This is now my 3rd MLB Guide to Cord Cutting which has been updated to give you the most accurate and helpful information because most of the other resources out there are very generic and frankly unhelpful. They don’t have the specifics you need to make an informed, educated decision when it comes to finding the best and/or cheapest way to cancel your overpriced traditional cable/satellite subscription but still be able to follow your favorite team and/or MLB in general. I’ve updated the guide for 2019 to reflect changes that have taken place since last season ended such as AT&T SportsNet Southwest (Astros) now being available on one service (FuboTV) and DIRECTV NOW significantly changing its channel packages in mid-March.
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.
For updates, please look for the ► sign
(alt + 16 to type it) with a date following it; these indicate changes,
additions, corrections, etc.
First, I’m going to give a brief overview by defining
some terms and listing the current channels that broadcast MLB in some format. Then, I have a “Things to Know” section which
is to make you aware of some common ideas regarding blackouts, etc., followed
by a brief summary of the various streaming options. If you’re already familiar with this info, please
feel free to jump down below to the Recommendations section to determine the
best option for you.
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
or to see which DMA a specific address is located in, 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
and input your zip code in the area that says “Blackout Restrictions”. The team(s) that are listed on the map where
you live or are given after you 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) & Sunday night national
·
Extra games on holidays (Opening Day, Memorial
Day, July 4th, Labor Day)
·
ESPN aired one postseason Wild Card game in 201
FOX/FS1
·
FOX, the broadcast channel, airs regular season
games across 11 Saturdays in 2019
o Most
are regional telecasts where 2-3 games are broadcast at the same time and split
to different parts of the country
·
Fox Sports 1 (FS1) will broadcast 39 regular
season games on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and occasionally on Wednesdays
·
FOX/FSI split one of the League Championship
Series (will be the 2019 ALCS), while FOX airs the entire World Series &
FS1 airs Division Series round games
MLB NETWORK
·
MLB Network (MLBN) usually airs 8-10 games per
week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
o Most
games are aired regionally & some start at different times in different
areas
·
Some games are presented by MLBN (i.e. have MLBN
announcers, etc.), but most are simulcasts of an existing broadcast
·
MLBN also airs several postseason games in the
Division Series round
TBS
·
TBS will air Sunday afternoon games in 2019
starting July 7th through the end of the season
·
It airs multiple postseason games including the
entire 2019 NLCS
Regional Sports Networks
·
All MLB teams have most of their games broadcast
on local sports channels commonly referred to as Regional Sports Networks
(RSNs)
·
RSNs that air MLB games:
o Fox
Sports (FS) <channel>
o NBC
Sports (NBCS) <channel>
o AT&T
SportsNet (ATTSN) <channel>
o YES
Network
o SportsTime
Ohio (STO)
o Root
Sports Northwest
o NESN
o MASN
& MASN2
o SportsNet
LA
o
SportsNet New York (SNY)
·
Some RSNs use alternate channels, such as Fox
Sports Detroit Plus (+) because they televise multiple professional teams and
run into conflicts with multiple games at the same time
TV Everywhere Apps
·
Used to watch a live stream of a cable channel
online for authenticated subscribers
·
ESPN/ESPN2 - WATCHESPN app
·
FOX/FS1/FS RSNs - Fox Sports Go app
·
NBCS RSNs & SNY - NBC Sports app
·
ATTSN RSNs – AT&T SportsNet app
·
MLBN - MLB At-Bat app (mobile only)
·
TBS - Watch TBS app
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 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.
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/ESPN2 & in-market Saturday games on
FOX are blacked out nationally on MLB.TV.
·
ESPN & ESPN2
o Some
regionally broadcast games will be blacked out on ESPN/ESPN2 if the game is
already being aired by another channel (RSN) in your local market.
o Thus,
you may not be able to watch a game if you have a package that includes ESPN
but not your local RSN (ex. DTVNOW Max, Sling Orange)
·
MLBN
o Most
non-MLBN produced telecasts (i.e. simulcasts of one team’s feed) are blacked
out in the markets of the local teams.
o These
markets usually receive an alternate game, although it may be on the MLBN
alternate channel.
o If
main MLBN channel is blacked out, look for alternate channel or MLB At-Bat app
to see the game
RSN’s & your television DMA
·
In-market RSN’s
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 specific team by MLB.TV standards, but out-of-market, by
television DMA purposes for the specific RSN which carries most 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.
RSN subfeeds & alternate channels
·
RSN Plus or Alternate Channels
o 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
o Some
streaming services carry these alternate “plus” channels while others do
not
o If
a service does not carry the RSN plus channel, look for it in the Fox Sports Go
App or the NBC Sports App using the login credentials of your service
·
RSN Subfeeds
o Related
to this, some RSN channels offer different subfeeds of an RSN under the same or
different channel names usually for airing live events only
§ Example
- FS Ohio 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.
§ Other
examples
·
FS Wisconsin (Brewers) vs FS North (Twins)
·
FS Kansas City (Royals) vs FS Midwest
(Cardinals)
o Generally,
if an RSN carries the Fox Sports RSNs, they carry all of the subfeeds even if
they do not list the specific subfeed in their lookup tool
Local Channel Streaming Rights
·
Some teams broadcast some of their games on
local channels; however, even if a streaming service carries this local channel,
you may not be able to watch these games on it
o This
usually occurs because the channel did not pay for the “streaming rights”
·
Instead, use an antenna (if possible) to receive
the local channel and watch these games
o Example
– Chicago Cubs will have 25 games air on WLS-ABC 7 which is carried on most of
the streaming services.
§ If
ABC 7 did not pay for streaming rights, then Cubs games are blacked out
STREAMING SERVICES
MLB.TV
· MLB.TV
is a streaming service offered by MLB for viewing games of out-of-market teams
o Please
note: 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 cannot cancel your cable/satellite package and expect
to subscribe to MLB.TV to see your local (or any in-market) team(s)---unless
you use a VPN
· Costs
$118.99/year for 2019 (all out-of-market teams) or $91.99/year to view all
out-of-market games for only one team (subject to blackout restrictions)
· “Follow
Your Team”
o This
feature was previously offered and cost $10/year, allowing someone to view a
game involving a selected single out-of-market team when that team is blacked
out due to playing an in-market team
o There
is no information listed about for 2019 on the MLB.TV website
· T-Mobile
subscribers can get a free yearly subscription to MLB.TV by downloading the
T-Mobile Tuesdays app and redeeming the offer between March 26 & April 1. Click here for more details.
· “Free
Game of the Day” - one game each day can be watched free without a
subscription.
o To
watch on a mobile device (phone/tablet) must use the premium version of MLB
At-Bat app ($19.99/year or $2.99/month); will not play in the free version of
the app
o 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
· Available
on most streaming devices and its only location restrictions are on whichever
teams are considered “in-market” in your current location as they will be
blacked out
Summary: MLB.TV is an excellent choice if your favorite team
is out-of-market or you’re primarily interested in watching all teams. It is not a good choice if you primarily
follow one team which is designated as an “in-market” team.
Sling TV (Sling)
·
Orange package ($25/month) includes ESPN/ESPN2 +
TBS + other channels & allows 1 simultaneous stream
·
Blue package ($25/month) includes FOX (depending
on market) + FS1 + FS RSNs (if applicable) + NBCS RSNs (if applicable) + STO
(if applicable) + TBS + other channels & allows 3 simultaneous streams
·
Orange + Blue packages ($40/month total)
·
Sling does not have any location restrictions
and can be accessed anywhere in the US
·
Available on nearly all streaming devices and
authenticates on most TV Everywhere apps
Summary: Sling is the cheapest option available if you’re
looking for a service which will carry the games on your local in-market team
on a FS or NBCS RSN. However, if you
want ESPN & FOX channels, there are other options out there which have more
channels for the same price and/or carry more local channels. Also, DVR access costs
extra which most services include in the base package cost.
PlayStation Vue (Vue)
·
Access ($44.99/month) contains ESPN/ESPN2 + TBS
+ FOX (depending on market) + FS1 + other channels
·
Core ($49.99/month) contains all channels in
Access + + MLBN + FS RSNs (if applicable) + NBCS RSNs (if applicable) + (►4/29/19) Vue
dropped
NESN effective 4/19/19 NESN (if applicable) + STO (if applicable) + SNY (if applicable) + other channels
·
Elite ($59.99/month) & Ultra ($79.99/month) packages
are also available
·
Sports Pack ($10/month on Core or higher)
includes all NBCS RSNs + NESN for out of market viewers, but all live games are
blacked out; for more info see here
·
Limited to 3 simultaneous streams, both in-home
and out-of-home, when an account is first created although setting a home
device will allow 2 more streams to be used in-home only
o A
maximum of one PS 3, two PS 4’s, and three mobile/web-based devices (i.e.
computer browsers) are allowed regardless of location. For more info, see here
·
You DO NOT need a PlayStation in order to
setup or use Vue
·
Vue can be accessed anywhere in the US without
location restrictions
·
Available on nearly all streaming devices and
authenticates on most TV Everywhere apps
Summary: Vue’s Core
package (which has local RSN’s) is $5-$10/month more than other comparable
offerings, but it is now one of only two services which carries MLBN. Also, it allows the most simultaneous streams
in-home of any service, unless you pay extra for unlimited streams from Hulu. Lastly, the Sports Pack add-on is the only
streaming option which allows you to receive out-of-market RSNs, although it
does not include live games.
DIRECTV NOW (DTVNOW)
·
Plus ($50/month) includes ESPN/ESPN2 + TBS + FOX
(depending on market) + FS1 + other channels
·
Max ($70/month) includes all channels in Live a
Little plus FS RSNs (if applicable) + NBCS RSNs (if applicable) + STO (if
applicable) + SNY (if applicable) + other channels
·
DTVNOW changed its plans on 3/13/19
o 4
original plans (Live a Little, Just Right, Go Big, Gotta Have It) were
discontinued but current subscribers could keep the plans with $10/month price
increase
o 2
current plans (Plus, Max) with significantly fewer channels (and higher prices)
were offered to new subscribers starting on 3/13/19
·
DTVNOW is limited to 2 simultaneous streams and
is available on most streaming devices
·
It does have some restrictions when it comes to
streaming local channels on a mobile device
·
It does not have any location restrictions and authenticates
with most TV everywhere apps
Summary: DTVNOW Plus at $50/month offers the most expensive option
to get only ESPN, FS1, TBS and possibly your local FOX station for basic MLB
coverage. However, to view your local
team on an RSN, you’ll need a package (Max - $70/month) that is $20-$45 more/month
than all the other comparable options.
It also removed MLBN from its packages after the new plans were
introduced. Additionally, it has the
fewest available number of simultaneous streams (except for Sling’s Orange
plan) and its DVR service is one of the worst with only 20 hours of space and a
30-day limit. With these new plans, DTVNOW
looks worse than almost every option out there unless its inclusion of HBO (in
both packages) and/or its local channel offerings are desirable.
YouTube TV
·
Base package ($40/month) (► 4/29/19) ($50/month effective
4/10/19) has ESPN/ESPN2 + TBS + FOX
(depending on market) + FS1 + FS RSNs (if applicable) + NBCS RSNs (if
applicable) + NESN (if applicable) + STO (if applicable) + SNY (if applicable)
+ other channels
o Please
note: the cost is slightly more per month if you sign up through iTunes
·
Allows 3 simultaneous streams & is on Roku
& Apple TV but not on Fire TV
·
Now available nationwide across the US in all
markets
·
It does not have any location restrictions, but
states that MLB fans need to use it at least once every 30 days from their home
location to avoid viewing restrictions – link
·
YouTube TV authenticates with most TV everywhere
apps
Summary: YouTube TV hits a perfect sweet spot of having
a large number of sports channels, including MLBN, for a price which is
comparable to most of the other services while having the same number or more simultaneous
streams than most of its competitors.
Also, it launched nationwide at the start of 2019 making it available to
the entire country & its unlimited DVR stores programs for 9 months. The two major downsides are the fact that it
is missing many non-sports cable channels such as Viacom and Scripps channels
that most other services carry, and it is still not available on any Amazon
Fire TV devices.
Hulu Live
·
Base package ($44.99/month) has ESPN/ESPN2 + TBS
+ FOX (depending on market) + FS1 + FS RSNs (if applicable) + NBCS RSNs (if
applicable) + STO (if applicable) + SNY (if applicable) + other channels
·
Limited to 2 simultaneous streams but offers “Unlimited
Screens” for $9.99/month
o Unlimited
streams at home & 3 simultaneous streams outside of home
·
No location viewing restrictions and it
currently is available on most streaming devices
·
Hulu Live authenticates with most TV everywhere
apps and includes basic Hulu subscription
Summary: Hulu Live now costs slightly more than or equal to
the cost of most other services but offers fewer simultaneous streams (2) and
doesn’t carry MLBN. However, it does
include a basic Hulu subscription so someone who is already paying for that
would save some money by signing up for it vs a different service + basic Hulu. Also, it is the only service that allows the
option for an unlimited number of streams albeit with an extra cost.
FuboTV
·
Fubo Premier (►4/09/19)
is $54.99/month effective
March 28, 2019 for new subscribers ($44.99/month) includes FOX (depending
on market) + FS1 + TBS + FS RSNs (if applicable) + NBCS RSNs (if applicable) +
NESN (if applicable) + STO (if applicable) + SNY (if applicable) + ATTSN Southwest
(if applicable) + other channels
·
Does not include any ESPN channels
·
Maximum of 2 simultaneous streams and is
available on most common streaming devices
·
Does not appear to have any location viewing
restrictions (i.e. out of area) and authenticates with Fox Sports Go and the
NBC Sports App
Summary: Since FuboTV does not carry any Disney (ESPN)
channels, it is essentially comparable to Sling Blue in terms of its channel
offerings but at almost (►4/09/19) now more than double the price with fewer simultaneous streams. It does have significantly more sports
channels though, including many soccer-themed ones, but in terms of MLB
coverage there are other options that carry the same channels or more for a comparable
or even cheaper price, especially YouTube TV is now available nationwide. There is one unique advantage it has though
over the other options which is that it now carries ATTSN Southwest, which
carries Houston Astros games; it is currently the only streaming service that
carries it. Thus, Astros fans do now
have at least one option to watch their games in-market.
Facebook
·
(► 4/9/19) Facebook will air 6 total non-exclusive
games in 2019 and they will be subject to local in-market blackouts MLB announced
on 4/1/19 - link
·
Can be viewed via the Facebook app on phones,
tablets and other streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV/Stick, Apple TV).
(► 5/4/19) Deleted section on Twitter since it doesn’t
appear they will be streaming any games in 2019.
ESPN+
·
ESPN+ launched in 2018 and streams 1 MLB game
per day
·
Game is subject to in-market blackout
restrictions, i.e. only viewable out-of-market, and is different from the
MLB.TV Free Game of the Day
·
ESPN+ costs $4.99/month or $49.99/year
·
Can be viewed via the ESPN app on phones,
tablets and other streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV/Stick, Apple TV, etc.) or
on ESPN’s website
(► 5/4/19) YouTube
·
YouTube announced
on 4/30/19 they will air 13 exclusive MLB games during the 2nd half
of the 2019 season
· The games can only be viewed on MLB’s YouTube
channel (link) and a soon to be
created channel in YouTube TV for subscribers only
SUMMARY OF OPTIONS TO WATCH MLB
Free Options
·
OTA via Antenna – The following teams will have
games air on OTA channels in 2019 (see the chart below for more specific details)
o Chicago
Cubs & White Sox
o Cleveland
Indians
o LA
Dodgers
o New
York Yankees
o Philadelphia
Phillies
o San
Francisco Giants
·
FOX via Antenna – Saturday games + some
postseason games
·
MLB.TV (T-Mobile subscribers only)
·
Facebook (6 total games)
· (► 5/4/19) YouTube (13 total games)
Pay Options
·
MLB.TV (non-T-Mobile subscribers)
·
MVPD’s – Sling, Vue, YouTube TV, Hulu Live,
FuboTV, DTVNOW
·
ESPN+
RECOMMENDATIONS
I have several documents available to help you make the
most informed decision. First, there is
a flowchart below which can guide you through the decision about which service,
if any, is an option for you based on answering some simple Yes/No
questions. Second, I have created an
Excel spreadsheet which allows you to input the specific channel(s) you want to
watch and will return all available options starting with the cheapest. Links to view an example of the spreadsheet
and to download a copy to use are listed below.
Third, I am going to give my recommendations for specific situations. Finally, if you already know that you are
looking to watch a local, in-market team, please see the chart below this
section which lists the available in-market RSNs on each service for each team,
followed by the OTA channels which will air games locally for some teams.
YES/NO Decision Flowchart – link (updated 4/28/19)
Cheapest Option to view most local in-market teams –
Sling Blue
·
Sling Blue is the absolute cheapest option to
watch your local in-market team via its RSN at $25/month; you won’t be able to
watch any national ESPN games, but you will also get games on FS1 and possibly
FOX (if available in your market). Note
that it does not carry NESN, so local Red Sox fans should look at one of the
three options that does carry it.
Best & Cheapest Option to view out-of-market games
– MLB.TV
·
MLB.TV will allow you to stream nearly every
out-of-market baseball game every day except for any national blackouts (FOX
Saturday, Sunday Night ESPN) for a price that is less than most streaming
services on a monthly basis ($19.33/month at the annual subscription price or
$25/month at the monthly subscription price).
So if you are only concerned with watching baseball, and not the other
channels that the “cable-lite” services offer, it’s the best option by far for
watching MLB. And if you have T-Mobile,
you could get it for free!
Best & Cheapest “cable lite” Option to view out-of-market
games and/or a local in-market team – YouTube TV
·
YouTube TV gives you ESPN/ESPN2 + TBS + FS1 +
FOX (most markets but not all) + MLBN which will give you at least one, if not
more, baseball game every day of the week. Plus, it features all the networks that air
postseason games and is finally available nationwide. Also, if your local team
is on a FS RSN, NBCS RSN, NESN, STO, or SNY, you’ll be able to see them too.
o Note:
The Vue Sports Pack allows you to watch multiple out-of-market RSNs although
live games are blacked out on those channels.
Thus, if you’re a fan of a team that those RSNs carry and want to see
additional team coverage (pregame, postgame, weekly shows, etc.), Vue Core +
Sports Pack may be the best option for you even though you could use other
services to watch the live games cheaper.
Finally, please keep the following things in mind. First, there are 6 US based teams whose games
are aired by an RSN that is not carried by any national streaming service; so
if you’re a fan of one of those teams that lives in their claimed television
area, you’re basically out of luck.
Second, this guide only covers issues related to watching MLB. Most people obviously have other factors that
determine which streaming service is best for them such as the other channels
carried (both sports and non-sports), the availability of DVR service including
the allotted number of hours & program keep length, the streaming devices a
service is available on, the number of simultaneous streams allowed, and other
cost considerations such as discounts, promotions, etc. that apply due to any existing
subscriptions you may have. So please
use this guide to help you make an informed decision as to which option is the
best for you in terms of your baseball viewing, but keep in mind that there
will be other factors to consider that weren’t mentioned here.
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 2019 and
whether each channel is available on the six main streaming services. 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.
-Networks
separated by a "&" symbol are complementary networks that will
air games
-The “Local MLB Games on OTA Channels” table listed
below are only for the ones located in the television DMA for the specific 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. For example, KNVT will air 13 games of the San
Francisco Giants in 2019 in the San Francisco area, but there are other
affiliates in Sacramento and other cities that will air these games as well.
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.
Local MLB Games-Primary
RSN Chart (last updated 5/4/19)
Team
|
Primary Network Airing 2019 Games
|
Sling Blue
|
Vue Core
(or higher)
|
DTVNOW
Max
|
FuboTV
Premier
|
YouTube TV
|
Hulu Live
|
Arizona
Diamondbacks
|
FS Arizona
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Atlanta Braves
|
FS South
& Southeast
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
Baltimore Orioles
|
MASN &
MASN2
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
Boston Red Sox
|
NESN
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
YES
|
YES
|
NO
|
Chicago Cubs
|
NBCS Chicago/Chicago+
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Chicago White Sox
|
NBCS Chicago/Chicago+
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Cincinnati Reds
|
FS Ohio
(Cincinnati)
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Cleveland Indians
|
SportsTime
Ohio
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Colorado Rockies
|
ATTSN Rocky
Mountain
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
Detroit Tigers
|
FS Detroit
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Houston Astros
|
ATTSN Southwest
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
YES
|
NO
|
NO
|
Kansas City Royals
|
FS Kansas
City
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Los Angeles Angels
of Anaheim
|
FS West
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Los Angeles Dodgers
|
SportsNet LA
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
Miami Marlins
|
FS Florida
& FS Sun
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
YES & YES
|
Milwaukee Brewers
|
FS Wisconsin
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Minnesota Twins
|
FS North
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
New York Mets
|
SportsNet New
York
|
NO
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
New York Yankees
|
YES Network
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Oakland Athletics
|
NBCS
California/California+
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Philadelphia
Phillies
|
NBCS
Philadelphia
|
NO
|
YES
|
NO
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
ATTSN Pittsburgh
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
St. Louis Cardinals
|
FS Midwest
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
San Diego Padres
|
FS San Diego
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
San Francisco
Giants
|
NBCS Bay Area/Bay
Area+
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Seattle Mariners
|
RS Northwest
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
Tampa Bay Rays
|
FS Sun
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Texas Rangers
|
FS Southwest
& Southwest+
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
YES
|
Toronto Blue Jays
|
Sportsnet/TVA
Sports (French)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Washington Nationals
|
MASN &
MASN2
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
NO
|
Local MLB
Games on OTA Channels
Team
|
Network
|
Affiliate
|
Notes
|
Chicago
Cubs
|
WGN/
WLS
|
Indep/
ABC
|
|
Chicago
White Sox
|
WGN
|
Indep
|
55 games on WGN - link
|
Cleveland
Indians
|
WKYC
|
NBC
|
4 games on WKYC - link
|
Los
Angeles Dodgers
|
KTLA
|
CS
|
10 games on KTLA, all games also air on SportsNet LA - link
|
New
York Yankees
|
WPIX
|
CW
|
21 games on WPIX - link
|
Philadelphia
Phillies
|
WCAU
|
NBC
|
12 games on WCAU - link
|
San
Francisco Giants
|
KNTV
|
NBC
|
13 games on KNTV - link
|
RSN chart & OTA Channels chart (PDF) – link
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 2019
games.
MLB.TV
Sling TV
PlayStation Vue
DIRECTV NOW
YouTube TV
Hulu Live
FuboTV
MISC
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