay Rays	Fox Sports Sun & Fox Sports Florida	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES & YES
Texas Rangers	Fox Sports Southwest & Southwest+	YES & YES	YES & YES	YES &YES	YES & YES	YES & YES
Toronto Blue Jays	Sportsnet /TVA Sports (French)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Washington Nationals	MASN & MASN2/ WUSA (20***)	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO	NO/ NO

*These five games are also aired on WCAU NBC 10

**All of these games will also air on Fox Sports San Diego except for 2 games (6/10 & 8/1)

***These 20 games will also air on MASN or MASN2

****These 11 games will also air on Fox Sports Wisconsin

*****These 10 games will also air on SportsNet LA (https://tribktla.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/spectrum-sportsnet-la-ktla-final.pdf)

******Fox Sports Kansas City is the primary broadcaster of Royals games but some games will be aired on Fox Sports Midwest (http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city/story/how-to-watch-the-kansas-city-royals-on-fox-sports-kansas-city-030217)

*******The Cincinnati subfeed of Fox Sports Ohio will broadcast Reds games.

********Effective 4/2/2017, these channels are known as NBC Sports California & NBC Sports Bay Area (http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2017/03/22/NBC.aspx)

*********The Vue website does not list either network specifically but the generic “Fox Sports Networks” logo is highlighted instead

**********Century Link Stream became available for purchase on 6/29/2017 and includes SNY among its list of channels. It is the only streaming service to offer SNY as of now (added 7/3/2017).

***********Per a reddit post, SportsTime Ohio is now available on Vue. It also shows up in the Core package & higher on Vue’s website (added 7/3/2017).

To view the chart as a PDF file, click here.

SOURCES & REFERENCES:

The information in the chart above and this entire post came from a variety of sources. In addition to those listed below, much of the game broadcasting information came from the broadcast schedule on each team’s official mlb.com website. These can be accessed by going to the team’s official website, choosing the schedule tab, and then clicking on Broadcast Information or Broadcast Schedule. Please note that not all teams have updated this page for all 2017 games.

Sling TV

Sling TV – Local Channel & RSN Lookup by Zip Code

Sling TV – Article on Alternate RSNs

Sling TV – Original Article Announcing the Addition of CSN RSNs by 4/2/2017

PlayStation Vue

PlayStation Vue– Local Channel & RSN lookup (enter zip code)

DIRECTV NOW

DIRECTV NOW – Local Channel & RSN Lookup by Zip Code

DIRECTV NOW – Master List of RSNs by Zip Code & Team

FuboTV

FuboTV– List of Regional Sports Networks

FuboTV– List of Broadcast Channels